Rome Odunze — Week 9: His First Touchdown of the Year
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 9
Odunze caught 4 of 7 targets for 60 yards and his first touchdown of the season against the Buccaneers, converting three third downs, in Chicago's 27-24 win at home.
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Rome Odunze scored his first touchdown of the season against the Buccaneers: 7 targets, 4 catches, 60 yards and +2.7 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, +0.39 a target. Three of the four catches came on third down, and all three moved the chains.
The score opened the game. Tied 0-0 on Chicago's first drive, third and 6 at the Tampa Bay 9, Caleb Williams threw short right and Odunze caught it for the touchdown: +2.8 EPA and 4.2 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. On the next drive his 23-yard catch from the Chicago 19 started the march that ended in Luther Burden III's 56-yard score, and in the second quarter he converted third and 10 with a 16-yard catch and third and 4 with a 12-yarder.
That second-quarter drive ended on a miss. Up 14-3, second and 21 at the Tampa Bay 21, Williams threw deep left for him and Tykee Smith intercepted at the 3, -4.6 EPA.
Per target it was a little below his season. Through Week 8 he had 28 catches on 44 targets for 468 yards and +22.9 EPA, +0.52 a target, without a touchdown.
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