Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield exits with left shoulder injury, replaced by Teddy Bridgewater vs. Rams
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield did not start the second half after sustaining a left shoulder injury against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. Mayfield went into the medical tent after throwing a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tez Johnson in the second quarter, holding his non-throwing shoulder. Mayfield returned but appeared to aggravate the injury on a Hail Mary attempt that was intercepted by Emmanuel Forbes Jr. to end the half, clutching his shoulder in obvious discomfort.
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Notre Dame’s ranking stalemate continues in the polls
The college football polls came out on Sunday and it looks like the Irish are right at the ceiling
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Wedgewood, Makar lead NHL-best Avalanche to 9th straight win, 1-0 over Blackhawks
Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for his first shutout and the Colorado Avalanche extended their winning streak to nine games with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Cale Makar scored late in the second period for the NHL-leading Avalanche, whose run is the team's longest since winning nine straight March 4-24, 2024. Colorado improved to 16-1-5 and has points in 13 straight (11-0-2) since its lone regulation loss at Boston on Oct. 25.
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Sunday Night Football: Rams rolling Bucs, lead 31-7 at halftime
Baker Mayfield is dealing with a left shoulder injury, but has stayed in the game so far.
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![](/<figure><img alt="" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/sb_nation_articles_115/081d68b8b94bcd993794a242ce66c08b" data-uuid="d7c9bd95-bce5-3924-a318-0d349ef69498"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">Notre Dame beat Syracuse 70-7 on Saturday. It was fun and wonderful and full of good vibes, but it wasn’t like they beat Oregon 70-7. So, anyone out there that gave even a little credence to the possibility of moving up in the rankings this week — well they were wrong. On Sunday, both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll had Notre Dame ranked #9 for the third week in a row.</p><img alt="" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/sb_nation_articles_115/8fb61f003bca835abc03f8ac0a44ec3c" title="" data-uuid="c4881a78-201a-320c-9efb-7bb909343d6e"><p class="has-text-align-none">There simply wasn’t anything of note that happened in front of Notre Dame to initiate a move. USC choked against Oregon, and Missouri couldn’t exploit an Oklahoma team that looked a little out of sorts.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">That’s college football.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">So going into the final regular season weekend of games, there are a number of outcomes that could potentially help the Irish — just as there are those that could hurt the Irish. Then again… maybe everything evens out again (which isn’t great).</p><p class="has-text-align-none">Notre Dame made a big leap in week 7 when they jumped from #21 to #16 and followed the next week up with a jump to #13, and then #12. Five weeks later they have reached the dreaded ceiling with one game to go. In fact, the Irish were just 32 points away from Oklahoma last week, and now it’s 52. </p><p class="has-text-align-none">Obviously, these aren’t the playoff rankings, but I find it hard to believe it will be much different. </p><p class="has-text-align-none">I do want to say this… conference expansion has made everything crazy. It’s not really the strength of schedule stuff, it’s how there can be so many undefeated and one loss teams going into the final week. The schedules are uneven for a conference setup, and not really condusive to multiple major shakeups. </p><p class="has-text-align-none">It is what it is. We’ll find out more about where the Irish stand tuesday night.</p>)