For the third time in a row, the New Orleans Saints defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Sunday Night Football” in a regular season game in which the Buccaneers were heavily favored. The 9-0 win marked four times in a row the Saints have beaten the Buccaneers in the regular season. Since Tom Brady joined, the Saints are 4-0 against Tampa Bay in the regular season. For whatever anyone wants to say about the time these teams met in the playoffs, it’s clear Dennis Allen knows something the rest of the NFL doesn’t about Brady.
The Saints entered this game without Sean Payton and before the game, everyone but Drew Brees on NBC’s crew picked the Buccaneers to win.