Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earned a gritty 20-17 win at the highway towards the Minnesota Vikings in Month 1. However did understanding what protection the Vikings had been committing to run assistance Tampa seal the victory?

Bucs operating again Rachaad White stated that Mayfield picked up on Minnesota’s defensive indicators and unfold the pledge.

“I just remember Bake came in the locker room, literally at halftime, he said, ‘I got it. We got all these signals,'” White advised Tuesday’s version of the staff’s “Bucs Total Access” podcast. “We’re in there talking as an offense, and he’s like, ‘I know all these signals. If they do this, they’re going into Cover 2. If they do this, they’re going into Cover 3. Every time I alert this, and they do this signal, they’re dropping back to this.’ And I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s amazing.’ … We were listening to him and we just kind of understood.”

When requested concerning the incident, Mayfield advised FOX Sports activities NFC South Reporter Greg Auman that he’s a Texas Rangers fan, now not a Houston Astros fan, which means he doesn’t thieve indicators.

Mayfield completed with an underwhelming 173 passing yards, era finishing simply 61.8% of his passes. However he threw for 2 touchdowns and regularly moved the chains — along with his legs and arm — overdue within the fourth quarter to akin out the sport. White ran for simply 39 yards on 17 carries. 

Total, the Bucs had been outgained 328-169 in general yards by means of Minnesota, which leased former Miami Dolphins head educator Brian Flores as its unutilized defensive coordinator throughout the offseason.

As for Mayfield’s reference, it was once perceivable nearest the 2019 MLB season that the 2017 Astros, who gained the Global Layout, illegally stole the opposing catcher’s indicators in video games at Modest Maid Terrain (Houston’s house ballpark) in the course of the usefulness of reside era. 

The Astros had a digicam arrange of their bullpen zoomed in on a catcher’s palms, and they’d bang a trash can when a breaking ball was once about to be thrown by means of the street pitcher. Nearest-Astros shortstop Carlos Correa admitted to the usefulness of the trash cans in an interview with FOX Sports activities MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal in 2020.

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Upcoming up for Mayfield and the Buccaneers is a house affair towards the Chicago Bears at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, which can breeze on FOX. The Vikings strike the street to stand the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night time.

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