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A mic’d-up Baker Mayfield took a savage shot at Vikings CB Byron Murphy after a nasty stiff arm

To finish a road upset of the Minnesota Vikings, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would need a catalyst. They had the pass rush. They had the skill players like Mike Evans coming through. But someone needed to get Tampa Bay across the finish line.

Enter Baker Mayfield.

In new mic’d-up footage courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the veteran signal-caller was clearly feeling himself late in the fourth quarter. After Mayfield dropped a vicious first-down stiff arm on Minnesota cornerback Byron Murphy, he turned around and told Murphy to “get his weight up, little boy.”

Talk about adding insult to an already embarrassing five-yard play for the defender:

It remains to be seen if Mayfield can sustain his play for the Buccaneers as they try to go to 2-0 against the Chicago Bears this Sunday. But if he’s bringing this kind of fire to the field, all bets should be off.

This was how Twitter reacted to Mayfield's savage roast of Murphy

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