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“Legendary” can be an overused word in sportswriting, but it applies when Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are going head-to-head for a spot in the Super Bowl. If the Packers win this weekend, Rodgers will play in his second NFL championship game exactly 10 years and one day after his last (and only) appearance, a 31-25 Green Bay victory over Pittsburgh. If the Buccaneers win, they will be the first team in league history to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium. Brady would be competing for his seventh ring, which would put him one championship ahead of Michael Jordan. Imagine if Jordan brought the Washington Wizards to the NBA Finals. That’s what Brady is trying to do this weekend.
Green Bay s pass rush dropped the Rams Jared Goff four times in the Divisional Round but the Buccaneers offensive line has been keeping Tom Brady clean in recent weeks
“To me he’s the Executive of the Year,” said Bucs head coach Bruce Arians on Monday, fresh off Tampa Bay’s 30-20 playoff win at New Orleans, when asked about general manager Jason Licht.
And why wouldn’t Arians believe that Licht is the league’s top G.M. after Sunday’s divisional playoff win against the Saints as the Bucs prepare to head to Green Bay for a rematch against the Packers in the NFC championship game?
Licht’s personnel moves over the last two years working with Arians – and even before that – were on display in Tampa Bay’s biggest win of the year.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue their 2020 postseason run when they take on the New Orleans Saints on Sunday evening, and we re counting down the hours to the 6:40 p.m. ET kickoff at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. After a week of preparation, here s what it all comes down to:
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CB Carlton Davis. When the Buccaneers and Saints met in Week One of the regular season, Davis drew primary coverage duties on Michael Thomas, who had set an NFL record the season before with 149 receptions, leading the league with 1,725 yards. The Saints won the game, 34-23, but Davis had one of his best games of the season, helping hold Thomas to just 17 yards on three catches. That is just one of two times in Thomas five-year career that he has been held under 20 yards in a game. The Saints top receiver played most of the game before suffering an ankle injury late in the fourth quarter, and that ailment plagued him for much of the season. Thomas only playe
It may be the third matchup between these two teams this season, but there are still plenty of things to watch for come Sunday night when the Buccaneers take on the Saints in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.