concussion<\/a>. Tyrod Taylor will take his place in the lineup.<\/p>\nNew York\u2019s Aaron Glenn is still looking for his first win as head coach. Mayfield and the Bucs faced him in each of the past two seasons when he was the Lions defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n
Mayfield had 349 yards passing, three touchdowns and two interceptions in a 31-23 playoff loss in Detroit on Jan. 21, 2024. He threw for 185 yards, one TD, one pick and ran for a score in a 20-16 win over the Lions last September.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, Aaron being in Detroit, the way they\u2019re coached overall under Dan Campbell and that philosophy of (having) a complete unit \u2014 physical, they play really, really hard,\u201d Mayfield said. \u201cTheir defensive coordinator, Steve Wilks, is somebody I\u2019ve been around in a couple different places. They just fly around, do what they\u2019re supposed to do, and do it at a high level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilks was an assistant coach in Carolina when Mayfield spent half of a forgettable season with the Panthers.<\/p>\n
Special showdown<\/p>\n
The game features a matchup of old friends among the head coaches with Glenn and Bowles.<\/p>\n
Glenn, who is in his first year as an NFL head coach, played for the Jets for eight of his 15 NFL seasons \u2014 including in 2000, when Bowles was New York\u2019s secondary coach. Glenn spent two seasons with Dallas, in 2005 and \u201906, where his secondary coach was again Bowles.<\/p>\n
Now, Glenn is in the position Bowles held for four seasons \u2014 from 2015-18 \u2014 as the Jets\u2019 head coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a personal game for me from the aspect of, I know Todd Bowles on a level that is unlike a lot of coaches relationships I have in this league,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cI\u2019ve leaned on him quite a bit throughout my coaching process and he\u2019s been a really good friend. So, when I say \u2018personal,\u2019 that\u2019s where that comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n
Familiar foes<\/p>\n
Taylor was Cleveland\u2019s starting quarterback in 2018 when the Browns took on the Jets in Week 3.<\/p>\n
It was the last game he started for the franchise.<\/p>\n
Taylor suffered a concussion shortly before halftime and was replaced by his backup: Mayfield. The No. 1 overall pick that year made his NFL debut and led the Browns to a comeback victory. Mayfield started the rest of that season.<\/p>\n
Both quarterbacks have ended up in several other spots since, and the two will face each other as opponents Sunday. They last squared off in 2021, when Mayfield was still in Cleveland and Taylor was with Houston \u2014 and the Browns won 31-21.<\/p>\n
\u201cHappy for Baker,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cHe\u2019s a competitor. Haven\u2019t caught up with him much since we parted ways in Cleveland, but I always watch him from afar and I\u2019m proud of the way he\u2019s been able to handle himself and the way he\u2019s carrying the Tampa Bay team and just his success over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayfield playfully corrected the pronunciation of Taylor\u2019s first name.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s correctly pronounced tuh-ROD, but he doesn\u2019t correct people,\u201d Mayfield said. \u201cNo, he\u2019s an awesome guy, a really good leader. (He is a) veteran presence that was instrumental for me in the midst of a chaotic first year in Cleveland and somebody I relied on a lot. I have a ton of respect for him, just the way he\u2019s able to command and operate. Obviously, Justin (Fields) presents different challenges, but Tyrod is able to do his own thing. He\u2019s played a lot of ball, been everywhere, different systems. So yeah, that\u2019ll be a good matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n
No run zone<\/p>\n
Despite losing defensive tackle Calijah Kancey in the first half, the Buccaneers held Houston to 57 yards rushing, excluding C.J. Stroud\u2019s scrambles. In the opener, they held the Falcons to 69 yards on 24 carries, limiting Bijan Robinson to only 24 yards.<\/p>\n
The Jets have 282 yards rushing in two games led by Breece Hall\u2019s 136. Hall is averaging 4.7 yards per carry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are off to a 2-0 start for the fourth straight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[2910,380,7,221,253,2368,88,6,11374,9,209,15556,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-379857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-associated-press","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-houstontexans","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-professional-football","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-tampa","19":"tag-tampa-bay-bucs","20":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115230136825506790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}