Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons Prediction & Picks - NFL

Prediction published on 10/1/24, 8:15 PM  by Bill Christy | Modified on 10/2/24 at 6:04 AM in NFL Picks

The 3-1 Tampa Bay Bucs will host the 2-2 Atlanta Falcons on Thursday Night Football this week in an NFC South battle that could shake things up in the division. Tampa Bay is coming off a win over the Philadelphia Eagles last week. After jumping out to a 21-0 lead early in the game, the Eagles fought back a bit to cut the lead to 10 points early in the 3rd quarter. However, the Bucs pulled away and won the game 33-16. While the Eagles were without their 2-star receivers, AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith, it allowed the Bucs to play freer on defense and held the Eagles to just 227 total yards. 59 of those yards were on one big run by Barkley. Baker threw for over 330 yards and used 8 different pass catchers. For the Falcons, they are coming off a huge 26-24 win over their rival Saints. The game was back-and-forth and ended with a Younghoe Koo game-winning field goal. The Falcons were a bit bottled up in their run game as they were only able to get 88 yards on the ground. They did force 2 turnovers which made up for the 4//11 they were on 3rd down attempts.