Following a historic 13-4 regular season, the defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers got the next step of their title defense underway on Sunday afternoon, welcoming the Philadelphia Eagles (9-8) to Raymond James Stadium for an NFC Wild Card Round matchup.
For the Bucs, Sunday marked their first true home playoff game since 2008. On that day, their season ended with loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Giants. Rather than repeating that, they were looking to take down another NFC East team in the first round of the playoffs, just like they did a year ago on their way to their second-ever Lombardi Trophy.