“Back home, we got a saying, ‘My heart don’t pump Kool-Aid,'” continued Jackson in his infinite wisdom. “So he had the first touchdown, and at that moment it’s like, all right, you find out a lot about yourself, so just don’t flinch.”
It was an attitude the entire defense took on. A week after playing three quarters of good football, only to give up two scoring drives in the worst possible moment, the group knew they had to come back and make a stand.
There was the early touchdown drive by the Bucs, then the field goal drive, which constituted a stop in some ways, thanks to Jaycee Horn‘s tackle, considering Tampa Bay was on the 3-yard line and held to a field goal in a three-point game. The next two drives, the group forced a punt.
Tampa put together a long drive to start the second half that concluded with a touchdown, but only added a field goal on their next three drives as Mayfield was held to 145 passing yards, one touchdown, and one interception. It was his second-lowest output of the season. The lowest was a game in which he played only a quarter and a half before an injury ended his night.