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Brady drove Tampa Bay (4-5) 60 yards in 35 seconds with no
timeouts, finding rookie tight end Cade Otton for a 1-yard
touchdown pass with nine seconds remaining. Otton's 28-yard
catch over the middle on the drive's first play pushed the Bucs
into Los Angeles territory and a pass interference call in the
end zone set up a first-and-goal.
Brady completed 36 of 58 passes for 280 yards as the Buccaneers
won for just the second time in seven games and moved into a tie
with Atlanta for first place in the NFC South.
Matthew Stafford connected on just 13 of 27 attempts for 165
yards and a touchdown for the Rams (3-5), who now trail Seattle
by 2 1/2 games in the NFC West. Los Angeles has been outscored
71-10 in the fourth quarter this year.
Ryan Succop kicked three field goals for Tampa Bay, its only
points until Brady assured his record-setting effort would come
as part of a much-needed win.
In a rematch of January's NFC Divisional Round classic -- won by
Los Angeles on a last-play field goal by Matt Gay -- the teams
spent the first half demonstrating why neither is anywhere near
that level in 2022.
Tampa Bay initiated scoring on its first possession, controlling
the ball for more than 6 1/2 minutes before settling for
Succop's 20-yard field goal at the 7:16 mark of the first
quarter.
The Rams didn't run a single play from the Buccaneers' half of
the field in the first half of play, but still made one big play
to take a lead into halftime. That was Stafford's 69-yard
touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp just over two minutes into the
second quarter. Kupp broke open down the numbers on the right
side and Stafford hit him in stride for his sixth score in eight
games.
Gay made a 35-yard field goal with nine seconds left in the
third quarter to give the Rams a 13-6 lead before Tampa Bay's
comeback.
--Field Level Media
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