Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington Football Team 1/9/21 - NFL Picks & Predictions

On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit FedExField in Landover, Maryland to play the Washington Football Team in an NFC wild card matchup. Tampa Bay finished the regular season 11-5 and was second in the NFC South. The Buccaneers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 44-27 in their final game of the regular season on Sunday and have won each of their last four. Tampa Bay was third in scoring in the NFL with an average of 30.8 points per game.

Tom Brady has passed for 4,633 yards with 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The leading rusher during the regular season for Tampa Bay was Ronald Jones II with 978 yards and seven touchdowns, while the leading receiver was Mike Evans with 1,006 yards and 13 touchdown receptions. On defense, linebacker Devin White was the leading tackler with 140 and Jason Pierre-Paul was the leader in quarterback sacks with 9.5.

Washington reached the wild card round by winning the NFC East at 7-9 after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 20-14 on Sunday Night Football. The victory by Washington snapped a two-game losing streak for the Football Team and ended its regular season quite well winning five of its last seven including four straight over Cincinnati, Dallas, Pittsburgh and San Francisco. Washington has one of the better defenses allowing an average of just 20.6 points per game which is fourth in the NFL.

Alex Smith has passed for 1,582 yards with six touchdowns and eight interceptions. The leading rusher for Washington is Antonio Gibson with 795 yards and 11 touchdowns, while the leading receiver is Terry McLaurin with 1,118 yards and four touchdown receptions. On defense, the leading tackler for Washington is linebacker Jon Bostic with 118 while the leader in quarterback sacks is defensive end Montez Sweat with 9.0.