Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers Sunday, 3.05pm ET/8.05pm GMT What the Buccaneers need to do to win: Surprisingly for two quarterbacks who have ruled the NFL for much of the century, there isn’t a lot of history to go on between Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers – this will be only their fourth meeting as starters. Brady won their previous game, a 38-10 beatdown in Week 6 of this season, when the defense harried Rodgers all day, sacking him.
Key player: Rob Gronkowski, tight end, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gronk’s best days are behind him and he is no longer the unstoppable force he was a few years ago. So his importance in this game lies not so much in his abilities but who he matches up against. If the Packers have one obvious weakness, it’s their linebackers. Look for Brady to go back to a familiar safety blanket and find Gronk in the middle of the field as this game goes on.
Prediction: Packers. The Buccaneers struggled to shake off 7-9 Washington in the wildcard round and were helped by a series of Drew Brees turnovers against the Saints last week. Brady and his new teammates gel much more than they did at the start of the season, but are still not the threat they should be, given their talent. I don’t think they’re at the level where they can beat Rodgers and Davante Adams this time around.
For the Divisional Round, Yahoo has made the multi-day four-game slate the main slate with the $100K Baller as the main event, awarding $20,000 to first place. The following analysis will offer a game-by-game breakdown but before that, DFS players that are used to playing full slates should consider some of the short-slate lineup-building techniques that were outlined in last week’s article.
Buccaneers @ Packers (-3.5); U/O 51.0
This is one of the more unique two-game slates that you will see from the standpoint that every offense is worthy of heavy stacks. DFS players will be forced to make some bold stands and this matchup points to favoring Green Bay’s passing offense over Tampa Bay’s.
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