Falcons
at
Buccaneers
Sun 1 Nov · 1:00 PM ET · Fox · Raymond James Stadium
Rest ATL 7 days, TB 7 days
Market
TB −2.5
total 44.5 · spread opened TB −4.5, moved −2.0 toward ATL
Atlas projectsAtlas
22.3–24.7
ATL–TB · total 47.0
Difference
−0.1
on the spread · total +2.5
A91/100
Historically reliable.

Atlas and the market are closely aligned, 0.1 points apart.

Across seven seasons, cards this close to the market claimed 53% accuracy and delivered 53%.

How much weight this card's information deserves — not a recommendation.

Why

what the model is reading

Be careful about

  • One book is quoting this game, so the market number has no depth behind it and may move sharply.
  • Atlas and the market have moved opposite ways on the total since it opened.

Projection built Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETMarket updated Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETData status

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Market detail where the line opened, where it is now, and the prices
SpreadOpenCurrentMove
Buccaneers−4.5−2.5−2.0
Falcons+4.5+2.5+2.0
Price−110−108—

The spread has moved 2.0 toward Falcons and the total has moved 2.0 down since the open.

TotalOpenCurrentMove
Game total46.544.5−2.0
Price (over)−110−115—
Moneyline · Falcons +185 → +120 Moneyline · Buccaneers −225 → −142 De-vigged, the market gives Buccaneers a 56.3% chance. Books quoting: 1.

DraftKings · 1 book quoting

Projection detail the projected score, the chance of winning, the total's range and the most likely exact score
Projected score
22.3 – 24.7
Falcons – Buccaneers
Projected spread
TB −2.4
market −2.5
Projected total
47.0
market 44.5 · 80% range 30–64
Buccaneers win probability
57.5%
from the score grid
Over probability
52.6%
at the current total of 44.5
Most likely score
17–20
1.3% of the grid — one cell of 6,400
How this number is made. Every FBS team starts the season at a preseason expectation built from last season's ratings, roster talent, recruiting, returning production and the coaching situation. After every game a filter updates each team's offense and defense, opponent-adjusted, and the two teams' numbers meet here with the home advantage. The total adds the teams' pace and the wind. The market is never an input; it is shown so you can see where Atlas differs and read why.

Atlas difference

MeasureAtlas modelMarketDifference
SpreadTB −2.4TB −2.5−0.1
Total47.044.5+2.5
Buccaneers win probability57.5%56.3%+1.2 pts
A difference is not an edge. Atlas has measured what happens at every size of disagreement, and the gap between what the model claims and what it delivers widens as the disagreement grows. This game sits in the 0-1 band, where cards have claimed 53% accuracy and delivered 53% across 541 games.
Matchup how each offense compares with the defense it faces, season to date, ranked among 32 NFL teams

Season to date through 26 October: Falcons 7 games, Buccaneers 7 games. Ranks are among 32 NFL teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.

Falcons offensevs Buccaneers defense
24.410th
Points per gameedge Falcons
21.614th
5.6911th
Yards per play
5.1311th
140.96th
Rushing yards per gameedge Buccaneers
79.62nd
198.323rd
Passing yards per gameedge Buccaneers
217.414th
3.97th
20+ yard plays per game
2.77th
2.317th
Sacks per gameedge Buccaneers
2.315th
39%21st
Third-down conversion rateedge Buccaneers
36%9th
67%9th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge Buccaneers
52%8th
Buccaneers offensevs Falcons defense
23.117th
Points per gameedge Buccaneers
24.720th
4.8426th
Yards per playedge Falcons
5.2913th
147.33rd
Rushing yards per gameedge Buccaneers
90.66th
150.432nd
Passing yards per gameedge Falcons
255.629th
2.727th
20+ yard plays per gameedge Falcons
3.720th
3.129th
Sacks per gameedge Falcons
2.411th
40%17th
Third-down conversion rateedge Buccaneers
43%22nd
56%25th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge Falcons
66%19th
Falconsvs Buccaneers
Situational
−0.1417th
Turnover margin per game
−0.1417th
59.621st most
Plays per game
61.614th most
60.720th
Penalty yards per gameedge Buccaneers
52.08th

Figures come from completed games only, so every one was known before kickoff. They are raw, not adjusted for opponents - All drivers has Atlas's adjusted view. Passing yards are net of sack yardage, as the NFL counts them.

Other models what FPI, SP+ and Elo say about this game, beside Atlas and the market
ModelMarginWinAs of
FPI (ESPN)TB by 5.069%Oct 29
AtlasTB by 2.457%live
MarketTB by 2.5—live

Each model's number for this game as its source published it before kickoff; Win is the favored side's chance to win, where the model gives one. FPI's margin and chance are ESPN's own. SP+ is the difference in the two teams' ratings, plus 2.5 for a home side; Elo is the difference in ratings at 24 points a point, plus 2.6 for a home side, as Atlas measured it on past seasons. None of these is an input to Atlas's number, and none is here to settle anything: they show where Atlas sits among other models.

How this grade was computed the four things that set the letter, out of a hundred
A91

High-reliability card

Atlas and the market agree closely, and this disagreement band has been among the model's most consistent across seven seasons.

Calibration 41/45
Market agreement 25/25
Card conditions 10/15
Data completeness 15/15

Atlas sits 0.1 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 3.4% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.

The total has moved 2.0 points since it opened. Cards on a market that has moved have calibrated worse in five of six seasons.

The grade describes how much weight the information deserves. It says nothing about which side of a market anyone should take, and Atlas does not publish that. How grades are computed.

All drivers all 4 things the model is reading, and how each team ranks against the rest of the country
Pace and possessions 114 plays · 48th percentile

A combined 114 plays per game — the 48th percentile of this season's games. A middling number of possessions either way.

fewer playsmore plays
Defense, in points TB +1.7 pts

Atlas rates Buccaneers' defense at +0.8 points a game against the NFL average and Falcons' at -0.9, opponent-adjusted, after 7 games this season.

FalconsBuccaneers
Home advantage TB +1.2 pts

Playing at home is worth 1.2 points in this season's model, fitted, not assumed.

FalconsBuccaneers
Success rate ATL +2.4 pts

Falcons succeeds on 44.3% of plays (57th percentile) against Buccaneers' 41.9% (35th percentile).

FalconsBuccaneers
Market movement how far the market has moved since the number opened, and which way

Total, open to current

47.0 45.5 44.0 Atlas 47.0 — beyond this range open 46.5 now 44.5
MeasureValue
Opening number46.5
Current number44.5
Market directiondown 2.0
Atlas directionup

Atlas and the market point opposite ways on this total. That is information, not a verdict.

Two findings that are not in conflict

Atlas has measured disagreement twice, against two different reference points, and they say different things.

Measured againstWhat it predicts
The closing numberthe model's own failure — so a large difference lowers the grade
The opening numberwhich way the line moves — tracked publicly, not graded

A model far from the close is wrong; a model far from the open is early. The second finding is tracked in the open closing-line record and is deliberately kept out of the grade.

Reliability record what Atlas claimed and what it delivered, across the seasons it never saw while being built

Calibration by disagreement band

82% 64% 45% this card10+ claimed realized

Two series, labeled directly. The widening gap is why Atlas grades large disagreements down.

This band, seven seasons

MeasureThis bandAll cards
Realized accuracy52.8%50.1%
Claimed accuracy52.6%57.1%
Calibration gap+0.2 pts−7.0 pts
Seasons above 50%5 of 7—
Games measured5411,800
Read the gap, not the claim. Atlas's raw confidence numbers run high — a claimed 53% has historically delivered 53%. The grade already corrects for this. The claim is shown so the correction is visible rather than hidden.
What this card is. Research, analytics and market context. Atlas does not publish selections, does not size anything and does not project returns. Every figure is computed out of sample from a point-in-time database: nothing attached to a game uses information that did not exist before kickoff.