The Buccaneers dropped to 4-3 on the season after their 41-31 loss tot he Baltimore Ravens Monday night. The score shouldn’t have been that close. Quarterback Baker Mayfield did not play well, wide receiver Mike Evans left the game in the second quarter with a hamstring injury, and the defense never showed up. If we’re being honest with ourselves, the game was out of reach halfway through the third quarter because of how Tampa Bay was playing and not because of what the scoreboard had on it.
So why? Why was Mayfield, Chris Godwin, Rachaad White, Tristan Wirfs, and many others still in the game in what is commonly known as garbage time?