By Lydia Jane Allison
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) at Detroit Lions (4-2) (Monday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC): Tampa Bay holds the best record in the NFC and has won five of its first six games for the fourth time since 2000 (2002, 2005 and 2021).
- Since 2023, the top two players in passing yards and touchdown passes in the NFL are Detroit’s Jared Goff (10,594 passing yards and 81 touchdown passes) and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield (10,083 passing yards and 81 touchdown passes).
- Goff leads the NFL with 14 touchdown passes and ranks second among qualified passers with a 120.6 rating this season while Mayfield ranks tied for third in touchdown passes (12) and sixth in passer rating (108.5).
- In his past 19 home starts with Detroit over the past three seasons, Goff has 50 touchdowns (47 passing, two rushing, one receiving) and a 111.3 passer rating. In 20 regular-season road starts with Tampa Bay since 2023, Mayfield has 45 touchdowns (42 passing, three rushing) and a 104.6 passer rating.
- Detroit edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson can become the third player since 2000 with a forced fumble in five consecutive games, joining Robert Mathis (2005 with Indianapolis) and Will Smith (2004-05 with New Orleans).
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