TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) won’t need to be doing any scoreboard-watching on Sunday. If Tampa Bay can take care of business against the New Orleans Saints (5-11), the Bucs will win their fourth straight NFC South title.
“You always want to have the mentality of protecting your home turf,” Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield said. “I know that hasn’t exactly gone that way this year, but you want to be able to play in front of your crowd, just the energy, get them involved early, especially a rivalry game in the division.”
The Saints will look to play spoiler while dealing with several injuries to key offensive players. New Orleans has lost four of its last five games and is averaging just 11 points per game in that span.
“We can’t sleep on anybody, a divisional opponent,” defensive back Zyon McCollum said. “They’re going to come in …