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Baker Mayfield now has been cleared to return.
@AdamSchefter: Bucs QB Baker Mayfield is being evaluated for a concussion.
Tampa Bay
Buccaneers o47
24
AT
Dallas
Cowboys +4.5
26
Final
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 TB | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
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 DAL | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
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Game Charts
| Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baker Mayfield | 22.32 | 43 | 31 | 303 | 9.8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 97.34 |
| Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
Baker Mayfield | 22.32 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Bucky Irving | 18.2 | 16 | 68 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||
 Rachaad White | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Sterling Shepard | 4.4 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
Bucky Irving | 18.2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Jalen McMillan | 16.7 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
 Mike Evans | 11.9 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rachaad White | 11 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||
 Ryan Miller | 9.7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||
 Payne Durham | 7.9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Trey Palmer | 5.1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sterling Shepard | 4.4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Rakim Jarrett | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
 Chase McLaughlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 45 | 3 /3 | ||||
| Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
TB | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 317 | |||
| Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cooper Rush | 15.28 | 35 | 26 | 292 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 108.27 |
| Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
Cooper Rush | 15.28 | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Rico Dowdle | 8.1 | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ezekiel Elliott | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
 KaVontae Turpin | 2.8 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
 CeeDee Lamb | 17.5 | 8 | 7 | 105 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Jake Ferguson | 10 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Jalen Tolbert | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rico Dowdle | 8.1 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brandin Cooks | 7.8 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Ryan Flournoy | 7.1 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
KaVontae Turpin | 2.8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Luke Schoonmaker | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Hunter Luepke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
 Brandon Aubrey | 20 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 58 | 2 /2 | ||||
| Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
DAL | 8 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 410 | |||
Game News
Wholesome: Sterling Shepard has just won the player intro competition. ❤️🥹 pic.x.com/3MHXZGL8au
#Bucs WR Mike Evans has 749 yards this season and needs 251 more (about 84 per game) over the final 3 games to hit 1,000 for an NFL-record 11th straight season to start his career. pic.x.com/epEAM0F6Dc
RT: Vita Vea brought the BOOM 📺: #TBvsDAL on NBC/Peacock 📱: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.x.com/tfwR1lOS0Z
Bucky Irving pulls the Bucs to within three in Dallas with a two-yard touchdown run, his seventh rushing touchdown of the season. That's tied for the second-most rushing TDs by a rookie in team history.
Tight end Cade Otton will miss a game due to injury for the first time in his three-year NFL career. The Bucs, who have made liberal use of two-TE packages in recent weeks, will rely on Payne Durham, Ko Kieft and Devin Culp.
Buccaneers' Week 16 inactives: LB K.J. Britt DL Earnest Brown G Royce Newman TE Cade Otton OLB Jose Ramirez S Antoine Winfield Jr. buccaneers.com/news/bucs-cowb…
Buccaneers safety Kaevon Merriweather is questionable to return to Tampa Bay’s Sunday night matchup against the Dallas Cowboys with an ankle injury. He left the game following a Dallas touchdown late in the second quarter, putting the Cowboys up 20-7 over the Bucs.
Buccaneers S Kaevon Merriweather is Questionable to return to today’s game (knee). pic.twitter.com/XEU9v75KMj
— Buccaneers Communications (@BuccaneersComms) December 23, 2024
The Bucs are already paper thin at safety. Antoine Winfield Jr. is still out with a knee injury, and Jordan Whitehead remains on injured reserve with a pectoral injury. The defense got Mike Edwards back, and Christian Izien remains the last man standing in the secondary
Micah Parsons being “blocked” pic.x.com/NHxUGFcMk4
Cowboys stars: Micah Parsons, Cooper Rush pic.x.com/YlCoy5GwON
Jourdan Lewis interception pic.x.com/jbf6j5WfNE
NBC's Melissa Stark said Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (hamstring) told her he got off crutches last week. He's about a month away from starting to run. Prescott is adamant that he will be fully ready for offseason workouts in April
Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb (shoulder) looks to be fine. His return is called questionable, but he ever went to the blue tent and not heading to the locker room early. The injury appears to continue to be about pain management
Cowboys inactives tonight vs. Tampa Bay: Eric Kendricks Juanyeh Thomas Deuce Vaughn T.J. Bass Jalen Brooks Tyrus Wheat Justin Rogers
That was Aggie on Aggie crime. Donovan Wilson tried to kill Mike Evans.
Oh my goodness… it's Ezekiel Elliott. 😳 pic.x.com/1ydGpEiOq3
Scoring Summary
| Team | QTR | TIME | SCORING PLAY | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 1ST | 9:10 | Brandon Aubrey kicked a 58-yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DAL | 1ST | 2:53 | Cooper Rush passed to Jalen Tolbert down the middle for 10 yard touchdown | 0 | 10 |
| TB | 2ND | 11:34 | Bucky Irving rushed to the right for 2 yard touchdown | 7 | 10 |
| DAL | 2ND | 9:20 | Brandon Aubrey kicked a 49-yard field goal | 7 | 13 |
| DAL | 2ND | 1:48 | Ezekiel Elliott rushed to the left for 1 yard touchdown | 7 | 20 |
| TB | 2ND | 0:54 | Baker Mayfield passed to Jalen McMillan to the right for 11 yard touchdown | 14 | 20 |
| DAL | 2ND | 0:05 | Brandon Aubrey kicked a 58-yard field goal | 14 | 23 |
| DAL | 3RD | 6:38 | Brandon Aubrey kicked a 53-yard field goal | 14 | 26 |
| TB | 3RD | 0:34 | Chase McLaughlin kicked a 45-yard field goal | 17 | 26 |
| TB | 4TH | 2:40 | Baker Mayfield passed to Ryan Miller down the middle for 13 yard touchdown | 24 | 26 |
Injury Report
| Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markees Watts | OLB | Quad | OUT |
| SirVocea Dennis | LB | Shoulder | OUT |
| Silas Dzansi | OT | Knee | OUT |
| Cade Otton | TE | Knee | OUT |
| Kameron Johnson | WR | Ankle | QUES |
| K.J. Britt | LB | Ankle | OUT |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | S | Knee | OUT |
| Bryce Hall | CB | Ankle | OUT |
| Eric Banks | DL | Undisclosed | OUT |
| Cody Thompson | WR | Shoulder | OUT |
| Sua Opeta | G | Knee | OUT |
| Jordan Whitehead | S | Pectoral | OUT |
| Chase Edmonds | RB | Knee | OUT |
| Chris Godwin | WR | Ankle | OUT |
| Troy Hill | CB | Foot/knee | OUT |
| Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarcus Lawrence | DE | Foot | OUT |
| Zack Martin | G | Ankle/shoulder | OUT |
| Dak Prescott | QB | Hamstring | OUT |
| Juanyeh Thomas | S | Knee | OUT |
| Markquese Bell | S | Shoulder | OUT |
| Sam Williams | DE | Knee | OUT |
| T.J. Bass | G | Thigh | OUT |
| Asim Richards | G | Ankle | OUT |
| DeMarvion Overshown | LB | Knee | OUT |
| Trevon Diggs | CB | Knee | OUT |
| Eric Kendricks | LB | Calf | OUT |
| Jalen Brooks | WR | Knee | OUT |
| Earl Bostick Jr. | OT | Leg | OUT |
| Josh Butler | CB | Knee | OUT |
| John Stephens Jr. | TE | Knee | OUT |
| Caelen Carson | CB | Shoulder | OUT |
| Nathan Thomas | OT | Undisclosed | OUT |