Buccaneers

Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles knows his time may be running out, as the team started 0-4 this season.

“We know what the problem is,” Bowles said, via PFT. “It’s on us. We can’t keep getting close to not winning. That’s not good enough. Our record says what we are. We’re 0-and-4, until we acknowledge that and we correct our own mistakes, you know, it’s gonna keep happening. We talked about it as a team. We’re gonna be a team, and we got to play tougher in the end and we got to execute the end. And that’s the only way you can win the ball game.”

• Buccaneers QB Jalon Daniels is remaining positive and embracing the learning opportunities from his first start in a loss to the Packers: “Last time I talked to y’all, I said you have to be able to go through every single emotion. Go through every single high, every single low, and be able to feel that, and be able to play that true through your head… A lot of learning lessons that I’m able to take in today, and I’m going to do everything I can to be able to get back from that.” (Greg Auman)

Falcons

• The Falcons signed DL Gervon Dexter to a four-year, $78 million contract extension with $21.5 million guaranteed at signing and another $20 million scheduled to vest in March. (Spotrac)
• The contract includes 2029 and 2030 salary escalators, four option bonuses, and four void years for salary cap purposes.
• Dexter’s projected salary cap charges are $3.6 million in 2026, $5.6 million in 2027, $9.4 million in 2028, $13.5 million in 2029, $23.2 million in 2030, and $24.1 million in 2031 as a void-year charge. 

Panthers

Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan had a breakout game in the win over Detroit, recording 14 catches for 192 yards and two touchdowns. 

“I mean, who knows, maybe just the atmosphere, the prime time moments,” McMillan said, via the team’s website. “Everything just clicked tonight. And obviously Coach [Dave] Canales just harped on it earlier, just, there’s some plays throughout the week that we may not have hit on, but shoot, Brad called it tonight, and Bryce trusted it, and he made good throws, and we converted, so I can’t tell you what happened tonight. Maybe it’s just the Charlotte air.”