**Los Angeles 28, Tampa Bay 7 – 3:10 remaining in the second quarter**
A mix-up between the Bucs' two deep men on the ensuing kickoff allowed the Rams' coverage unit to drop Wright at the Tampa Bay 20. A run and a catch by Tucker left the Bucs in a third-and-six as the two-minute warning arrived. The first play after the break was a four-yard catch by Godwin, and the Bucs elected to go for it on fourth-and-two at the their own 26. Mayfield tried to hit Shepard on a square-in but Emmanuel Forbes was able to break it up.
That put the Rams at the Bucs' 26 with 1:39 remaining in the half. A Nacua catch for five yards on second down made it third-and-three and another sideline shot to Adams was well-covered and incomplete. Los Angeles brought out K Harrison Mevis to tack on three points with a 40-yard field goal.
**Los Angeles 31, Tampa Bay 7 – 1:02 left in the second quarter**
After another touchback, Mayfield started the next drive with a seven-yard pass to Shepard but his second-down pass in Otton's direction was incomplete. Mayfield threw quickly to Johnson down the left seam for a gain of four to keep the drive moving. An illegal contact penalty gave the Bucs a first down a yard into Rams territory and stopped the clock with 24 seconds left in the half. A scrambling throw to Godwin was barely tipped away at the last second by Forbes, and the next play was aborted by a botched snap, with Mayfield falling on the ball at the Bucs' 40. The Bucs used a timeout and ran a play on third-and-21, but Mayfield was eventually sacked by Jared Verse for a loss of four. The Rams called a timeout with five seconds left to make the Bucs run one more play. Mayfield scrambled around long enough to kill the clock, but elected to heave up a Hail Mary. The pass was intercepted by Forbes and Mayfield was slow to get up after the play, again holding his left shoulder.
Chase McLaughlin's kickoff to open the second half hit short of the landing zone, resulting in the ball being placed at the Rams' 40. The drive started with a seven-yard run up the middle by Williams, and Nacua's seven-yard catch over the middle produced a first down at the Bucs' 46. Two plays later, a rare drop by a wide-open Adams left the Rams in third-and-six, and a short pass to Nacua was incomplete. The Rams went for it on fourth down and Diaby chased Stafford into a desperation throw-away to avoid a sack, drawing an intentional grounding penalty. That turned the ball over on downs, with the Bucs taking over at their 48.
Bridgewater came out for the Bucs' first drive of the half and handed off to Tucker for a three-yard gain on first down. Another Tucker run got five more, and White came in to move the chains on third-and-two. A run by White on the next play lost two and a pass to Johnson originally ruled a catch was overturned by replay assist. Bridgewater escaped a sack on third down and ran for six yards, making it fourth-and-six and the Bucs went for it. Bridgewater hit Otton over the middle and the tight end was able to elude a defender and get 12 yards for a first down at the 20. A Tucker run and a shot to Shepard in the end zone that fell incomplete made it third-and-nine, and Forbes broke up a pass intended for Egbuka on third down. The Bucs went for it on fourth down but Bridgewater never got a pass off and was eventually dropped for a loss of nine by Turner.
The Rams thus took over at their own 27 at the midway point of the third quarter. Nacua caught a 10-yard pass over the middle and Whittington broke a tackle on the next play to weave for 13 yards. LB Lavonte David trapped Corum in the backfield on the next play for a loss of five, and two plays later, on third-and-eight, the Bucs' defense collapsed the pocket on Stafford and his pass was nowhere near another Ram. L.A.'s first punt of the game was fair caught at the Bucs' eight.
A four-yard Tucker run and a quick pass to Otton left the Bucs in third-and-two, and another catch by Otton was stopped short of the line to gain by one yard. The Bucs brought out the punting unit and Dixon hit it 55 yards to flip the field, with the Rams getting it back at their own 36.
The Rams committed holding on the first play of the next drive, erasing a long downfield catch by Adams. A tight end screen to Allen worked to the tune of 15 yards, and Stafford hit Adams on a scrambling 10-yarder to make it first down at the Bucs' 49. A nine-yard run by Williams brought the third quarter to an end. The fourth quarter opened with another Williams run for three yards and a first down. Three plays later, on third-and-seven, Stafford tried to muscle a throw into TE Terrance Ferguson in traffic but it was well-defended and incomplete. Mevis came on to try a 52-yard field goal and hit it for the game's first points since halftime.
**Los Angeles 34, Tampa Bay 7 – 13:35 left in the fourth quarter**
After a touchback, Bridgewater looked towards Egbuka on a seam route but the pass was low and incomplete. Another shot to Egbuka down the left sideline was out of reach, and on third-and-10 a blitz got to Bridgewater quickly, but the sack was erased by a defensive holding call downfield. White took a handoff out of the shotgun and found room to run for a gain of 16 to the Rams' 44. A holding call knocked the Bucs back 10 yards into their own half of the field, but two plays later Bridgewater connected with Egbuka on a crossing route for a gain of 32 to the L.A. 20. The Bucs then faced a fourth-and-three at the 13 and Bridgewater was sacked by Verse to kill the drive.
Los Angeles started working on the clock and after three Corum runs left the ball just short of the first-down line, the Rams brought out their punting crew. Ethan Evans shanked the kick and it went just 14 yards before going out of bounds at the Rams' 48. The Bucs couldn't do anything with that field position, with Bridgewater throwing the ball away under duress on second down and Shepard stopped seven yards short of the sticks on a third-down catch. Dixon's punt went into the end zone for a touchback.
The Rams then gave the ball to Williams on six straight plays, resulting in one first down and then a punt right after the two-minute warning. Wright took three handoffs for the Buccaneers to run out the clock.