Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield made it clear he was not happy with his teammates after Sunday's loss to the Patriots.

The Bucs dropped to 6-3 after falling, 28-23, to Drake Maye and the New England Patriots (8-2) in a battle of MVP candidates. After the game, Mayfield harped on a need to improve on third down and playing behind the sticks before issuing a stern message to the offense about their outlook for the rest of the season.

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield did not pull any punches when talking about the team's failures against the Patriots.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield found Tez Johnson in the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown. But when the Bucs tried a Philly Special for a two-point play, New England was ready for it and defended it well to keep the club off the board, keeping the score at 21-16, Patriots.

A crushing home loss to the New England Patriots, complicated from the first quarter, prompted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield to give a tough, direct message in the post-game press conference.

Mayfield completed 28 of 43 passes for 273 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in the Buccaneers ' 28-23 loss to the Patriots on Sunday.

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield wants the Bucs' offense to be angry about its performance in Sunday's 28-23 loss to New England, and to use the outcome as a prompt to have pride in fixing what has gone wrong

Baker Mayfield vows to fix a lack of “killer instinct” in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Pro Bowl quarterback threw for 273 yards and three touchdowns without an interception in a 28-23 loss to the New