Scoring Plays:
1Q - TB - Tom Brady to Chris Godwin 12 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | TB 7, NO 0
1Q - NO - Jameis Winston to Tre'Quan Smith 16 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | TB 7, NO 7
End of Quarter Score - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, New Orleans Saints 7
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2Q - NO - Brian Johnson 23 yd FG GOOD | TB 7, NO 10
2Q - NO - Trevor Siemian to Alex Armah 1 yd TD pass (PAT No Good - Wide Left) | TB 7, NO 16
End of Quarter Score - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, New Orleans Saints 16
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3Q - NO - Alvin Kamara 1 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | TB 7, NO 23
3Q - TB - Tom Brady to Giovani Bernard 7 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | TB 14, NO 23
3Q - TB - Tom Brady to Mike Evans 41 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | TB 21, NO 23
End of Quarter Score - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21, New Orleans Saints 23
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4Q - NO - Brian Johnson 23 yd FG GOOD | TB 21, NO 26
4Q - TB - Tom Brady to Cyril Grayson 50 yd TD pass (2PC No Good - Chris Godwin rush for no gain) | TB 27, NO 26
4Q - NO - Brian Johnson 23 yd FG GOOD | TB 27, NO 29
4Q - NO - P.J. Williams 40 yd Intercetion Return for TD (PAT Good) | TB 27, NO 36
Final Score - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27, New Orleans Saints 36
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes & welcome to the Week 8/Game 7 Thread.

It's this team again.

Everyone remembers what happened last season when the Saints played Tampa Bay. In the 2 regular season match-ups, the Saints dominated and it was Tom Brady left wondering what had gone wrong. But in the playoffs, it was the Saints that had no answer as the Bucs rolled to becoming the first team to win the Super Bowl in their home stadium.

With Tampa the defending Super Bowl champions and already up a game and a half on the rest of the division and Drew Brees now in the retirement home known as the NBC studio show, this is Tampa's chance to take control of the NFC South and make it hard for the Saints to make it 5-straight division titles.

The Saints are coming off of a Monday night victory that was tough to watch, but a victory nonetheless. The Saints defense that is having to conjure up memories of the Dome Patrol is getting even more help today as David Onyemata returns from his 6-game suspension to help with a pass rush that sacked Geno Smith 5 times last week. Can Onyemata, Davenport, & Jordan get to the statue known as Tom Brady while shutting down LSU's Leonard Fournette?

Speaking of players back in the line-up... hello Mark Ingram. The Saints reunited the most popular running back duo in team history this week by trading with the Texans for the former Crimson Tide runner and pairing him up once again with his Volunteer brother Alvin Kamara. That should certainly take some of the load off of Kamara, who has been almost the entire the Saints offense up to this point. We still need a wide receiver or 2 though. Unfortunately, we lost a starting offensive lineman as Andrus Peat went on injured reserve this week after having surgery to fix the pectoral injury he suffered on Monday night. Jameis Winston got to kneel out a win on the road in the regular season against his former team, then threw a touchdown in the playoffs against them, now can he get a win in his first start against the Bucs?

LET'S GET BACK IN THE DIVISION RACE AND SEND THE BUCS TO THE BRINY DEEP!!

Injury Report:
TB-
Antonio Brown - Ankle - OUT
Jason Pierre-Paul - Shoulder/Hand - QUESTIONABLE
Dee Delaney - Ankle - QUESTIONABLE
Lavonte David - Ankle - QUESTIONABLE
Rob Gronkowski - Ribs - QUESTIONABLE
Richard Sherman - Hamstring - QUESTIONABLE

NO- (players on IR - like Peat, Lutz, & Crawley - won't be listed here)
Dwayne Washington - Neck - OUT
Taysom Hill - Concussion - OUT
Payton Turner - Calf - OUT
Deonte Harris - Hamstring - QUESTIONABLE

Weather: Lots of tricks and treats to be had inside the Caesar's Superdome on this Halloween day. In other words, no weather issues inside the Dome today.

Uniforms: The best uniform in the league is back today... SAINTS COLOR RUSH

Current Standings:
NFC South:
Buccaneers 6-1
Saints 4-2
Falcons 3-3
Panthers 3-4

Betting Lines: Buccaneers (-4); O/U 49

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #34 Clete Blakeman

Umpire: #110 Tab Slaughter
Down Judge: #8 Dana McKenzie
Line Judge: #10 Julian Mapp
Field Judge: #3 Scott Edwards
Side Judge: #18 Clay Reynard
Back Judge: #46 Perry Paganelli
Replay Official: Chad Adams
Replay Assistant: Willie Vizoso

Inactive Lists:
TB-
WR Antonio Brown
CB Dee Delaney
OL Nick Leverett
DL Steve McLendon
QB Kyle Trask
RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn

NO-
QB Ian Book
QB Taysom Hill
RB Dwayne Washington
DL Jalyn Holmes
DL Malcolm Roach
DE Payton Turner

This post was edited on 10/31/21 at 6:38 pm