A miserable season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came to a pitiful end on Sunday, but the work to fix things is only just beginning.
Even though the Bucs managed to beat the Panthers in Week 18, the fact that the bottomed out so hard over the last month rendered the victory irrelevant. For the first time this decade, the Bucs entered the final week of the season without control of their own destiny and ended up paying the price.
That's what happens when a team that needs to win only two of its last five games goes on a four game losing streak.