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Buccaneers, Mayfield hot at right time amid playoff race

TAMPA, Fla. -- Backed up inside their own 10-yard line in the first quarter in a must-win game at the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield dropped back and couldn't find an open receiver. Not only was he sacked by Packers outside linebacker Kingsley Enagbare on the play, but Enagbare knocked the ball loose and recovered it.

The play set up a 5-yard touchdown and that might have been the beginning of an unraveling, but Mayfield immediately countered with three straight completions on the next drive before finding wide receiver Mike Evans one-on-one against Eric Stokes for a 19-yard touchdown en route to one of Mayfield's best career performances and Tampa's third straight win.