1) Did anyone think the New Orleans Saints were going to obliterate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 to 3? With the way the Saints offense was rolling and their defense was stymying Tom Brady and the Bucs offense all night, it felt like a Varsity vs JV matchup. Last week I wrote that Tampa Bay was the best team in the NFC, but that’s clearly not the case.
When looking over the box score, these stats made me shake my head. The Buccaneers only had 5 rushing attempts for 8 yards, they were 1 for 9 (11%) on 3rd-down conversions, and 0 for 3 on 4th-down tries, and they only had the ball for 19:56 of the 60 minute game.