Rams’ offense and defense fail down stretch as Tom Brady lifts Tampa on final drive
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Rams’ offense and defense fail down stretch as Tom Brady lifts Tampa on final drive

LA Times  

Defensive lineman Aaron Donald kept pressure on Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, but the Rams lost 16-13 to drop to 3-5 on the season. Stafford said afterward that he would have loved to have been ahead by three touchdowns and taking a knee, “but it’s a whole lot more fun when you got to make a play like that to win the game and just steal somebody’s soul.” On Sunday, after the defense preserved a 13-9 lead by stopping Brady and the Buccaneers with a goal-line stand with less than two minutes left, all Stafford and the offense needed to do was get a first down to run out the clock. The 45-year-old Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion with a long resume of late-game heroics, briefly had retired after last season’s playoff loss to the Rams. “He’s shown over and over again, you keep giving him chances he’s going to hurt you.” The Rams’ locker room, even in the aftermath of losses this season, has not been a somber place. “I’m a huge part of this, and that’s just the reality of where we’re at right now.” Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp runs on a 69-yard touchdown catch, a rare offensive highlight for his team Sunday.

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