Kansas City and Detroit keep finding ways to win in the NFL. The New York Giants and Jets keep finding ways to lose.
And then, there are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay fell to 4-6 on the season, Sunday, when they lost at the buzzer to the San Francisco 49ers on a field goal. The loss was the fourth straight for the Bucs who are two games behind Atlanta (and were swept by the Falcons) in the NFC South and two-and-a-half games behind Green Bay (6-3) for the final NFC wild-card spot.
Let’s look closer at the Bucs, however. They have three wins against the three teams with the best records in the NFC — Detroit (the Lions only loss), Philadelphia (an easy win) and Washington (easy win). The San Francisco loss Sunday came just six days after they lost to undefeated Kansas City in overtime. A team with impressive wins (and impressive losses) such as those three, should not be 4-6.
But as legendary coach Bill Parcells said many times, “You are what your record says you are.’’ And Tampa Bay is 4-6.
Can the Bucs, who own the NFC’s current longest streak of playoff appearances at five straight years, bounce back? The schedule says yes.
Six of their remaining seven games come against teams with losing records, including the two-win Giants and Raiders, the three-win Saints and the three-win Panthers, twice. The only good team the Bucs face the rest of the way are the Chargers (6-3).
You’ve been warned. Watch out for the Bucs.
This article appeared on RantSports and is used with permission.
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