The Tampa Bay Buccaneers improved to a conference-best 5-1 record with a 30-19 win over San Francisco, another top NFC contender, in Week Six. Now they head to Detroit for yet another battle for conference supremacy against a Lions team that was 4-1 heading into a Sunday night contest at Kansas City.
Baker Mayfield strengthened his NFL MVP candidacy with another outstanding performance against the 49ers, completing 17 of 23 passes for 256 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. He did that with a depleted pass-catching cast that was already without Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Jalen McMillan and lost standout rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka at halftime. The Buccaneers' defense racked up six sacks of Mac Jones and both Kindle Vildor and Jamel Dean came up with game-changing interceptions.