Bucs QB Baker Mayfield threads the needle to Jalen McMillan for the TD

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  • Jenna Laine, ESPN staff writerDecember 22, 2024, 10:03 PM ET

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      Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She began covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN.

ARLINGTON, Texas – Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie wide receiver Jalen McMillan joined Marvin Harrison Jr. on Sunday. as the only two rookies this season to receive touchdowns in three straight games.

McMillan, a third-round draft pick out of the University of Washington, had his fourth touchdown in three weeks with a second-quarter score at the Dallas Cowboys on a key two-minute drill.

Trailing 20-7 with :54 left in the first half, quarterback Baker Mayfield connected with a moving McMillan on a crossing route for an 11-yard touchdown that, with the extra point, made it 20-14.

The Bucs then surrendered a 58-yard field goal to kicker Brandon Aubrey to make it 23-14 at the half, the second-largest halftime deficit for the Bucs (8-6) this season.