Tom Brady shut out for the primary time since 2006 as New Orleans beat Tampa Bay

Tom Brady was shut out for simply the third time in his NFL profession because the New Orleans Saints shocked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-0.

Victory would have clinched the reigning Tremendous Bowl champions a play-off place however three Brett Maher area targets have been sufficient for the Saints to beat their NFC South rivals.

The final time a Brady-led group failed to attain some extent in a recreation he began was again in 2006.

The seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner turned the ball over twice and was sacked 4 occasions, whereas Tampa’s star operating again Leonard Fournette and key broad receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans all suffered accidents through the recreation.

New Orleans’ victory meant the Dallas Cowboys have to attend one other week to ebook their post-season place regardless of a snug 21-6 win over NFC East rivals the New York Giants earlier on Sunday.

The Inexperienced Bay Packers grew to become the primary group to safe a spot on this season’s play-offs after beating the Baltimore Ravens 31-30.

Baltimore fought again from 31-17 down within the fourth quarter however an unsuccessful two-point conversion within the closing seconds allowed Inexperienced Bay to clinch a 3rd straight NFC North title.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdowns to take his profession tally to 442 and tie hall-of-famer Brett Favre’s franchise report.

One other group to overlook out on reserving their place on Sunday was the Arizona Cardinals, who have been shocked 30-12 by a Detroit Lions facet that went into the sport with only one win all season.

In every of the NFL’s two conferences, the 4 division winners are joined within the post-season by the three groups with the subsequent greatest data.

And the San Francisco saved their grip on a kind of spots within the NFC by beating the Atlanta Falcons 31-13.

Within the different convention, the AFC, the Cincinnati Bengals moved high of the North division after beating the Denver Broncos 15-10.

However the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 19-13 win over the Tennessee Titans – and the Ravens’ defeat – means all 4 groups within the AFC North are inside a win of one another, with the Cleveland Browns nonetheless to play this week.

The Miami Dolphins are only one win away from the wild card locations after they beat the New York Jets 31-24 – their sixth straight victory that took them to 7-7.

Miami’s AFC East rivals Buffalo Payments maintain the third and closing wild card slot on 8-6 after Josh Allen threw three landing passes in a 31-14 win over the Carolina Panthers.

Elsewhere, the Jacksonville Jaguars now maintain the worst report within the league, placing them in place to personal the primary draft choose for the second successive season, after their first recreation since City Meyer’s sacking as head coach led to a 30-16 defeat to fellow strugglers the Houston Texans.