The Bucs leaned heavily on their receiving foursome of Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Emeka Egbuka and Jalen McMillan in Miami. McMillan took the fewest offensive snaps of the four of them but led the team with a career-high 114 yards on seven receptions. It was the first 100-yard game of his young career. Godwin added 108 yards on seven catches and caught the 41st touchdown pass of his career. He played the most snaps of the four, with 53 (out of a possible 67) to 50 for Evans and 39 for Egbuka.
The Buccaneers opened the game in a two-tight end formation with Cade Otton and Payne Durham on the field. However, they didn’t end up using that package much; Otton played all but two of the 67 offensive snaps and caught all four of his targets for 33 yards, but Durham only logged nine snaps and was not targeted.
Despite being shaken up by a blindside hit on an interception return and subsequently being evaluated for a concussion, guard Michael Jordan did not miss an offensive snap. He and the other four starting offensive linemen each played a full 67 snaps.
Bucky Irving and Rachaad White had a nearly 50-50 split in the backfield, with 36 snaps for the former and 32 for the latter, though they were also on the field together for a handful of plays. Irving had 14 touches for 33 yards while White had 4 for 17. Sean Tucker only played four offensive snaps but ran twice for eight yards and was targeted on an incomplete pass at the goal line.
DL: Elijah Roberts*, Greg Gaines
NT: Vita Vea, Elijah Simmons*
OLB: Yaya Diaby, Chris Braswell, Markees Watts
ILB: SirVocea Dennis, Deion Jones
ILB: Lavonte David, Anthony Walker, John Bullock*
OLB: Haason Reddick, Anthony Nelson
CB: Jamel Dean, Benjamin Morrison*, Josh Hayes
CB: Jacob Parrish*, Kindle Vildor, J.T. Gray
S: Antoine Winfield Jr., Christian Izien
S: Tykee Smith, Rashad Wisdom