There have been plenty of interesting results in the 2024 National Football League season so far, and it has turned into a pretty good NFC South campaign for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who do look set to enjoy a post season once again but we have made life a little bit more difficult for ourselves.
Our most recent clash was with the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday evening and we missed out on the perfect chance to put a stranglehold on the division with a defeat sending us to an 8-7 record with just two games remaining in the regular season. Whilst our route through is a little more complicated now, Bucs hopes are still more than alive and quarterback Baker Mayfield will undoubtedly keep faith with the approach that has already gotten us this close and many online betting markets would continue to favour our chances at this stage.
He has good reason to continue to believe that really, as although it is not the scenario the franchise would have hoped for, if we now take care of our business properly without any additional slip ups, we have ensured that we have done all that we could do and then we have to see how the stars align elsewhere.
In many ways it has been a season of highs and lows for Tampa Bay, but more often than not our mental toughness has been right and whilst we remain in the running for a fifth consecutive play off berth, we simply have to do all we can to make sure that we grasp it and there are a number of routes available to us.
The 10-5 Washington Commanders could do us a favour in their match up against joint 8-7 Atlanta Falcons, and with head coach Todd Bowles having an eight season history with them as a player he laughed at one press question asking if he would be breaking out his old Washington jersey, simply replying that he did not think he could fit into it anymore.
With the Falcons owing the tiebreaker given the season sweep two wins and a Falcons loss would give us the title and we would host a first round play off on the home grid.
Two wins and two Commanders losses would grant us a wild card spot for the post season and we would be on the road for the first round.
One win and two Falcons losses would still hand us the South title and we would be back to hosting the first round play off.
With Carolina Panthers at the Raymond James Stadium up next for us, and followed by the New Orleans clash, we cannot now do more than two back to back wins, with the Falcon’s sent for Washington and then their own closure against Carolina.
The Commanders close their own campaign out with Atlanta and then Dallas.
Not helping our chances for the Panthers clash is that we currently have five non-participants on our injury report, and our second update still has Mike Evans out rested, William Gholston, Antoine Winfield Jnr and Cade Otton both out with their respective knee problems, Sterling Shephard with his hamstring/foot issue.
Few would not back us to return to winning ways despite those omissions.
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