The NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend is a 3-day festival that comes to a close with a tasty NFC matchup on Monday night as the Dallas Cowboys visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s one of just two games this week for which the road team was favored, but that’s not surprising because the Cowboys had a 12-5 record in the NFC East while an 8-9 year was enough to make the Buccaneers the NFC South champions and give them a home playoff game.
While several teams have been forced to start backup QBs in the playoffs this year, we have a marquee pairing in this game as Dak Prescott of Dallas takes on NFL icon Tom Brady. An eighth Super Bowl success for Brady seems unlikely, but that’s also exactly what people were saying at this stage of the season before he won his seventh… Our expert has their picks, predictions and best bets for this exciting Cowboys vs Buccaneers matchup.
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NFL Dallas Cowboys vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers expert predictions
A 12-5 season would have been grasped with both hands by the Cowboys if they had been offered it before the first game was played, but there must be some frustration in Texas that they have won that many games and yet are on the road in the first round of the playoffs. That’s because the Eagles beat them in the NFC East with a 14-3 year, and to make matters worse, the Cowboys must now concede homefield advantage to a team that won 4 fewer games and had a losing season. The Cowboys have a point to prove after a tame display in their Week 18 loss to the Commanders, too.