The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons will face off in each team's 2025 regular season opener on Sunday, September 7, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Buccaneers and Falcons finished first and second in the NFC South in 2024; after both teams concluded Week 16 with 8-7 records, the Buccaneers went on to win their final two contests and their fourth straight division title at 10-7 while the Falcons' season ended with consecutive overtime losses to leave the team at 8-9. Atlanta did win both head-to-head contests last season, a 36-30 overtime decision in Atlanta in Week Five and a 31-26 barnburner in Tampa three weeks later.
Both the Buccaneers and Falcons had top-10 offenses in 2024 in terms of total yards, and both also finished in the top five in passing yards. On