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The Giants won the coin toss, but elected to defer to start the game. The defense shut out the Giants in the second half and the offense took care of the rest, resulting in a 30-10 victory to snap the two-game skid and get to 7-3 on the season. Tampa Bay got out to a quick start, scoring on an electric opening drive before eventually taking a 17-10 lead into the locker room at halftime. This Week 11 matchup with the Giants (3-6), who played the Bucs far too close in a Monday Night Football meeting last November, needed to be a true get-right game for Bruce Arians’ team, especially with the season’s stretch run approaching.ĭespite their recent two-game losing streak, the Bucs entered Monday’s game as 11-point favorites, with ESPN’s FPI Matchup Predictor giving them a 78.5% chance to get back in the win column ahead of next week’s trip to Indianapolis.

On the injury front, the Bucs did get some reinforcements this week, with Rob Gronkowski and Sean Murphy-Bunting both returning to action.

To be fair, injuries have piled up this season and those are always going to be difficult to overcome, but the team’s play lately has had less to do with injuries and more to do with it reverting to the old “Bucs beating Bucs” problems that became a common theme before last year’s championship run. Tampa Bay (6-3) looked nothing like the defending Super Bowl champions in its two road losses on Oct. Yet, thanks to two frustrating losses at the hands of the Saints and the Washington Football Team-with a bye week mixed in between-that’s exactly the situation they found themselves in when they returned to their home field on Monday night-two days shy of a month later-to host the New York Giants. 24 after dominating the Bears in a 38-3 win, they surely didn’t expect that to be their last win for almost a month. No.When the Buccaneers left the field at Raymond James Stadium on Oct. There is no Monday Night Football contest scheduled for Week 18 Wild Card Weekend

Chicago Bears 17-9ĭecember 27: Miami Dolphins d. Arizona Cardinals 30-23ĭecember 20: Minnesota Vikings d. Buffalo Bills 14-10ĭecember 13: Los Angeles Rams d. Here is a look at the entire 2021 MNF slate: It is the penultimate Monday Night Football game of the 2021 NFL season as next week's AFC North battle between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers brings the schedule to a close. The fun matchups continue in Week 16 with the Miami Dolphins traveling to New Orleans to take on Alvin Kamara and the Saints. Then, in Week 12, the Washington Football Team overcame Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. Week 1 featured the Baltimore Ravens and Las Vegas Raiders, and Week 10 brought the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers into a fierce NFC West battle. Important games and thrilling matchups are spread across the season's first 16 weeks, with plenty of big-name quarterbacks, divisional rivalries, and familiar faces in new places. But while Sunday Night Football is still loaded as usual in 2021, so are Monday nights. For many years it has seemed like the best NFL game each week goes to Sunday Night Football, leaving Monday Night Football with a considerably weaker slate of matchups.