Tampa Bay Buccaneers Take On The Atlanta Falcons On Sunday

The Buccaneers will take on the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday for their Week 2 matchup. The Falcons are coming off a crushing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1 32-6. While the Buccaneers opened the season with a win against the Cowboys 31-29. The Buccaneers beat the Falcons twice last season. Quarterback Tom Brady had a 66.3% completion rate, 394.5 passing yards per game, and a 114.0 QB rating in each of the two games. What to expect this year from these two teams? In my opinion the same we saw last season. Brady and the offense should torch the Falcons defense, while the defense gets to Quarterback Matt Ryan which forces him to make bad decisions with the football.

Buccaneers Offense Will Be Ready To Go On Sunday

Starting with quarterback Brady is a perfect 7-0 against the Falcons. He has a 115.8 passer rating with 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He averages 318.7 yards per game. The key is for Brady to get the ball to his receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. Also, Antonio Brown who had a touchdown last week against the Cowboys. Can’t forget tight end Rob Gronkowski who looks more explosive than he did a year ago. He had a great game last week and I’m sure it’ll continue this week against Atlanta.

Brady hates too loose and we see that fire he brings to the rest of the team. He even took a dig at the Falcons this week on social media. He posted a video about the Week one win and the clock behind him said 3:28. See post below

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In his weekly “W” video, Tom Brady leaves a computer screen on in the back with the clock on 3:28.#Bucs play the #Falcons this week. What a savage. pic.twitter.com/5UoxVm687T

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 13, 2021

The Buccaneers Will Have To Be On Top Of Their Game

Bruce Arians spoke to the media on Wednesday about the Week 2 matchup with the Falcons. He was asked who stood out to him on the Falcons.

“A bunch of them – you have [Calvin] Ridley, [Kyle] Pitts, [Russell] Gage [and] Cordarrelle Patterson playing running back. They have weapons. A lot of teams didn’t look good in the first week for whatever reason. Don’t put any stock in that. We know how good the Falcons are.”

Buccaneers safety Antoine  Winfield Jr. will have his hands full on Sunday afternoon covering the Falcons receivers.  He was asked about what stands out to him the most on the Falcons offense

“I would say the receivers and the tight end. I feel like those are the guys that are going to make plays for them, so we’ve got to try to do our best to slow them down.”

The Defense Will Be Solid On Sunday

I think the main key on defense is to get to quarterback Matt Ryan and force him to get rid of the ball before he wants to. Let Ryan make mistakes and cause turnovers. The Buccaneers’ defense is pretty solid between Devin White, Ndamukong Suh, Devin White, etc there is no excuse for the Bucs defense to give up any big plays to the Falcons on Sunday.

Overall I think the Buccaneers win this game handily. At least by two touchdowns, Brady and the offense will be on fire and the defense will dominate. The Bucs will begin the season on a high note at 2-0.