TAMPA — Carl Granderson had an idea what was coming, thanks to what happened 42 days earlier.

Back in October, in the first meeting between the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Saints bottled up their NFC South rival’s rushing attack with a dominant goal-line stand. And they nearly had another later on.

So on Sunday, when the Buccaneers lined up to go for it on fourth-and-1 from midfield, Granderson knew there was no way that Tampa Bay would send Bucky Irving straight ahead. Not after last time.

“We stuffed the middle like a turkey,” Granderson said. “They couldn't run up the middle. ... We knew they were going to try and hit (the) outside. It was a wrap after that.”

Granderson read the pitch and immediately wrapped up the running back for a 7-yard loss — the fi

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