So this is how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers season ends, not with thunderous canon burts but boos from fans as the team runs off the field -- and into the offseason.
There are still four more games left on the schedule but there's really no point in caring much after Thursday night. Maybe the Bucs will bounce back from a 29-28 loss to the Falcons, which came after a loss to the last place Saints, but it really doesn't matter.
Nothing about this Bucs team suggests they'd be anything more than canon fodder in the playoffs, and any question about that was firmly answered in Todd Bowles' press conference after Thursday night's loss.