In a game that had plenty of divisional and playoff implications, the New Orleans Saints defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 23-13.
Offensive spotlight: New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson saw a team-leading 12 targets and turned them into eight catches, 90 receiving yards and one touchdown.
WHAT A CATCH ????
Carr to Johnson for 32 yards#Saints | ???? FOX pic.twitter.com/PWCWYvJDlO
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 31, 2023
It was a season-best performance for Johnson in targets, catches and receiving yards.
Defensive spotlight: Saints safety Johnathan Abram finished with four tackles and an interception. He allowed only 24 yards on six targets into his coverage, pending review.
ABRAM INT ????#Saints | ????: FOX pic.twitter.com/2KzYp4XN03
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 31, 2023
Rookie spotlight: Buccaneers rookie receiver Trey Palmer caught Tampa Bay's lone touchdown pass in the game.
.@Buccaneers get on the board with a lot of time left on the clock ????
????: #NOvsTB on FOX
????: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/sFjqknZtA5 pic.twitter.com/PPkjhK2RqU— NFL (@NFL) December 31, 2023
Palmer finished the contest with a team-high five targets and 84 receiving yards.
Box Score
Passing
New Orleans Saints |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
| Derek Carr | 15.58 | 24 / 32 | 197 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 111.1 |
| Taysom Hill | 11.54 | 1 / 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 66.7 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
| Baker Mayfield | 21.26 | 22 / 33 | 309 | 9.4 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 91.6 |
Rushing
New Orleans Saints |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Derek Carr | 15.58 | 3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 11.54 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jamaal Williams | 11.1 | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alvin Kamara | 6.9 | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Adam Prentice | 2.4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Baker Mayfield | 21.26 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Edmonds | 10.6 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rachaad White | 9.6 | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Receiving
New Orleans Saints |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
| Juwan Johnson | 23 | 12 | 8 | 90 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 1 | 32 |
| Taysom Hill | 11.54 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| Jamaal Williams | 11.1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 12 |
| Alvin Kamara | 6.9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris Olave | 5.6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 0 | 14 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 3.4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Adam Prentice | 2.4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Foster Moreau | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Lynn Bowden Jr. | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| A.T. Perry | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
| Trey Palmer | 17.4 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 16.8 | 21 | 1 | 54 |
| Chris Godwin | 17.1 | 5 | 3 | 81 | 16.2 | 27 | 1 | 47 |
| Chase Edmonds | 10.6 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| Mike Evans | 10 | 4 | 3 | 70 | 17.5 | 23.3 | 0 | 35 |
| Rachaad White | 9.6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Cade Otton | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Deven Thompkins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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