Take the Bucs. Can they handle all of the success and attention?
1. Buccaneers (last week No. 3; 5-1): Through six weeks, Baker Mayfield is the MVP
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1)
Week 6 result: Beat the 49ers 30-19
Week 6 ranking: 4
Lesson learned: The Bucs are far better equipped to weather injuries.
The Bucs lost three games last season without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin Jr., and yet the past two weeks, Baker Mayfield and this defense have pulled off back-to-back victories without both receivers. In fact, Mayfield delivered this past Sunday’s win with just one healthy starting skill player by the game’s end in tight end Cade Otton. The Bucs were down to the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth wide receivers — two of whom scored their first NFL touchdowns. And the defense might be short at corner again, but its depth and ability to ge
The Bills took the BYE a week early. Thats why the Bucs have to really focus when they play Saints