BY ADAM GREENE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\u2019ve picked this to be our last game of the NFL\u2019s Divisional Round for a reason as it could stand as the curtain call for one or two first ballot Pro Football Hall of Fame Quarterbacks. Tom Brady brings his Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the Big Easy to face off against Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints in what could literally be a loser leaves town match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TAMPA<\/strong> BAY<\/strong> BUCCANEERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (-3, O\/U: 52)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Location:<\/strong> Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kickoff:<\/strong> Jan. 17, 6:40 p.m. EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broadcast:<\/strong> FOX<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2002 the Bucs and Saints have both been in the NFC South and that\u2019s made this a solid rivalry even before Brady took his talents to one of the strip club capitals of the world. This will be their 59th<\/sup> match up with New Orleans holding a 37-21 advantage in the all time series. The Saints have won five straight over Tampa Bay, including a season sweep this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their last game was ugly, with NOLA obliterating the Buccaneers 38-3. The game wasn\u2019t even that close as the Saints took a 31-0 lead into halftime. Drew Bres threw for 222 yards and four touchdowns with no picks. Tom Brady was good for 209 yards and three interceptions. Tampa Bay rushed for a grand total of eight yards in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the first time the teams have met in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TAMPA<\/strong> BAY<\/strong> BUCCANEERS (12-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week the Buccaneers won as expected against the Washington Football Team, 31-23, but it wasn\u2019t the beat down most expected. Brady continued his outrageous recent tear throwing for 381 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. Leonard Fournette rushed for 93 yards and a score and Mike Evans hauled in six passes for 119 yards. The defense sacked Taylor Heinicke twice and picked him off once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEW ORLEANS<\/strong> SAINTS (13-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Saints advance thanks to a 21-9 victory over the Chicago Bears in the Super Wild Card round in a game more famous for being broadcast on Nickelodeon, complete with slime graphics, than for its actual enjoyment. Drew Brees threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns. Alvin Kamara rushed for 99 and a score. Deonte Harris, who has been invisible all year, caught seven passes for 83 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This line is all about perception and the way Brady has been playing over the last month, because the two games these teams played in the regular season were downright laughers. Tampa was barely in the first one, a 34-23 Saints win, and might as well have stayed on the bus in the second. The only thing different here is it\u2019s the playoffs and New Orleans is healthier. Tompa Brady has played three elite defenses this season (Saints twice, Bears and Rams) and lost every game. I think the same thing is happening here. Saints 27, Bucs 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n LAST WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Straight up: 3-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n Against the spread: 1-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n SEASON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Straight up: 173-88-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Against the spread: 132-130<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow our BetOnline Twitter accoun<\/a>t for the latest sports news and betting odds, and stay tuned on the Instagram feed<\/a> for more good information too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY ADAM GREENE They\u2019ve picked this to be our last game of the NFL\u2019s Divisional Round for a reason as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":15304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15305,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301\/revisions\/15305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}