This is a make or break game for both the Atlanta Falcons (6-5) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-6). Both teams are still in the NFC playoff hunt, but the difference between winning or losing in this game could be the difference between playing in the postseason or sitting at home.
A win for the Falcons would likely rule out the Bucs. They would slip two games behind the Falcons with four games to play, and it would become incredibly difficult to overtake so many teams in front of them with such little time left.
A loss for the Falcons would be similarly damaging.