Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield did all the pieces in his energy to will the crew to win over the 49ers on Sunday afternoon, however fell quick and misplaced 23-20. Mayfield performed a gritty recreation, one the place there was not a lot going within the passing recreation. It was not all on him, however he shouldered the blame in his post-game press convention.
It’s secure to say that Tampa Bay badly must get wholesome to have any probability of happening a late-season run. Reeling off 4 straight losses and dropping left deal with Tristan Wirfs and cornerback Zyon McCollum to damage through the recreation, this upcoming interval of psychological and bodily relaxation is important in getting wholesome. With vast receiver Mike Evans and cornerback Jamel Dean nearing their very own returns, the crew hopes to piece issues collectively and start turning issues round in Week 12 in opposition to the Giants.
Regardless of dropping to San Francisco, the quarterback remained optimistic in regards to the guys round him nonetheless preventing. Now greater than ever, it comes right down to everybody doing their job. The ship just isn’t sinking, however the message going ahead is that it’ll take all palms on deck to remain afloat.
Here’s what Mayfield needed to say following the Bucs’ fourth loss in a row that dropped them to 4-6:
Baker Mayfield’s Full Publish-Sport Transcript
Baker Mayfield on dropping shut video games twice in a single calendar week:
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield and OC Liam Coen – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
“It’s a matter of wins and losses, and we’re nonetheless not profitable, so it nonetheless sucks. [We’ve] acquired to play to win down there on the finish on offense. It’s attempting to stability bleeding the clock out so that they don’t have an excessive amount of time, but additionally, go win the sport. Sadly, [we] had a unfavourable play down there that set us again a bit bit. [I] simply should make a greater throw, or win our one-on-one matchups, and someway discover a solution to win. That’s all that issues.”
Baker Mayfield on if he would have needed to go for it on fourth down on the ultimate offensive possession:
“From that far out – no. Not a query.”
Baker Mayfield on the San Francisco 49ers potential to restrict the manufacturing of tight finish Cade Otton:
“With [Assistant Head Coach Brandon] Staley over there now, you possibly can see his affect the place they’re dropping out the [defensive] ends a bit bit extra – simulated strain. They did that a few instances – they’d get beneath Cade on a few of these selection routes or beneath stuff. They did job adjusting. That first half although, Cade was doing quite a lot of changing on third downs and was an enormous a part of it.”
Baker Mayfield on the shortage of completions to his vast receivers:
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield – Picture by: USA At present
“Yeah – we’re going to have to return and take a look at the tape simply to see if the footwork and the depth of the route timed up. However, quite a lot of that’s simply belief and timing. So, I’ll take a look at the tape – quite a lot of that stuff was beneath. I believed we ran the ball…clearly, [we were] attempting to take management of the clock a bit within the second half and the blokes up entrance performed effectively.
“I believed [right tackle] Justin Skule stepped up in an enormous approach on the fly there. Two years in a row he needed to step up and play in opposition to [Nick] Bosa on the fly coming into an enormous recreation. He did a fantastic job, and the remainder of the blokes did, as effectively. As a talent group, we simply should benefit from the matchups that now we have and execute.”
Baker Mayfield on shifting ahead collectively after the upcoming Bye Week:
“We’ve acquired to get wholesome. Take the week [to] get wholesome [and] get your thoughts able to make this stretch [run.] Lavonte [David] hit on it completely that we’re going to want all the pieces that we probably have down the highway – in the future at a time, in apply and in video games. We’ve simply acquired to place it collectively. We hold saying we’re that shut, however it’s acquired to be the message. You must imagine in it, after which we simply should go execute. We’ve got the group – the combat in what we’re doing on the finish of video games, the hassle is rarely a query. That’s one thing that, ‘Alright, now we have that. Now, let’s go execute.’ Simply plain and easy – do your job and we’ll flip this factor round rapidly.”
Baker Mayfield on whether or not the psychological break is as necessary because the bodily break through the Bye Week:
“With the place we’re at proper now – yeah. Bodily, undoubtedly, with the place we’re at on the crew – simply the accidents and stuff we’ve had to date. However, the psychological break with the latest leads to the video games. We have to step away from it, however don’t neglect what has price us these video games and are available again prepared to repair it.”
Baker Mayfield on if the crew had the idea they’d win after a late fourth down conversion on the ultimate drive when Mayfield escaped strain and held off defenders for a completion:
“Yeah – you exchange that and get a contemporary set of downs down there. We talked in regards to the unfavourable play down there, the place you harm your self attempting to expire the clock, but additionally nonetheless wanting to attain. It simply comes right down to executing and discovering a solution to win.”
Baker Mayfield on the affect of the quite a few accidents to key starters for this crew:
“Generally, that’s the way in which the season goes. Hopefully, Tristian [Wirfs] just isn’t [a] severe [injury]. I simply noticed him and it appeared like he was in a optimistic mindset, not less than. So, that’s good – that’s a optimistic. However, [Justin] Skule has performed quite a lot of ball. No matter occurs, going ahead, we anticipate us to have success on offense it doesn’t matter what. After the Bye, ‘13’ (Mike Evans) is coming again, so we’re prepared for that.”
Baker Mayfield on the momentum being within the crew’s favor on the ultimate offensive drive:
Bucs OC Liam Coen and QB Baker Mayfield – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
“On that final drive, we lastly acquired some calls our approach. It took till the fourth quarter and the final drive to get it, however yeah, I believed we had it. I’m going to maintain saying it – it simply comes right down to executing down within the purple zone.”
Baker Mayfield on the event of the younger vast receivers:
“‘Shep’ (Sterling Shepard) has performed quite a lot of ball – he has stepped up in an enormous approach for us. Then, you need to speak about ‘Rock’ (Rakim Jarrett) and Ryan Miller, particularly, I believed they performed nice. The younger guys have stepped up in an enormous approach and as we proceed to adapt and alter our schemes and personnel on the fly, I believed these guys have dealt with it effectively.”
Baker Mayfield on working backs Bucky Irving and Rachaad White stepping up:
“These are guys we’re going to lean on, they usually know the significance of our run recreation [and] what we try to do having them each in on the identical time and what that does to a protection. So, they should benefit from after they get the ball and should cheer one another on after they don’t. However yeah, the second half of the yr, we’re going to be full throttle. These guys have gotten to be able to roll and we’ll get it rotated.”
