Baker Mayfield’s fumble gives the Commanders a 20-17 lead

The Buccaneers held the Commanders out of the end zone once. Baker Mayfield asked them to do it twice and they got to a game of cards.

Jayden Daniel’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin on fourth-and-goal gave the Commanders a 20-17 lead with 9:46 left.

Less than five minutes earlier, the Bucs had left the field and kept the Commanders out of the end zone while Washington came away scoreless on first-and-goal from the 1. Daniels threw incomplete and Calijah Kancey stopped Brian Robinson for a 2-yard loss before the back- two-back incompletions by Daniels. Lavontae David could have been called for defensive pass interference on fourth down when he held Zach Ertz.

However, the Commanders got the ball back when Mayfield fumbled an exchange with no one around him. Bobby Wagner recovered at Tampa Bay on the 13th.

The Commanders cashed in, with the Bucs giving up a touchdown in the second half for the first time in six games. Tampa Bay has allowed a total of nine points in the second half of its past five games.

The Bucs will have to play the rest of the game without cornerback Jamel Dean (knee).