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2025 · Week 15 · Division

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Kirk Cousins

29·28

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Baker Mayfield

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass · 56°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

TB -6

Total

43.5

Model margin

+1.7est.

TB perspective

Push chance

3.1%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • -0.008EPA / play+0.006
  • 44.5%Success rate43.3%
  • +0.041EPA / dropback+0.064
  • -0.073EPA / rush-0.087
  • 9.2%Explosive rate8.4%
  • -3.36CPOE-2.55
  • 33.5%Third-down rate41.0%
  • 62.2%Red-zone TD rate61.0%
  • 1.82Points / drive1.89
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.4%

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 · W1TB @ ATL2320TB
2024 · W8ATL @ TB3126ATL
2024 · W5TB @ ATL3036ATL
2023 · W14TB @ ATL2925TB
2023 · W7ATL @ TB1613ATL
2022 · W18TB @ ATL1730ATL
2022 · W5ATL @ TB1521TB
2021 · W13TB @ ATL3017TB

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kirk Cousins30/4437330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bijan Robinson19934.91
Tyler Allgeier2189.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Kyle Pitts11121663
Bijan Robinson811820
David Sills610780
Darnell Mooney36350
Charlie Woerner22120

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield19/3427721

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bucky Irving16603.80
Rachaad White12020.00
Sean Tucker471.81
Baker Mayfield111.00

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 +64.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

3.05%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.6%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.18
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.15
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.67