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2022 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Marcus Mariota

15·21

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Tom Brady

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

TB -10.5

Total

46

Model margin

+2.2est.

TB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • Falcons

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers winsFalcons wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Falconsedge mapBuccaneers
  • +0.002EPA / play-0.030
  • 45.4%Success rate44.0%
  • -0.001EPA / dropback+0.052
  • +0.004EPA / rush-0.208
  • 9.6%Explosive rate6.5%
  • -0.74CPOE+0.30
  • 41.9%Third-down rate38.1%
  • 60.2%Red-zone TD rate51.4%
  • 1.97Points / drive1.63
  • 1.8%Turnover rate1.7%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

All square 25–25 since 1999

Meetings average 47.2 points. TB are 27-21-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W15ATL @ TB2928ATL
2025 · W1TB @ ATL2320TB
2024 · W8ATL @ TB3126ATL
2024 · W5TB @ ATL3036ATL
2023 · W14TB @ ATL2925TB
2023 · W7ATL @ TB1613ATL
2022 · W18TB @ ATL1730ATL
2021 · W13TB @ ATL3017TB

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota14/2514710

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marcus Mariota7618.70
Tyler Allgeier13453.50
Caleb Huntley8344.30
Avery Williams3113.71

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady35/5235110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leonard Fournette14564.01
Rachaad White5142.80
Chris Godwin Jr.122.00
Tom Brady3-3-1.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +10.57.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

1.40%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.0%

Expected total

43.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.50
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.21