2021 Buccaneers Record Watch: Week 17

With their 32-6 win over the Panthers last Sunday, the Buccaneers clinched the NFC South for the first time since 2007. It’s hard not to look ahead to the playoffs already, but the defending Super Bowl champions have two regular season games left to play before we can fully shift focus to Wild Card Weekend.

Tampa Bay starts the 2022 calendar year on Sunday with a trip up north to face the 4-11 New York Jets. With the NFC’s No. 1 seed essentially out of reach, the Bucs will be playing for a chance to move up to No. 2 over the last couple of weeks. With a couple of wins and some favorable results concerning the Cowboys and Rams, they may very well get up to that second spot and guarantee…