Baker Mayfield's resiliency fuels Bucs comeback in Atlanta

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ATLANTA -- With 1:16 to go in regulation trailing 25-22 in Week 14, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield heaved a 32-yard pass to wide receiver Chris Godwin on a third-and-10 before finding tight end Cade Otton in the end zone to defeat the Atlanta Falcons, 29-25, on Sunday.

The Bucs (6-7) sit in a three-way tie for first in the NFC South with four games to go -- two of them intra-divisional play -- with a 35% chance of winning the division, according to ESPN's Football Power Index, and are +160 favorites to win the division, according to ESPN BET.

With the loss, the Falcons' chances of winning the division fell from 76% to 34%. A loss Sunday…