Baker Mayfield briefly dropped back before tucking the ball and barreling forward.
He zigged to the right and zagged to the left, resisting the Detroit Lions’ tackles just long enough to fall into the end zone.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took a 20-16 lead they would not relinquish with 34 seconds to play, avenging their divisional-round playoff loss from eight months earlier as they improved to 2-0.
The series of events that had led to Tampa Bay advancing in the playoffs last season, and outlasting a good Lions team early in this one, were unexpected.
First, there was Mayfield’s success on the 11-yard quarterback draw.