NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Atlanta Falcons 43 recap and analysis

Thursday Night in the ninth of the season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted during the "rush-color night" the divisional rivals, the Atlanta Falcons who lead the NFL South with a two-race on the Saints. The first attack of the game was made by the hosts that with a conservative drive made of plants ran with Peyton Barber and courts quarterback Jameis Winston passages that well protected by his offensive line has been able to find in the endzone Mike Evans which he was released in a perfect manner of Desmond Trufant feinting marking a slant and going the other way. The Atlanta answer came immediately with a grand drive to Matt Ryan in a manner that passing the ball impeccably managed to get in a quick close all'endzone attacking where, thanks to a misunderstanding of the defense of Tampa on the coverage areas found the tight Toilolo end on a vertical Seem for touchdown that tied the game. The hosts in the following drive just received the kickoff lost fumble the ball with a running back Smith forced by Campbell with a violent direct contact on the ball, what to give a good starting position for guests who are however only managed to score one with Bryant field goal kicker. The second quarter started well for Tampa is not seen the second fumble of their match, this time against Winston, but this time the Falcons have only managed to score three points with another field goal. The escalation of fumble did not stop seeing that Matt Ryan has lost another following a blitz where McCoy and Smith hit him in a combo, the Bucs were able to capitalize on the recovered ball marking a touchdown with Mike Evans who has freed himself of Alford marking with a double move really well executed. The first half of the match ended with the touchdown of wide receiver Gabriel on a "reverse" race following a drive from 74 yards. The third quarter started in the sign of Julio Jones, the phenomenal Falcons wide receiver who until then had not been able to be effective, it has dominated the first drive of the period with 4 receptions for a total of 59 yards bringing his team close all'endzone where the fullback Di Marco received his first touchdown of the season after a play action well done by the entire team. With the advance of the game the Falcons attack on steps it has exploded in their favor by closing the game with two touchdowns in between the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, the first a Jones touchdown on a track fade easily beating cornerback Hargreeves, the second a slant track of Hooper from close range that did not leave any chance to the coverage area of ​​the Buccaneers.

Fatigue Tampa Bay had overtime last Sunday against the Raiders, it has been well exploited by the Falcons that thanks to a no huddle offense has taken away from the game McCoy, the most dominant defender of the owners, thus letting in the rhythm quarterback Ryan that thanks to an excellent performance in product 43 points, a figure not by a pareggiabile not as explosive attack like the one led by Winston.

Final Score: Falcons 28, Buccaneers 43

MVP: Matt Ryan