Week 5 DraftKings & FanDuel Showdown Plays: Buccaneers vs. Falcons Thursday Night NFL DFS

Welcome to the Showdown Breakdown for Thursday Night Football in Week 5 of the 2024 season. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers sit atop the NFC South with a 3-1 record, thanks to a resurgent offensive attack led by Baker Mayfield. They'll head to Atlanta to face a Falcons team trying to claw their way back to consistency after a 2-2 start. The Falcons are fresh off a divisional win against the Saints and now look to prove they belong among the elites of the NFC. Both teams are hoping to assert control in a wide-open division race, and with crucial players on both sides suddenly battling for key opportunity, there’s a ton of variance to how this game should be approached from a single-game DFS perspective. Let’s dig into it.

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