Bucs' Baker Mayfield finds 320-pound lineman for touchdown pass vs Cardinals

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went heavy into their playbook against the Arizona Cardinals arsenic Baker Mayfield recovered violative lineman Tristan Wirfs for a touchdown successful the 2nd quarter.

The 6-foot-5, 320-pound All-Pro tackle reported arsenic eligible arsenic the Buccaneers were trying to people connected 3rd-and-goal from the 1-yard line. Mayfield took the snap, faked it to his moving backmost and started to scan the field. He looked astir and recovered Wirfs wide open.

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Tristan Wirfs #78 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals with teammate Graham Barton #62 during the 2nd 4th astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Nov. 30, 2025 successful Tampa, Florida. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

It was Wirfs’ archetypal receiving touchdown of his NFL career.

The people was the archetypal Buccaneers touchdown of the game. Mayfield was 11-of-15 with 117 passing yards astatine that point. He started the crippled contempt suffering a enarthrosis wounded past week against the Los Angeles Rams. He sprained the AC associated successful his non-throwing shoulder, but managed to grin and carnivore the symptom to play against the Cardinals.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield reacts to a Buccaneers punishment during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, successful Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay entered the crippled with the pb implicit the Carolina Panthers for the NFC Division contempt some teams being 6-5. The Buccaneers were slotted successful arsenic the No. 4 effect going into the week.

The Cardinals were trying to salvage the play with a disruptive win. The squad has been without Kyler Murray for a fewer weeks and started Jacoby Brissett.

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Arizona is 3-8 connected the season.

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