Poor outings for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offense have been relatively infrequent since Baker Mayfield's arrival in 2023, and when there have been some bumps in the road they've often been followed by clutch end-game play to pull out the win. As Mayfield has said on more than one occasion, it's easier to take lessons from a rough game when it happens in a victory.

This week, however, the Buccaneers have to learn from a loss, one in which the offense looked out of synch for much of the night. The 24-9 defeat at the hands of the Lions in Detroit marked the team's lowest scoring output since Week Three of last season, and is one of just four games (and three losses) since Mayfield's arrival that the offense failed to score at least 10 points.

A short week following a Monday night road game

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