For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, losing both of their matchups to the New Orleans Saints during the regular season made them easy underdogs — for some — for their Divisional Round bout against the Saints Sunday.
Including New Orleans themselves, and rightfully so.
Quarterback Drew Brees had his way often throughout both games against the Bucs during the regular season. The Saints defense presented problems for Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay offense. Bucs couldn’t answer the Saints. At all.
Saints defensive end Cam Jordan got things going in August after being asked about Tampa Bay’s acquisition of Brady.