Sterling Shepard admits he got caught up in the moment.

Facing a third-and-14 with four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lined up in a three-receiver set with tight end Cade Otton going in motion from right to left, which left Shepard alone on the right side. At the snap, he ran what ended up being a shallow, meandering route while the pocket collapsed on quarterback Baker Mayfield. When Mayfield somehow emerged from a scrum of huge human beings, Shepard took off downfield on a scramble drill. After that he became a spectator.

As did 62,000-plus fans as Mayfield added to his growing resume of ridiculously clutch plays in 2025, many of them on the ground. Mayfield got out of a near-sack, dashed forward, ran around one San Francisco defender and fought his way t

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