Matthew Stafford adds 3 more touchdowns to league-leading total as Rams demolish Buccaneers

The Los Angeles Rams and MVP frontrunner Matthew Stafford conscionable support winning, arsenic they took down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-7 connected "Sunday Night Football."

The Rams person won six consecutive games and proceed to pb the NFC West with a 9-2 record. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers fell to 6-5, tying them with the Carolina Panthers for the NFC South lead.

This crippled was arsenic lopsided arsenic it gets for a primetime matchup betwixt playoff hopefuls, and overmuch of that had to bash with however assured and poised Stafford has been successful his 17th NFL season.

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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams (17) celebrates a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine Sofi Stadium connected Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 successful Inglewood, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Stafford added 3 much touchdown passes to his league-leading total, giving him 30 connected the twelvemonth with lone 2 interceptions. And the antheral who has enjoyed a resurgence successful his ain right, Davante Adams, continued to beryllium his go-to people successful the reddish zone.

Adams secured 2 touchdowns for the Rams, including the game’s opening people that capped a 10-play, 80-yard thrust with a beautifully thrown slice from Stafford.

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Then, aft Baker Mayfield threw a pick-six connected the pursuing thrust for the Buccaneers, Stafford came close backmost retired to commencement the 2nd 4th with a five-yard onslaught to choky extremity Colby Parkinson, blowing the crippled unfastened astatine 21-0.

Needing a touchdown, Mayfield recovered Tez Johnson for a 14-yard people connected the ensuing thrust to chopped into the Rams’ lead. But Stafford needed lone 4 plays to spell 65 yards and link with Adams again, this clip connected a cleanable 24-yard interaction pass.

Adams finished the crippled with 62 yards connected 5 catches, portion Puka Nacua led Los Angeles with 97 yards connected 7 receptions.

During the Buccaneers’ touchdown drive, Mayfield scrambled for 7 yards connected third-and-6, lowering his enarthrosis into 2 Rams defenders to determination the chains. It proved costly for the assertive signal-caller, arsenic helium suffered a near enarthrosis wounded that yet forced him retired of the game.

Davante Adams of the Los Angeles Rams catches a touchdown walk against Zyon McCollum #27 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the archetypal 4th successful the crippled astatine SoFi Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025 successful Inglewood, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

The wounded appeared to fuss Mayfield erstwhile helium tried to heave a Hail Mary astatine the extremity of the archetypal half. He went down connected 1 genu with his near limb motionless earlier yet heading to the locker room.

When Tampa Bay came retired for the 2nd half, backup Teddy Bridgewater took implicit for the injured Mayfield, who was ruled retired and stood connected the sideline successful thoroughfare clothes. It’s unclear what precisely Mayfield is dealing with, but fixed his past of playing done injuries, this is intelligibly thing helium couldn’t powerfulness done — and it could beryllium origin for interest moving forward.

Bridgewater was incapable to equine a comeback arsenic the Buccaneers struggled against a ascendant Rams defense. Bridgewater went 8-for-15 for 62 yards and took 2 sacks, portion Mayfield was 9-of-19 for 41 yards with a touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 coming connected that Hail Mary attempt.

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As a team, the Buccaneers managed conscionable 193 yards of discourtesy to the Rams’ 333, but that’s been the communicative of precocious for this surging Los Angeles squad.

At 9-2, the Rams clasp the champion grounds successful the NFC, proving they are a morganatic unit heading into the last agelong of the 2025 regular season.

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