TAMPA, Fla. -- Despite the NFC south title already in-hand and the outcome of next week's game against the Atlanta Falcons having no impact on playoff positioning, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Monday that the plan is to play their starters, including 45-year-old quarterback Tom Brady -- in Week 18.
"We can get better at a lot of things, so right now, we plan on playing him," said Bowles, whose team is, at 8-8, locked into the No. 4 seed. "We'll see how the week goes going forward, but we can get better at a lot of things that we need to work on and we don't need our foot off the gas.