Baker Mayfield: You fight until the end – JoeBucsFan.com

Fighter.

Joe sees a whole lot of people on both social media and this website killing Todd Bowles for leaving Chris Godwin in the game when otherwise the Bucs raise a white flag, make a few dive plays and raise hell should locker room.

Baker Mayfield didn't agree.

Mayfield said the Bucs (he didn't name who) discussed doing just that and giving up. Instead, Mayfield said the Bucs wanted to go down fighting.

So Mayfield realized that he (and his teammates…coaches…both?) had decided, “Screw it!” and decided to try and secure a win, trailing by 10 and with no timeouts deep in the Bucs with less than two minutes to play. to gain territory.

“You know, we were talking about it on the sidelines, thinking about if we could get a rushing touchdown – obviously we've already gotten an onside kick during the game – get a rushing touchdown and an onside kick and a chance at a hail Mary,” Mayfield said. “We have a group of fighters. We all wanted a chance to win this thing in some way.”

Joe admires this attitude. People who make it to the NFL and go on to excel don't tend to quit. Especially a guy like Godwin who has a ring. He's no DeSean Jackson.

While using the rearview mirror logic, Joe gets it. Godwin was injured on a 3rd-and-17 play with a minute left at the Bucs' 18-yard line. The Bucs should have thrown in the towel. But if they somehow won, how hungover would we all be this morning?

Joe just wishes the Bucs had brought the same never-say-die mentality to Detroit in the playoffs last year — and Joe could pick other moments, too.