The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' next game against the Atlanta Falcons could be the most important of their season.
Here's the good news — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' brutal loss to the Baltimore Ravens doesn't matter much in standings, and the team's Week 8 game against the Atlanta Falcons was always going to be the most important of this stretch.Tampa Bay's 41-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens was far more out of hand than it seemed, and it was yet another game that exposed Tampa Bay's defense — the Bucs have given up over 500 yards of offense in two of its last three weeks.
The Atlanta Falcons dropped their game to the Seattle Seahawks 34-14, so Tampa Bay and Atlanta are evened up. The winner will take sole possesion of the NFC South with a game in hand.The New Orleans Saints, fresh off a 51-27 drubbing by the Buccaneers, got throttled even further when the Denver Broncos beat them 33-10 on Thursday Night Football. They've lost five straight since starting the zero 2-0, and with brutal injuries themselves, appear to be on a bad slide.
The Carolina Panthers have looked bad as ever, dropping a game 40-7 to the Washington Commanders. They remain not only a non-competitor in the NFC South, but one of the worst teams in the NFL. The Bucs and Falcons will face off for that fateful matchup in Week 8 at Raymond James Stadium. The Saints will play the Los Angeles Chargers on the road and the Panthers will head to Denver to play the Broncos.River Wells is a sports journalist from St. Petersburg, Florida, who has covered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 2023. He graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Florida in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter @riverhwells.
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