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Bucs Beat Panthers 41-17, Score No. 2 Seed In NFC Playoffs
MIKE EVANS AND TOM BRADY
NFL Wild-Card Game Starts Saturday During MLK Weekend; 4 Black QBs In Playoffs
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers overcame a slow start Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, finishing in a fury on their way to a 41-17 blowout win in front of their home crowd to finish the 2021 regular season.
After the Bucs locked up their own victory, they got a little help in the NFC playoff race from the San Francisco 49ers, who beat the Los Ange- les Rams in overtime to vault Tampa Bay into the No. 2 seed.
Bucs quarterback Tom Brady struggled early, but finished strong with 326
yards, three touchdown passes and no interceptions. Mike Evans and Rob Gronkowski both delivered record-breaking perform- ances, combining for 226 yards on 13 receptions, with Evans hauling in a pair of touchdowns.
Evans broke his own franchise record for touch- down receptions in a single season with 14, while Gronkowski broke the all- time NFL record for 100-yard receiving games by a tight end with 32, eclipsing a mark pre- viously held by Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez.
These two division rivals will be meeting for the third time this season. The Patriots and Bills split their season-series with the home team losing each time.
Sunday, Jan. 16
(7) Eagles at (2) Buc- caneers: 1 p.m. ET (Fox). The Eagles will get another crack at a Buccaneers team that beat them 28-22 back in Week 6. After that loss, the Eagles went 7-4 over their final 11 games to earn a play- off berth.
(6) 49ers at (3) Cow- boys: 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS and Nickelodeon). This will be a rematch of one of the most storied rivalries in NFL play-
(7) Steelers at (2) Chiefs: 8:15 p.m. ET (NBC). Ben Roethlisberger will get a chance to extend his re- tirement for another week or two if the Steelers can figure out a way to upset the Chiefs. However, that won't be easy, considering Kansas City blew the Steelers out 36-10 just two weeks ago.
Monday, Jan. 17
(5) Cardinals at (4) Rams: 8:15 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN).
Bye: (1) Green Bay Packers
Bye: (1) Tennessee Ti- tans
The six matchups for the wild-card round of the 2021 NFL playoffs are set, and the Green Bay Packers (NFC) and Tennessee Titans (AFC) are the teams that get byes. Among the interesting matchups for the first round: Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dal- las Cowboys reigning a clas- sic rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots facing their AFC East rival Buffalo Bills for the third time this season.
The divisional round will take place over Jan. 22-23 and include four games that will determine who moves on to the conference champi- onships on Jan. 30.
NFC Super Wild Card Weekend Jan. 15, 16 and 17
Saturday, Jan. 15
(5) Raiders at (4) Ben- gals: 4:30 p.m. ET (NBC). This is a rematch of a game that the Bengals won 32-13 on the road back in Week 11.
(6) Patriots at (3) Bills: 8:15 p.m. ET (CBS).
PATRICK MAHOMES
KYLER MURRAY
JALEN DAK
HURT
off history.
PRESCOTT
Bucs Vs. Eagles Set For Sunday At 1 p.m.
TOM BRADY AND JALEN HURT
Antonio Brown Takes
Parting Shot At Tom
Brady, Tweets Bank
Account Numbers
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers will host the Philadel- phia Eagles in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
The announcement was made during Sunday night’s regular-season finale be- tween the Los Angeles Charg- ers and Las Vegas Raiders.
Tampa Bay scored the No. 2 seed in the NFC after a 41- 17 win over the Carolina Pan- thers on Sunday, and thanks
to an overtime win by the San Francisco 49ers over the Los Angeles Rams.
The Bucs beat the Eagles 28-22 in Philadelphia back in October. The Eagles (9-8) have established themselves as the league’s best rushing team with 100-plus rushing yards in 12 straight games. They benefited from a soft back-end schedule, winning seven of their last 10 games.
Bucs 24-17.
The targets in
one of Brown’s posts are quarterback Tom Brady and his trainer, Alex Guerrero. Brown shared screenshots of a text conversation with Guer- rero claiming that the trainer owed Brown money because they weren’t working together anymore.
After Guerrero asked Brown for details as to where to send the balance he owed in return, Brown sent his bank information, which Brown also included in the screenshot he tweeted out.
Antonio Brown contin- ued to tell his side of what hap- pened during Sunday’s game, via social media and screenshots.
ANTONIO BROWN
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