Everything Baker Mayfield Said After Throwing 2 INTs in Bucs' Loss to Caleb Williams, Bears

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost an ugly, turnover-filled game to the Chicago Bears to drop to 3-6 on the season on Sunday.

It was an upgrade from last week in some ways for Baker Mayfield after completing no passes against the Atlanta Falcons, but the Bucs' quarterback still had a day to forget.

Mayfield threw for 243 yards and two interceptions on 18-of-32 passing. He was sacked four times and had a passer rating of 54.6 in the 27-24 loss.

"It sucks, but the team fought," Mayfield told reporters. "Team fought and stayed in it. That's one of the top teams, if not the top team in the league right there, so if we play clean football, we'd be proud of that."

While Mayfield committed fewer turnovers than Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, who threw four interceptions, he had the most costly pick of the game.

The Bucs trailed 17-13 in the third quarter and had the ball in Chicago territory following an interception, but on the second play of the drive, Mayfield tried to find Cade Otton but instead threw the ball into the hands of Jaylon Johnson, who took it into the end zone for a pick-six.

"Don't want to have them ever, but especially when it turns into immediate points on the pick-six," Mayfield said. "That obviously was the difference in the game."

Tampa Bay eventually tied things up after a field goal and a touchdown followed by a two-point conversion from Mayfield, but Chicago ultimately won it on a walk-off field goal.

It's been a rough season for Mayfield, who has battled injuries and now has more interceptions (4) than touchdowns (3), but playing in a weak NFC South means the Bucs' playoff hopes are still alive.

Mayfield will look to flush the rough showing and turn things around heading into the second half of the season.

"Need to get it fixed," Mayfield said. "Gotta take this bye to get healthy, continue to get guys back, and just have it in our minds that we need to go on a run. Mentally, it needs to be that way."