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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield expects to return from a thumb injury and play when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the Carolina Panthers on Sunday .
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Buccaneers → expect → Sunday
The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback dislocated his right thumb when his throwing hand hit Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman on a desperation pass on fourth down that was intercepted late in the fourth quarter of a 23-16 loss in Week 3.
“It’s been feeling slowly better and better.
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It → dislocate → Week
That’s the frustrating part with an injury like that,” Mayfield said Thursday.
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Mayfield → ’ → that
Mayfield has worn a special glove in practice and plans to use it in the game.
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Mayfield → wear → game
Undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels started the past three games, going 1-2.
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Daniels → start → games
The Buccaneers (1-5) are last in the NFC South entering the game at Carolina (3-2).
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Buccaneers → enter → Carolina
Mayfield said he was aiming to return to face Pittsburgh last week but wasn’t ready.
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he → say → Pittsburgh
The Bucs wasted a 16-3 lead in the fourth quarter and lost 26-19 in overtime.
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Bucs → waste → overtime
Daniels threw two picks in the fourth quarter that led to a pair of field goals.
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that → throw → goals
“Anytime you dislocate something there’s gonna be ligament damage.
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you → dislocate → something
It just didn’t happen to be ligaments and tendons that I needed surgery on,” Mayfield said.
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Mayfield → happen → surgery
And yeah, it’s football.
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it → ’ → ?
If something like that happens, that’s the nature of the game, unfortunately.
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that → happen → game
But we’ve got into a place where it’s strong enough to (play).”
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it → get → place
Mayfield, who signed a $165 million, three-year contract extension before the season, hadn’t missed a start since joining the Buccaneers in 2023.
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who → sign → 2023
He played through various injuries throughout his career, which began in Cleveland after the Browns selected him with the No. 1 pick in 2018.
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Browns → play → 2018
The Buccaneers got off to their worst start since 2014, going 0-3 with Mayfield.
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Buccaneers → get → Mayfield
He struggled behind an offensive line that was woeful at the time.
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that → struggle → time
He has two touchdown passes and two interceptions, has lost three fumbles and has been sacked 13 times.
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He → have → fumbles
Daniels didn’t fare much better but led an impressive win at Dallas on Oct. 8.
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Daniels → fare → Oct.
Daniel has three TDs, five picks and a 63.4 rating.
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Daniel → have → TDs
“We weren’t doing the little things right,” Mayfield said.
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Mayfield → do → things
“Whether it’s guys overthinking. ...
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guys → ’ → ?
I don’t think we have dumb guys on this football team.
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we → think → team
It’s guys overthinking, just not doing the Day 1 stuff the right way.
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guys → ’ → stuff
And so when you have that, guys flying around, you hesitate at quarterback or your eyes are in the right spot quarterback and you’re trusting a guy to be there, you need to understand that you build this system based on timing, the rhythm of your feet, so it’s really important to do that.
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it → have → that
Our O-line is playing a lot better, and we need to take advantage of it.
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we → play → it
We need to be on the same page.”
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We → need → page