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New England Patriots vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Patriots is the better survivor pick this week

Patriots score 0.388 equity (52.6% win probability) against Buccaneers at 0.314 — a real gap of 0.075.

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This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ SEAOpponent@ CIN

52.6%Win prob35.7%

0.388Equity score0.314

−0.0Spread4/11 books+3.5

29.5Game total50.5

▼ 0.163Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.001

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 7 meetings · NE 5 — TB 2. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1561.9ELO rating1487.8

#8ELO rank#18

14-3Record8-9

AFC EastDivisionNFC South

#1Division rank#2

L 16 · W +3 · W +12 · W +13 · W +28Last 5newest firstW +2 · L 3 · L 3 · L 1 · L 4

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

14.7 · #11vs QB19.5 · #29

19.0 · #5vs RB22.2 · #18

29.2 · #13vs WR31.5 · #19

14.7 · #20vs TE15.8 · #26

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

2.24 (2025)Sacks / game2.18 (2025)

7.95Pressures / game7.82

10-11Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows10-14

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

40.2% · #24Pre-snap motion50.2% · #5

10.8% · #19Play action8.4% · #31

1.3% · #30RPO6.4% · #11

2.3% · #30Screen pass5.1% · #5

2.8% · #29No huddle5.5% · #19

46.1% · #25Shotgun54.2% · #18

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

32.5% · #14Man coverage30.3% · #18

32.3% · #7Blitz (5+ rushers)34.1% · #3

29.8% · #18Pressure34.1% · #3

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Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

New England Patriots

Anfernee JenningsLinebackerOut
Ben BrownCOut
Bradyn SwinsonLinebackerOut
Brenden SchoolerSafetyQuestionable
Caedan WallaceOffensive TackleOut
Carlton Davis IIICornerbackQuestionable
Charles WoodsCornerbackOut
Christian BarmoreDTFull Participation in Practice
Christian GonzalezCornerbackOut
CJ DippreTight EndOut
Deneric PrinceRunning BackQuestionable
Efton Chism IIIWide ReceiverOut

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Anthony NelsonLinebackerOut
Anthony Walker Jr.LinebackerQuestionable
Antoine Winfield Jr.SafetyQuestionable
Ben BredesonGuardQuestionable
Benjamin MorrisonCornerbackOut
Billy SchrauthGFull Participation in Practice
Bucky IrvingRunning BackOut
Calijah KanceyDefensive TackleQuestionable
Chris GodwinWide ReceiverOut
Christian IzienSafetyOut
Christian RozeboomLBLimited Participation in Practice
Connor BazelakQuarterbackOut

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