The Tampa Bay Buccaneers shut out the Atlanta Falcons 16-0, improving their record to 3-5. However, Sunday’s victory came with a potential injury concern involving outside linebacker Yaya Diaby.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons 16-0 on Sunday even though quarterback Baker Mayfield didn’t complete a pass, making Tampa Bay the first team to win without a completion since the 1974 Bills, when they beat the Jets 16-12 at Rich Stadium during torrential rain and fierce winds.
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Baker Mayfield went 0-for-3 through a driving rain at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, and it didn’t matter one bit. Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell ran
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Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the belief is that Buccaneers OLB YaYa Diaby suffered an MCL sprain that isn’t expected to keep him out for long. Diaby left Week 8’s win over the Falcons early and will have an MRI on Monday morning to confirm the extent of the injury.
The Falcons fell to 3-5 on the season when they suffered a 16-0 loss to a Buccaneers side that completed zero passes in driving rain at Tampa Bay's Raymond James Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
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Alex Anzalone needed less than a quarter to set the tone for the Buccaneers on Sunday. The linebacker picked off Michael Penix Jr. on Atlanta’s second and third possessions, and Tampa Bay rode those takeaways and a franchise-record ground game to a 16-0 shutout of the Falcons in a downpour at Raymond James Stadium.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers shut down the Atlanta Falcons, 16-0, at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday despite Baker Mayfield having zero completions. Mayfield went 0-of-3, as the nonstop rain forced the Buccaneers to abandon their passing game to survive the Falcons.
Bucs outside linebacker Yaya Diaby suffered a right knee injury with 6:32 left in the first quarter of Tampa Bay’s 16-0 win over Atlanta on Sunday when he was chop blocked by Falcons tight end Nick Muse.
Four tries at Raymond James Stadium had produced four losses, and rain fell for most of Sunday afternoon. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers handled both. They ran the ball on almost every snap, shut out the Atlanta Falcons 16-0 and finally gave the home crowd a win.
When Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield made his return from a three-game absence in Week 7, the big question was how his dislocated right thumb would hold up over the course of a 60-minute game.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned back the clock on Sunday, with Bucky Irving and Kenneth Gainwell accomplishing something the franchise had not seen since the 1990s.
Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers accomplished the impossible on Sunday in a win over the Atlanta Falcons. The Buccaneers defeated the Falcons 16-0 on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., and they did so without completing a single pass.
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Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin is yet to record 50 receiving yards in a game this year, but his impact on the field has still been felt. Tampa Bay QB Baker Mayfield reflected on a play where Godwin made them right on a pressure that should have killed the play, and praised him for doing the dirty work many guys don’t want to do.
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