Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and Oklahoma legend Baker Mayfield is rapidly winning over more fans from the NFL world, and former NFL coach Jon Gruden might be the president of Mayfield’s newfound fan club.
One play in particular had fans oohing and aahing over Mayfield during another stellar performance in the Bucs’ 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, especially Gruden, who threw out a wild, but somehow accurate, comparison to Mayfield.
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Mayfield was surely sacked with two defensive linemen draped on him, but he, of course, escaped and scrambled for a diving first down on a third-and-long.