Poll: Would you rather have the Patriots or Buccaneers win on Sunday night?
Here’s a sign that this Sunday’s Buccaneers-Patriots game is kind of a big deal: New England coach Bill Belichick cracked a joke at his Wednesday news conference.
As he stepped before the microphone, Belichick said: “Good morning. What’s going on? Any stories this week?”
Belichick, like the NFL fans everywhere, knows what the big story is this week. The Buccaneers, led by former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, will be in Foxborough on Sunday night to take on New England.
When Brady and Belichick were together, the Patriots appeared in the Super Bowl nine times and won the Lombardi Trophy six times.
“They definitely want to win. Both of them,” former New England receiver Julian Edelman said this week on “Inside the NFL.” “They definitely want to beat each other. They understand the perspective of this game and it’s a week four game. The situations of the teams are completely different. But you have one GOAT against another GOAT.”
A Boston Herald reporter shared a Twitter map that shows the Buccaneers have much more support across the country:
Brady won a seventh Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in February. Given how that game turned out, some fans may hope for Tampa Bay’s demise going forward. But on the other sideline is Belichick and the Patriots, who were bullies in the AFC for two decades.
It’s a tough choice, right? We thought it would be fun to ask fans who they want to see win. Vote in the poll below and/or leave a comment.
