The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers close out the regular season. The Buccaneers are playing for a chance to secure their fourth consecutive NFC South championship.
That would tie them with the Saints for the longest streak in division history. They can accomplish that feat with a victory over the Saints in Week 18.
The momentum in this series has swung towards Tampa Bay. New Orleans won Sean Payton’s last seven games versus the Buccaneers, but Dennis Allen lost four of his five attempts. Darren Rizzi gets his first opportunity to take down the Buccaneers. He opened his interim coaching tenure with a divisional victory, and he’s looking to close it with one as well.
A Rizzi victory would keep the Saints from being swept by the Buccaneers for the second time in four years.
The Saints hold a sizable lead in the head to head matchup all-time, 40-26, and recent losses haven’t negated that. Let’s take a look at the highlights from recent showdowns between the Saints and Buccaneers: