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By Matt Audilet
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell to the Chicago Bears in a primetime "Sunday Night Football" contest in Week 9.
The Buccaneers' offense, led by veteran quarterback Baker Mayfield, was flagged for false starts on several occasions throughout the course of the matchup on Sunday night. And when speaking to reporters postgame, Mayfield blamed at least one of these penalties on the Bears allegedly breaking NFL rules.
Mayfield accused the Bears defense of imitating his snap count and cadence in an attempt to draw penalties, which violates the league's "disconcerting acts or words" rule.
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"To be honest with you, I don't know. The last one, I know they're barking out the cadence, which you can't do that," Mayfield told reporters after the loss, via team insider Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. "Tough for the refs to call that because they’re not there at the line of scrimmage. But yeah, I think they called that on [Buccaneers LT] Tristan [Wirfs], but you can’t do that.”
With this Week 9 loss, the Buccaneers fall to 3-6 on the season. Mayfield completed 18 of his 32 pass attempts for 243 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions — one of which was returned for a touchdown.
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The Buccaneers will look to get back on track after their Week 10 bye.
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