Arizona Cardinals

On Christmas night, the Arizona Cardinals lost 19-16 in overtime at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Wide receiver Greg Dortch caught a career high 10.

Dortch has caught 44 passes on 50 targets this season, good for 422 yards and two touchdowns. But following the Week 13 BYE, Dortch was relegated back to a special teams only role, playing only 10 offensive snaps in Week 14. 21 against the 49ers, a game where he made a similar impact.

The previous two games ahead of Sunday night's matchup with the Buccaneers, Greg Dortch had played a total of 10 snaps. His up-and-down usage this season ...

Thomas also had a very good grade (84.8), as did Simmons (84.0). The same was possible for cornerback Marco Wilson, who had 59 snaps and two interceptions before a stinger ended his night. Linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill played 18 snaps, his most defensive work since signing as a free agent. At tight end Trey McBride (64) tripled the workload of No. Dortch played 58 snaps, more than any receiver other than DeAndre Hopkins (71). Green and Robbie Anderson much less than of late, Dortch got playing time and made it work.

Ryan Succop made a 40-yard field goal in overtime, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sent the Arizona Cardinals to their eighth straight loss Sunday night.

The Cardinals are in field goal range, energized by the trick play. They end up with a field goal for a 6-3 lead with 8:14 left in the second quarter. Tom Brady has made a career of hitting open receivers, but he missed Julio Jones in the end zone working against Cardinals rookie cornerback Christian Matthew. After Prater made all three field goals in Denver, he connected on Sunday, and it's 3-3 at the end of the first quarter. The Cardinals defense forces a Tampa Bay field goal and the game is tied at 16 with 2:27 to play. Cardinals second-year cornerback Marco Wilson intercepted Tom Brady and kept the ball as he came off the field. Watt and Tanner Vallejo were the tacklers on those carries by Leonard Fournette. Cardinals kicker Matt Prater has his second made field of the game, another 50-yarder (53 yards). Trace McSorley is 10 of 21 for 79 yards and a fumble off a sack. After the Cardinals defense forced a late punt, the offense could not get ball past midfield. His recovery from a torn ACL could take nine months and will be performed by the Dallas Cowboys' team doctor. The points were set up by a 47-yard McSorley-to-Hollywood Brown completion .

Twitter was absolutely ruthless towards both the Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in this Sunday Night Football barn burner.

Watt is an impending free agent following the conclusion of the 2022 season, which will end for the Cardinals in just two more weeks. But at the end of the day, watching Cardinals vs Buccaneers has most of us looking like clowns. At the end of the game, cameras caught J.J. The game looked more like this: Hence, a glorious clip to explain how the offense worked: However, tossing the Buccaneers into this game only made things more hectic, and honestly?