{"id":303175,"date":"2025-11-24T05:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303175\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T05:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:53:09","slug":"matthew-stafford-gets-nfl-mvp-buzz-from-fans-as-rams-rout-bucs-baker-suffers-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303175\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford Gets NFL MVP Buzz From Fans as Rams Rout Bucs, Baker Suffers Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Matthew Stafford drew MVP buzz as he outdueled Baker Mayfield, leading the Los Angeles Rams to a 34\u20137 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The home win improved the Rams to 9-2 on a six-game winning streak, cementing their hold on first place in the NFC West ahead of the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Stafford threw for 273 yards and three touchdowns while completing 25-of-35 passes, connecting with Davante Adams for two touchdowns and Colby Parkinson for another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Fans flooded social media with &#8220;MVP&#8221; chants after Stafford&#8217;s standout performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Mayfield <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hailmarypass_\/status\/1992797457928130930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">suffered an injury<\/a> on a Hail Mary attempt before halftime as Tampa Bay, meanwhile, is now in danger of losing its spot atop the NFC South, slipping into a tie with the Carolina Panthers during its three-game skid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Before his exit, he threw for 41 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions on 9-of-19 attempts before Teddy Bridgewater stepped in for the second half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Rams scored on all four of their first-half possessions and even the defense got on the board with a pick six in the first quarter. L.A. took a 31-7 lead into the break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The offense stalled after halftime and went scoreless in the third, but it added a field goal in the fourth as the Rams cruised to a comfortable win at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">L.A. will hit the road to face the Carolina Panthers next Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford drew MVP buzz as he outdueled Baker Mayfield, leading the Los Angeles Rams to a 34\u20137&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-303175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}