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Is it time to start believing in the Baker Mayfield-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers team in 2024? After a solid win over the Washington Commanders in Week 1, the Buccaneers went on the road to one of the NFC's best team's houses and managed to escape with a win. The offense did what it had to, and the defense stood up late to clinch a stirring win and Mayfield revealed why getting a win over the Lions was so big for the team. “For starters, having a bunch of guys out, a lot of guys stepping up in a huge way, and for it to come down to critical moments in a really tight ball game and people everybody stepping up is so big for everybody on this team,” Mayfield said .
“To stick together obviously a different outcome than we had last time we were here, but it's a new season, still got a lot of games left but for us building chemistry, this resiliency and culture that we want, this is a huge win for us. So we have to continue to build on that, and now there's a lot of stuff we can fix. It's always better to learn off of a win than it is a loss so continue to push forward and build on it.
” Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Looking at the stats, the Lions dominated almost every key area...
except the one that matters - the scoreboard. Detroit had 463 total yards to 216, had 12 more first downs (26 to 14), ran 36 more plays (83 to 47), and had the ball for over seven minutes more than the Buccaneers. Related: Is Baker Mayfield the 'Perfect QB' for the Bucs? Yet Todd Bowles' team managed to grind out an impressive win as they start 2-0 after an offseason of doubts about what they could become in 2024.
Is it time to start believing?.
