The 5-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers will battle the 4-2 Detroit Lions in a prime-time battle on Monday, October 20 at Ford Field in the Motor City. It will be the second nationally-televised game for the Lions, who lost to the Chiefs in Kansas City, 30-17, on Sunday night in Week Six. Prior to that, the Lions had ripped off four straight victories and are currently the only team in the highly competitive NFC North with four wins already in the bank.
Here are some additional numbers to know about the state of the Buccaneers and their seventh game of the 2025 campaign:
2
The number of turnovers committed by the Buccaneers' offense through six games, tied for the fewest in the NFL. The Lions, Tampa Bay's upcoming opponent on Monday night, have only committed three turnovers, tied for third-fewest in the league.
3.67
The yards per carry that Tampa Bay's defense has allowed in 2025 after holding San Francisco's Christian McCaffrey to a 3.2-yard average on 17 totes in Week Six. The next challenge for the Bucs' run defense is the Lion's two-headed backfield monster of Jahmyr Gibbs (4.5 yards per carry) and David Montgomery (5.1) on Monday night.
7, 45
The number of passes defensed and tackles, respectively, that Tykee Smith has recorded during the first six games in his new role as a full-time starting safety in the Bucs' defense. Both figures lead the team and Smith is the only player in the NFL with at least seven passes defensed and at least 40 tackles.
20.8
The passer rating allowed on passes targeted at cornerback Jamel Dean, the lowest (i.e. best) mark in the NFL among defenders with at least 15 targets.
69.7
The percentage of dropback snaps on which nose tackle Vita Vea was double-team against the 49ers in Week Six. Vea still recorded a half-sack and five quarterback pressures, and the extra attention paid to him allowed the rest of the Bucs' defenders to combine for a season-high six sacks.
81
The exact number of regular season touchdown passes that both the Bucs' Baker Mayfield and the Lions' Jared Goff have thrown since the start of the 2023 season. The two are tied for the most scoring passes in the NFL in that span.
157, 3
The yards from scrimmage and touchdowns that Rachaad White has recorded in the last two games, in which he has started in place of the injured Bucky Irving. Irving is not expected to play against Detroit on Monday night, keeping White in a critical role in the Bucs' offense.
