New York, United States.- The current champions of Super Bowl LV, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Dallas Cowboys will star in the opening game of the season 2021 of the National Football League (NFL), which will be played on Thursday, September 9, at Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa.
The Buccaneers, who in 2003 won their first Super Bowl, opened the season in the Monday Night Football game, with a visitor victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, but did not play the opening, which was established a season earlier.
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After knowing the competition calendar of the NFL In 2021, the Buccaneers appear as favorites to win over the Cowboys by six points in the betting world.
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Since 2004, 16 defending Super Bowl champions have played in the first game of the NFL season, and those teams are 13-3 winning.
The attention of the opening game 2021 will be focused on the figure of the quarterback of the Buccaneers, Tom Brady, and the Cowboys, Dak Prescott, who will meet for the second time.
Their first meeting was in 2019, when Brady was with the New England Patriots, who won the game 13-9.
Tom Brady and the Buccaneers after winning Super Bowl LV / EFE
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But the Buccaneers are 0-2 in their duels against the Cowboys under Prescott in a game played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
In the first season of Brady with the team, Tampa Bay averaged 30.19 points per game in 2020, the second-best mark in the NFL second only to the Green Bay Packers.
The Cowboys allowed 473 points, the worst in the franchise, in 2020, and former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn took over the defensive plays in 2021 and orchestrated a defensive overhaul.
Six of the 13 players who started and / or participated in more than 40% of the Cowboys’ defensive actions in 2020 have either retired or are no longer with the team, while the Buccaneers return to the 22 starters on offense and defense. that led to victory in Super Bowl LV.
Last year, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 34-20 in the NFL opener at Arrowhead Stadium. They finished 14-2 in the regular season before losing to the Buccaneers 31-9 in the title game.
Since the season opener was introduced in the NFL, Brady has gone 3-1, with wins in 2004, 2005 and 2015 leading the Patriots.
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His only loss came to the Chiefs at Gillette Stadium in 2017. Brady also has the best starts (four) and wins (three) in the season opener of any quarterback since the NFL established him in 2002.
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