TAMPA BAY (2-5) at NEW ORLEANS (5-2) Sunday http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/sione-takitaki-jersey , 1 p.m. ET, Fox OPENING LINE – Saints by 6+ RECORD VS. SPREAD – Tampa Bay 1-5-1, New Orleans 4-3 SERIES RECORD – Saints lead 31-19 LAST MEETING – Saints beat Buccaneers 31-24, Dec. 24, 2016 LAST WEEK – Buccaneers lost to Panthers 17-3; Saints beat Bears 20-12 AP PRO32 RANKING – Buccaneers No. 28, Saints No. 8 BUCCANEERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (29) PASS (2) BUCCANEERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (17), PASS (30) SAINTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (14), PASS (4) SAINTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (20), RUSH (21), PASS (17) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Buccaneers have lost five of last six in Superdome, with lone win in that span in 2015. … Saints coach Sean Payton is 6-4 at home vs. Bucs Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , did not coach in 2012 Saints win over Bucs while suspended. … Tampa Bay coach Dirk Koetter is 1-1 vs. Saints as Bucs coach. … Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston has 300 yards passing in four of last six outings. …WR Desean Jackson faces Saints for first time as Buccaneer. …Since 2016, Bucs WR Mike Evans ranks fourth in NFL with 1,840 yards receiving, third in league with 16 TD catches. … Buccaneers’ defense allowing 386.4 yards per game. … Tampa Bay’s Cameron Brate had TD catch in last meeting, leads NFL TEs with 12 TDs since 2016. … Gerald McCoy leads NFL DTs in sacks since 2013 with 35+. … Former LSU LB Kendell Beckwith leads Bucs and NFL rookies with 47 tackles. … S Chris Conte had nine tackles, INT last week. …Saints QB Drew Brees completed 82.1 percent (23 of 28) for 299 yards last week vs. Chicago defense that came in ranked sixth vs. pass. … Brees has 6,011 completions in 240 career games, fastest in NFL history to 6,000, joined Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre (6,300) and Peyton Manning (6,125) as only players in NFL history with 6,000 career completions. … RB Mark Ingram had 99 scrimmage yards, rushing TD last week, but also two fumbles. He has 294 yards rushing Kaleb McGary Jersey , four TDs in past three games. …RB Alvin Kamara had rushing TD last week, ranks second among NFL rookies with 31 catches. … DE Cameron Jordan has 3+ sacks, INT-TD in past four contests at home. … CB Marshon Lattimore ranks second among NFC rookies with seven passes defended, has INT in past two matches at home. … S Kenny Vaccaro leads Saints with three INTs, led Saints with nine tackles, had half- sack last week. … Rookie DE Trey Hendrickson had sack last week, his second this season. … Fantasy Tip:Brees could have big day vs. Bucs’ struggling pass defense. Top target this season has been WR Michael Thomas, who had seven catches for 77 yards vs. Bears last week. — A clip is making the rounds in the aftermath of last night’s ESPYs that, even without context, will do nothing to kill the growing belief that retired Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is destined to emerge from retirement this year.Talking with Saints quarterback Drew Brees on the red carpet, Gronk at one point says, “Yeah, I’m coming back.” He laughs (more like squeals) after saying it, and so beyond not being able to tell what he’s referring to, it’s also impossible to tell whether he’s simply being sarcastic.Amid plenty of hints and clues regarding the possibility that Gronkowski could return Kendall Sheffield Jersey , the strongest came (in my view) when Gronk said this to Rich Eisen last week: “I mean I can’t really say how I’m going to feel about it when the games start rolling around and everything.”It reminded me of Brett Favre’s April 2008 visit to David Letterman, when the then-retired-for-the-first-time Favre blurted out the clearest indication of the annual unretirements to come: “I think when training camp gets close, I will — something’s bound to happen.”It feels even more inevitable that something’s bound to happen with Gronk. One key question that remains unanswered in all of this is whether, if/when something does happen, Patriots coach Bill Belichick will welcome Gronkowski back with open arms.Eleven years ago, the Packers didn’t want Favre back. In March, Belichick declined to comment on “hypotheticals” related to Gronkowski. There’s a chance Belichick, as a matter of principle, won’t slay the fatted calf for a prodigal son who simply wanted to avoid the offseason program, training camp, and/or the first half of the regular season.That hurdle won’t become relevant, however, until Gronkowski decides how he’s going to feel when the games start rolling around and everything. But if Gronk wants to play and Belichick isn’t willing to disrupt the existing team vibe and/or to set a potentially bad precedent by accommodating him, maybe Gronk will end up catching passes from someone else.Maybe even the guy he was talking to on the red carpet last night.