Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons Depth Chart

DL: Calijah Kancey, Earnest Brown, C.J. Brewer

NT: Vita Vea, Greg Gaines

DL: Logan Hall, William Gholston

OLB: Yaya Diaby, Anthony Nelson

ILB: K.J. Britt, J.J. Russell

ILB: Lavonte David, Antonio Grier

OLB: Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Chris Braswell *, Jose Ramirez

CB: Tyrek Funderburk *, Keenan Isaac

CB: Zyon McCollum, Josh Hayes

S: Antoine Winfield Jr., Christian Izien, Tavierre Thomas

S: Jordan Whitehead, Tykee Smith *, Kaevon Merriweather

(On the practice squad: S Marcus Banks, LB Kalen DeLoach, DL Mike Greene, OLB Daniel Grzesiak, CB Dallis Flowers, LB Vi Jones, S Rashad Wisdom)

There are some changes to the defensive depth chart, as cornerback Jamel Dean went to injured reserve on Monday and defensive lineman Earnest Brown was activated from I.R. The Bucs are now carrying seven defensive linemen and just four cornerbacks, though safeties Tykee Smith and Christian Izien blur the lines as slot corners. Brown played 16 defensive snaps in his Buccaneers debut. Rookie Tyrek Funderburk played all 59 defensive snaps in place of Dean.

Outside linebacker Anthony Nelson had a slightly higher snap count on defense than usual, logging 36 plays, or 61% of the total. That was one more than starter Yaya Diaby, who finished the game with five tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss.

PR: Trey Palmer, Jalen McMillan *

KR: Sean Tucker, Trey Palmer

(On the practice squad: P Trenton Gill)

Gill was elevated from the practice squad and took care of the punting, holding and kickoff duties against Baltimore, with Jake Camarda on the inactive list. That marked the third time Gill was elevated for game day, meaning he is now out of such options. Palmer returned to his primary punt return duties and ran one kick back for seven yards.

Even with his expanded role on defense, Nelson continued to be the team’s most active special teamer. He was on the field for 27 of the team’s 29 plays in kick and coverage, or 93% of the total. Tight end Ko Kieft logged 18 special teams plays and had one of the team’s two kick coverage tackles. Rookie linebacker Antonio Grier, who played 16 special teams snaps, had the other one.