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Tom Brady and Michael Thomas are among the players to watch in this NFC South rivalry as we pick six reasons to watch the game live on Sky Sports NFL Sunday @ 6…
Thomas cashed in two trips to the end zone to help New Orleans to a 27-26 victory over the Atlanta Falcons, who were out for 20 months, including the entire 2021 season, with an ankle injury. More recently, the 2016 second-round pick was at the top of the statistical charts when he recorded an NFL-record 149 catches for 1,725 league yards during the 2019 campaign.
He’s on the Saints’ all-round offense with veteran Jarvis Landry, who led the team with 114 receiving yards in Week 1, rookie first-round pick Chris Olav and star running back Alvin Kamara. They’re facing a Bucks defense that dropped just three points and 244 yards on the opening weekend, defeating the Cowboys, who were number one on offense in 2021.
Tom Brady did his job in Tampa’s first 19-3 victory over Dallas, but that’s all he did. The veteran quarterback completed 18 of 27 passes effectively for 212 yards, TDs and an interception, but it wasn’t a year ago for Brady, who led the league in passing (5,316 yards) and touchdowns (43).
This is not the case when a 45-year-old man necessarily has to physically fight, despite his age. The hand is still there, for now. Thing is, there are questions surrounding the seven-time Super Bowl winner’s mental state at the moment, with rumors in the States that the time he crashed out of pre-season training camp is centered around potential problems at home.
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Will Brady be able to ignore all the outside noise and focus on football? This has always been one of his strengths and he certainly needs to be at his best for Sunday’s game.
While few in the league can testify to positive results against Team Brady, the Saints boast a 4-0 record over the Bucks since the arrival of the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback. Brady threw eight interceptions in those losses and failed to record a touchdown pass twice.
The Saints went on to a 34–23 win on Opening Day and a 38–3 win in week nine of Tampa’s 2020 Super Bowl winning campaign. And while Brady’s Bucks bounced back in the playoffs that year, normal service resumed last season, with New Orleans first winning 36-27 before securing a 9-0 shutout.
“This is a very strong team, I think they beat us physically. It’s just a tough, stubborn team,” Brady said. “They train well, they have a lot of good players. They’ve had a winning organization for a long time.”
