Packers-Buccaneers Week 4 Recap: Green Bay Survives 17–14

Green Bay turned the ball over twice in the fourth quarter and still beat Tampa Bay 17–14, and the Buccaneers fell to 0–4 for the first time since 2013. The Packers lost linebacker Edgerrin Cooper to a torn Achilles in the third quarter after he had intercepted Jalon Daniels earlier in the game.

Love, Kraft, and Golden on short throws

Jordan Love completed 22 of 30 passes for 197 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. The first score was a 2-yard pass to Matthew Golden on fourth down in the second quarter, capping a 16-play drive. Tucker Kraft had a 10-yard catch on fourth-and-1 on that march and later scored on a 2-yard catch in the third after replay overturned an out-of-bounds call. Kraft finished 6 of 7 for 42 yards and the touchdown, about 13.5 half-PPR points. Golden caught 3 of 7 for 21 yards and the other score. Christian Watson caught all three of his targets for 47 yards.

Tampa Bay tied it 7–7 on a 2-yard run by Sean Tucker with 5:13 left in the half, helped by a 9-yard Daniels scramble. Green Bay led 10–7 at halftime after Trey Smack's field goal, then opened the third with Kraft's touchdown for a 17–7 lead with 10:32 left in the quarter.

Daniels’ first start and the fourth-quarter push

Daniels, an undrafted rookie in his first NFL start for Baker Mayfield (Out with a thumb injury on the Week 4 report), hit Kenny Gainwell for a 10-yard touchdown early in the fourth to cut it to 17–14 with 14:49 left. He finished 19 of 27 for 148 yards with two interceptions and eight carries for 55 yards. Cooper's pick set up Green Bay's first touchdown drive, and Evan Williams' interception gave the Packers the ball at their own 32 before the halftime field goal — 10 points off Daniels' two picks in all.

The Packers gave the ball away twice in the fourth quarter themselves: Jacob Parrish intercepted Love, and Kaleb Johnson lost a fumble. Tampa Bay could not score on either short field. Daniels' last possession ended on an incomplete fourth-and-11 from the Green Bay 47 after a short screen to Emeka Egbuka on third-and-16.

Ground games and receiving lines

Green Bay ran for 86 yards as a team. Josh Jacobs remains on the Commissioner's Exempt List. Johnson ran 8 times for 42 yards, MarShawn Lloyd had 7 carries for 13 yards and caught all 5 of his targets for 36, and Chris Brooks added 30 yards on four carries plus one catch. No Packers back cleared 7.4 half-PPR points in the box. Brooks is Questionable with an ankle on the Week 5 report.

Tampa Bay rushed for 141 yards at 4.5 a carry. Bucky Irving carried 16 times for 61 yards without a score. Gainwell and Tucker had the touchdowns. Chris Godwin Jr. caught 6 of 7 for 31 yards, and Egbuka caught 2 of 4 for 13.

Lineup calls for Week 5

Kraft and Golden each drew seven targets, and Kraft is the safer Green Bay pass catcher while that volume holds. The run game is still thin without Jacobs; Lloyd's five catches give him more PPR value than the rushing lines suggest. For Tampa Bay, Irving's 16 carries are the carry bet while Daniels starts; check Mayfield's thumb on the injury report before you treat Daniels as more than a one-week fill-in. Watson's 3-for-3 day is a role snapshot, not a target trend with Jayden Reed on injured reserve.

Full half-PPR lines are on the GB at TB box score, and the start/sit board has Week 5 projections.