Losers of four straight, the Buccaneers are quickly seeing their once-promising playoff hopes fade. Things won’t get any easier this Sunday when they collide with a red-hot Saints team in the Superdome. With five divisional games and nine total games left on the schedule, Tampa Bay isn’t quite done. However, this team needs a quick turnaround and a miraculous season-ending run to lock down a playoff spot. A loss on Sunday kills whatever glimpse of hope the Bucs still have.
The most recent of Tampa Bay’s four consecutive losses came last Sunday at home. The Buccaneer defense held the Panthers to just 17 points, but the offense never got going.