This Tom Brady Streak Likely Will End Ahead Of QB’s Buccaneers Debut
All signs point to Tom Brady seeing an impressive streak come to an end before he even throws his first regular-season pass as a Buccaneer.
Brady will be thrown into the fire to start his Tampa Bay tenure, as the Bucs will open their 2020 slate with a road matchup against the New Orleans Saints. As it stands, Drew Brees and Co. are 6 1/2-point betting favorites for the season-opening clash, per ESPN’s David Purdum, citing Caesars Sportsbook.
Should the Saints remain the favorites, it will mark Brady’s first time entering a regular-season game as an underdog in 74 starts. According to Purdum, you’d have to go all the way back to Week 2 of the 2015 season for the last time Brady wasn’t favored heading into a regular-season game. The New England Patriots were 1-point road ‘dogs in Buffalo against the Bills.
To put the streak into perspective, Brees currently holds the second-longest active streak at nine, per Purdum.
Week 1 likely will be the steepest spread the Bucs face as underdogs over the course of the 2020 campaign. The rest of Tampa Bay’s toughest matchups — tilts against the Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings — all will be played at Raymond James Stadium.
