In a battle for first place in the NFC South, the Atlanta Falcons defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16-13, thanks to a last-second field goal.
The win brings the Falcons to 4-3 on the season, while the Bucs drop to 3-3.
Offensive spotlight: Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans gets the nod for offensive player of the game in this one, as he not only had the most impressive stat line but also the best play.
Great Mike Evans TD but the leap needs work 😂
📺: #ATLvsTB on FOX
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/iTs8HMaXlh pic.twitter.com/q1CRiXiYuX— NFL (@NFL) October 22, 2023
Evans finished the game with eight targets, six catches, 82 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
Defensive spotlight: Tampa safety Antoine Winfield Jr. earned the defensive spotlight when he hustled to force a fumble on Falcons quarterback Desmond Ridder before he crossed the end zone, forcing a touchback.
HUGE. @AntoineWJr11 knocks the ball loose to make it a touchback. Bucs take over.
📺: #ATLvsTB on FOX
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/iTs8HMaXlh pic.twitter.com/6Fe2gRjy5B— NFL (@NFL) October 22, 2023
Winfield finished the game with seven combined tackles, one pass breakup and one forced fumble.
Rookie spotlight: Falcons rookie running back Bijan Robinson recorded just one touch in this game despite not being on the injury report all week. The mid-game update was that he was “just not feeling all that great.”
Arthur Smith via the broadcast: Bijan Robinson "just not feeling all that great."
Don't expect him to play much more.
— Tori McElhaney (@tori_mcelhaney) October 22, 2023
Box Score
Passing
Atlanta Falcons |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Desmond Ridder | 16.8 | 19 / 25 | 250 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107.1 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Baker Mayfield | 17.2 | 27 / 42 | 275 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 81.0 |
Rushing
Atlanta Falcons |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Desmond Ridder | 16.8 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
| Tyler Allgeier | 14.2 | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 5.6 | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bijan Robinson | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Baker Mayfield | 17.2 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rachaad White | 15.9 | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ke'Shawn Vaughn | 0.7 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Receiving
Atlanta Falcons |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Tyler Allgeier | 14.2 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 0 |
| Drake London | 11.4 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Kyle Pitts | 7.7 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 0 |
| Jonnu Smith | 5.7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Scotty Miller | 5.6 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 0 |
| KhaDarel Hodge | 2.9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0 |
| Van Jefferson | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Keith Smith | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Mike Evans | 20.2 | 8 | 6 | 82 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 1 |
| Rachaad White | 15.9 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 0 |
| Chris Godwin | 12.6 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Cade Otton | 9.3 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 0 |
| Deven Thompkins | 3.4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 |
| Trey Palmer | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Ke'Shawn Vaughn | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rakim Jarrett | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Payne Durham | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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