Buccaneers Dominate Commanders 37-20 in Jayden Daniels's Debut

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00:00The rookie quarterbacks on display yesterday, rough in many spots. We continue in Tampa,

00:10where the Buccaneers, the three-time reigning divisional champs in the NFC South might still

00:15be the best team in the NFC South. We shall discuss, but the Bucs win big at home, 37-20

00:23over the Commanders in Jaden Daniels' debut. The Bucs easily cover as a three-and-a-half

00:28point home favorite. Total of 42-and-a-half does go over. The Bucs were just a favorite

00:33six times last year. Despite winning the division and winning a playoff game, they were three-and-three

00:39against the spread. They start 2024 with a cover, and Baker Mayfield was sensational,

00:4524-of-30, 289 yards, four touchdowns. Two of them to Mike Evans, a touchdown and 83

00:52yards for Chris Godwin, and Jaden Daniels, 184 passing yards, but 88 on the ground, showing

00:59off the athleticism and the legs. Two rushing scores as well. DRS, I know you were keen

01:04in on Jaden Daniels' ability to move yesterday. He makes good on that number, despite his

01:09Commanders team falling by three scores in Tampa.

01:12Yeah, we'll get to the Commanders in just a second, but this game, I really like the

01:16Buccaneers. Three, three-and-a-half point favorites. I thought this made a lot of sense.

01:19A rookie going on the road, new head coach, new system here, and we'll get to them in

01:22a second, but let's talk about Baker Mayfield, and let's talk about what happens with a butterfly

01:26effect from Cleveland. This is a guy that was drafted number one overall to be the Savior

01:30in Cleveland. Had a decent start to his career, but was banged up and injured for most of

01:35the way, and you know what got Baker Mayfield in trouble here, Ben, which is a shame? He

01:38blows up his shoulder, but says, you know what? It's my guys out there. I'm going to

01:41try to tough this out, and the rest of that season didn't go all that well, and then they

01:45became enamored with Deshaun Watson, and just gave up on Baker Mayfield, goes to Carolina,

01:50then finds his way to Tampa Bay, and shows up yesterday, 24-30 with that big contract,

01:55289, four touchdowns, no interceptions, so if you're a Cleveland Browns fan, ownership

01:59general manager, you got to be saying to yourself, boy, if we just would have kept him here,

02:02got his shoulder surgery, paid him way less than we had Deshaun Watson, we might actually

02:06be looking like a playoff team, but that's neither here nor there. Loved what I saw out

02:10of Tampa Bay, because if you're looking and saying, in the past, Ben, we haven't gotten

02:15a running game cranked up yet. Did you see Bucky Irvin yesterday late in that game? You

02:18finally got a kid with some legs that's explosive. Nine carries for 62 yards. Rashad White does

02:23what he does. 15 for 31, he's never going to be that big explosive guy in the backfield,

02:27but he does add some really nice gains on the side, as that satellite running back.

02:31Throw it to him, they can make some yards. I like to see that. We obviously know that

02:34wide receiving position is good. Jalen McMillan, one catch, 32 yards, but the rookie cashes

02:39in. Now, let's flip it over to the commanders. They're going to be just fine, and yesterday,

02:43picking my chops, Ben, 39 and a half was the rushing prop on Jaden Daniels. Did I think

02:48he'd run 16 times? Absolutely not. But don't we obviously know, on the road, hostile environment,

02:54rookie quarterback that is as fast as anybody on the football field. We didn't think he

02:59was going to start to take off and run in this game. 16 for 88 and two scores. He'll

03:03be just fine. It's hard to play quarterback as a rookie, but also, I look down this, Terry

03:09McLaurin, two catches for 17 yards. Luke McCaffrey, three for 18. Mike Zacharetz at

03:1428 yards. Robinson, 49 and 52 for Eckler. Those are running backs, so we don't yet

03:18have that downfield capability for Jaden Daniels, but that's just a byproduct, Ben, of being

03:23in your first game going, my first wideout isn't open. My second wideout isn't opening.

03:27Let me just look for the dump ball for run at this point. We'll learn. I wasn't depressed

03:31with the commander's performance. It'll be a long year. They'll win five to six games,

03:35but I was so impressed by Tampa Bay. That offense looked really good, and Baker Mayfield

03:39looked sensational, Ben.

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