\n Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n
Last game: 30-19 win vs. San Francisco 49ers (4-2)<\/p>\n
Offensive standout: LT Tristan Wirfs<\/p>\n
Back in the lineup after missing the Bucs’ first three games due to injury, Wirfs has quickly rounded into form. He played well as both a run and pass blocker, and his presence elevated the entire offensive line.<\/p>\n
Defensive standout: CB Jamel Dean<\/p>\n
Dean did a little bit of everything for the Bucs’ defense, including a sack, forced fumble and crucial late-game interception.<\/p>\n
Needs improvement: Field goal kicking<\/p>\n
The Buccaneers are 5-1 and should have aspirations for a deep playoff run. When those are your ambitions, a shaky kicking game can be pretty problematic. Chase McLaughlin has missed four kicks this season, including one in the fourth quarter that kept San Francisco in it.<\/p>\n
Telling quote: “No, that’s the first time I’ve ever heard that. And, hopefully, it’s the last. I can’t do what Mike Vick ever did.” \u2013 Bucs QB Baker Mayfield on his scrambling drawing comps to the Falcons’ legen.<\/p>\n
Up next: Monday, 7 p.m. ET @ Detroit Lions (4-2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers Last game: 30-19 win vs. San Francisco 49ers (4-2) Offensive standout: LT Tristan Wirfs Back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[15843,223,254,2554,4127,224,7,88,6,63862,350],"class_list":{"0":"post-449169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-2025-season","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-bijan-robinson","13":"tag-falcons","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-tracking-the-nfc-south","18":"tag-will-mcfadden"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115379920201211337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}