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The Los Angeles Rams and MVP frontrunner Matthew Stafford simply preserve successful, as they took down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-7 on “Sunday Evening Soccer.”
The Rams have gained six straight video games and proceed to steer the NFC West with a 9-2 file. In the meantime, the Buccaneers fell to 6-5, tying them with the Carolina Panthers for the NFC South lead.
This recreation was as lopsided because it will get for a primetime matchup between playoff hopefuls, and far of that needed to do with how assured and poised Stafford has been in his seventeenth NFL season.
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Los Angeles Rams large receiver Davante Adams (17) celebrates a landing in the course of the first half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Sofi Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 in Inglewood, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Occasions)
Stafford added three extra landing passes to his league-leading whole, giving him 30 on the yr with solely two interceptions. And the person who has loved a resurgence in his personal proper, Davante Adams, continued to be his go-to goal within the pink zone.
Adams secured two touchdowns for the Rams, together with the sport’s opening rating that capped a 10-play, 80-yard drive with a superbly thrown fade from Stafford.
BAKER MAYFIELD HAS ALWAYS VIEWED MATTHEW STAFFORD AS A “TOP 3 OR 5” QB
Then, after Baker Mayfield threw a pick-six on the next drive for the Buccaneers, Stafford got here proper again out to start out the second quarter with a five-yard strike to tight finish Colby Parkinson, blowing the sport open at 21-0.
Needing a landing, Mayfield discovered Tez Johnson for a 14-yard rating on the following drive to chop into the Rams’ lead. However Stafford wanted solely 4 performs to go 65 yards and join with Adams once more, this time on an ideal 24-yard contact move.
Adams completed the sport with 62 yards on 5 catches, whereas Puka Nacua led Los Angeles with 97 yards on seven receptions.
Through the Buccaneers’ landing drive, Mayfield scrambled for seven yards on third-and-6, decreasing his shoulder into two Rams defenders to maneuver the chains. It proved expensive for the aggressive signal-caller, as he suffered a left shoulder harm that ultimately pressured him out of the sport.
Davante Adams of the Los Angeles Rams catches a landing move in opposition to Zyon McCollum #27 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the course of the first quarter within the recreation at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 23, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Photos)
The harm appeared to trouble Mayfield when he tried to heave a Hail Mary on the finish of the primary half. He went down on one knee together with his left arm immobile earlier than ultimately heading to the locker room.
When Tampa Bay got here out for the second half, backup Teddy Bridgewater took over for the injured Mayfield, who was dominated out and stood on the sideline in road garments. It’s unclear what precisely Mayfield is coping with, however given his historical past of enjoying by means of accidents, that is clearly one thing he couldn’t energy by means of — and it may very well be trigger for concern transferring ahead.
Bridgewater was unable to mount a comeback because the Buccaneers struggled in opposition to a dominant Rams protection. Bridgewater went 8-for-15 for 62 yards and took two sacks, whereas Mayfield was 9-of-19 for 41 yards with a landing and two interceptions, one approaching that Hail Mary try.
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As a workforce, the Buccaneers managed simply 193 yards of offense to the Rams’ 333, however that’s been the story of late for this surging Los Angeles squad.
At 9-2, the Rams maintain the most effective file within the NFC, proving they’re a reputable power heading into the ultimate stretch of the 2025 common season.
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