Tampa Bay Buccaneers open as slight home underdog in postseason matchup with Dallas Cowboys

The postseason has arrived because the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) enter the week with a Wild Card matchup in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys (12-5) on the desk. Regardless of the Buccaneers having a worse document, they’re going to host the Cowboys after profitable the NFC South in Week 17 whereas the latter completed second within the NFC North to Philadelphia.

Funnily sufficient, these two groups started their seasons in opposition to each other and now one in every of them will advance additional within the postseason whereas the opposite will go dwelling. 

The Buccaneers defeated the Cowboys 19-3 in a dominant defensive effort in Week 1. Dallas kicked a area purpose on its opening drive however did not rating once more for the rest of the sport. The competition tasks to be a lot nearer this time round.

Shortly after the clock struck midnight on the east coast, opening odds had been launched for Wild Card video games across the league. Based on FanDuel Sportsbook, Tampa Bay opens as a three-point underdog to Dallas. The Over/Beneath is ready at 45.5 factors.

Dallas sports activities one of many high offenses within the league, scoring 27.5 factors per sport. The mixture of Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard within the backfield shall be a duo that the Buccaneers should restrict. Pollard truly led the staff with 193 rushes for 1,007 yards and 9 touchdowns.

The Buccaneers have struggled to play constantly all through the season however you may by no means depend out future Corridor of Fame quarterback Tom Brady. Lower than two weeks in the past, Brady threw for 432 yards and three touchdowns in a must-win sport for the franchise. Can he carry the identical power into the postseason within the quest for his eighth ring?

Tampa Bay and Dallas will kick off at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, January 16. The sport shall be televised on ESPN/ABC.

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