Buccaneers vs. Saints Part II: It’s the biggest matchup of the season

Buccaneers vs. Saints Part II: It’s the biggest matchup of the season

It’s the biggest matchup of the season.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking for major revenge on the New Orleans Saints at home in a game with so much stakes on the line.

The Buccaneers enter the matchup with a 0.5 game lead over the Saints, sitting at 6-2 overall. The Saints, on the other hand, enter with a 5-2 record and hold the current tiebreaker from a win they had to kickoff the 2020 season.

So, what does that mean for Tampa Bay? It means it’s the biggest matchup of the season.

The division is on the line for the Buccaneers & Saints

The winner of this game doesn’t clinch the NFC South Division by any means, but they do take a massive and important lead a little past the midway point of the season.

If the Bucs were to win, they would hold a full-game advantage over the Saints with just seven games remaining. If the Saints were to win, they would hold a full-game advantage and would have the overwhelming tiebreaker with two victories over the Buccaneers.

That’s why this game is so important.

You’re not just talking about the fact that you could be hanging a banner eventually by winning this game, you’re also talking about playoff positioning. If the postseason does get expanded, the Bucs will absolutely want to win the division so that they hold higher seeding.

The higher seed gets more games at home, which could be a major advantage since Tampa Bay is one of the franchises that is allowing fans into games on a limited basis. Either way, playing in the friendly confines of Raymond James Stadium beats traveling any day of the week.

The fate of the NFC South Division largely rests in the result of this game Sunday night and there’s no doubt that both teams understand the massive stakes and implications heading into the matchup.