NFL team

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Data: ESPN · observed Oct 31, 12:02 AM ET

Coach and tendencies

Head coach: Todd Bowles · 9 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 7 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	1.4	rank 15 of 32	7
Fourth-down conversion rate	30 %	rank 29 of 32	7
Red-zone trips per game	3.3	rank 16 of 32	7
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	49.4 %	rank 29 of 32	7
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	50.6 %	rank 4 of 32	7
Time of possession per game	32.4 min	rank 7 of 32	7
Turnovers per game	1.6	rank 9 of 32	7

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Model rating

1 · 7 games observed. Season scoring-margin rating, pulled toward the league average; no injury adjustment.

Schedule and results

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Sep 13 · at Cincinnati Bengals · L 27–33
Sep 20 · vs Cleveland Browns · L 19–23
Sep 27 · vs Minnesota Vikings · L 16–23
Oct 4 · vs Green Bay Packers · L 14–17
Oct 8 · at Dallas Cowboys · W 24–16
Oct 18 · vs Pittsburgh Steelers · L 19–26
Oct 25 · at Carolina Panthers · W 43–13
Nov 1 · vs Atlanta Falcons · 11/1 - 1:00 PM EST

Fantasy outlook · Week 8

PPR projections · observed Oct 31, 1:54 AM ET. Rankings and other scoring formats.

Baker Mayfield

TB · QB · Rank 28 · Tier 5

11.6 PPR points · floor 9.1 · ceiling 14.1

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 17.6 QB fantasy points a game (3.5% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	7	11	64	1	0	1	1	1
3	17	34	217	1	1	2	6	0
2	21	34	182	1	1	4	29	2
1	23	28	216	0	0	5	30	3

Jalon Daniels

TB · QB · Rank 37 · Tier 6

9.9 PPR points · floor 2.9 · ceiling 16.9

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	0
6	22	43	164	1	2	4	39	0
5	19	25	189	1	0	7	23	1
4	19	27	148	1	2	8	55	1

Bucky Irving

TB · RB · Rank 7 · Tier 2

14.4 PPR points · floor 3.9 · ceiling 24.9

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 24.5 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	24	106	2	2	1	4	8
6	19	46	0	3	2	3	2
5	21	165	1	3	2	10	8
4	16	61	0	0	0	0	2

Sean Tucker

TB · RB · Rank 35 · Tier 4

8.3 PPR points · floor 3.3 · ceiling 13.3

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 24.5 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Red-zone touches
7	7	52	1	1
5	5	18	0	1
4	3	10	1	3

Kenny Gainwell

TB · RB · Rank 39 · Tier 4

7.9 PPR points · floor 4.6 · ceiling 11.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	14	88	0	0	0	1
6	2	17	1	1	7	1
5	4	18	4	3	10	0
4	3	5	2	2	22	1

Josh Williams

TB · RB · Rank 117 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 24.5 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Emeka Egbuka

TB · WR · Rank 15 · Tier 3

12.5 PPR points · floor 7.1 · ceiling 17.9

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 34.4 WR fantasy points a game (0.5% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
6	16	7	48	1	136	39%	1
5	9	6	38	0	71	36%	3
4	4	2	13	0	18	15.4%	0
3	9	5	62	0	91	25.7%	0

Tez Johnson

TB · WR · Rank 43 · Tier 5

7.9 PPR points · floor 3.5 · ceiling 12.3

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	2	33	1	30	18.2%	2
6	3	2	7	0	6	7.3%	0
5	1	1	64	0	33	4%	0
4	2	2	17	0	15	7.7%	0

Chris Godwin Jr.

TB · WR · Rank 44 · Tier 5

7.8 PPR points · floor 6.5 · ceiling 9.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	5	4	27	-8	45.5%	2
6	8	4	37	54	19.5%	0
5	3	3	37	5	12%	1
4	7	6	31	16	26.9%	0

David Sills

TB · WR · Rank 81 · Tier 6

5.2 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 34.4 WR fantasy points a game (0.5% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Ted Hurst III

TB · WR · Rank 84 · Tier 6

5.1 PPR points · floor 1.4 · ceiling 8.8

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share
7	1	0	0	0	4	9.1%
6	6	3	40	0	78	14.6%
4	3	2	25	0	27	11.5%
3	3	1	40	1	71	8.6%

Kameron Johnson

TB · WR · Rank 146 · Tier 8

2 PPR points · floor 1.5 · ceiling 2.5

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	0	0	0	0	0%
6	0	0	0	0	0%
5	0	0	0	0	0%
4	2	1	3	2	7.7%

Jalen McMillan

TB · WR · Rank 174 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 34.4 WR fantasy points a game (0.5% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	1	0	0	0	15	2.9%	0

Bauer Sharp

TB · TE · Rank 55 · Tier 6

3.9 PPR points · floor 2.6 · ceiling 5.2

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 15.8 TE fantasy points a game (2.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	0	0	0	0	0%
6	1	1	21	21	2.4%
5	0	0	0	0	0%
4	0	0	0	0	0%

Cade Otton

TB · TE · Rank 60 · Tier 6

3.5 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 7.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	1	0	0	9	9.1%
6	2	1	4	-4	4.9%
5	4	3	25	24	16%
4	6	4	37	23	23.1%

Payne Durham

TB · TE · Rank 66 · Tier 6

3.3 PPR points · floor 2.2 · ceiling 4.4

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 15.8 TE fantasy points a game (2.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	1	1	5	0	2	4%	0
3	1	0	0	0	4	2.9%	0

Ko Kieft

TB · TE · Rank 76 · Tier 6

2.9 PPR points · floor 2.9 · ceiling 2.9

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 15.8 TE fantasy points a game (2.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Chase McLaughlin

TB · K · Rank 8 · Tier 2

9.7 PPR points · floor 4.8 · ceiling 14.6

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Tampa Bay Buccaneers expected to score 23 (ESPN line) · Atlanta Falcons allow 6.7 K fantasy points a game (6.3% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	2	2	5
6	4	4	1
5	1	1	3
4	0	0	2

TB defense / special teams

TB · DST · Rank 1 · Tier 1

13.9 PPR points · floor 4.3 · ceiling 23.5

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Atlanta Falcons allow 7.6 DST fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced) · Atlanta Falcons expected to score 20.5 (ESPN line)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	13	5	4
6	26	5	1
5	16	0	3
4	17	0	2

Weekly data: nflverse contributors · CC BY 4.0. Weekly statistics normalized and transformed into projections.

Current injuries

Luke Goedeke (OT) · Questionable · Calf · Oct 30
Kenny Gainwell (RB) · Questionable · Hip · Oct 30
Emeka Egbuka (WR) · Out · Foot · Oct 30
Josh Hayes (CB) · Injured Reserve · Knee · Oct 28
Christian Rozeboom (LB) · Injured Reserve · Finger · Oct 22

Injury report observed Oct 31, 3:30 AM ET.

Players to watch

Baker Mayfield · TB: Passing Yards: 68/107, 679 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT · season
Bucky Irving · TB: Rushing Yards: 120 CAR, 558 YDS, 4 TD · season
Chris Godwin Jr. · TB: Receiving Yards: 27 REC, 243 YDS · season
David Walker · TB: Sacks: 4 · season
Josiah Trotter · TB: Tackles: 62 · season

Source

Method

Only observed fields are shown. Team box scores do not isolate red-zone touchdowns or offense-only points per drive; current injury reports and outdoor forecasts cover only supported leagues and venues.

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