Baker Mayfield: Accountability Talk Helped Bucs' Offense

After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the New England Patriots, 28-23, in Week 11, quarterback Baker Mayfield felt like he needed to say a few words to his offensive teammates in the locker room. Mayfield spoke of taking pride in their work and accountability, specifically regarding a failure to do something correctly in a game that was executed well during the week of practice. Mayfield later repeated many of the same thoughts at the podium in his postgame press conference.

Perhaps the most important play of the Patriots game, from the Buccaneers' standpoint, was a good example of what Mayfield meant with his comments. Trailing by five and facing a fourth-and-three at the New England 27 with less than two minutes to play, the Bucs were in a position to potentially score a go-ahead tou