Tampa Bay, who entered the playoffs as the top-seeded wildcard team after losing twice to the New Orleans Saints and finishing second in the NFC South, are favored by 8 points against the NFC East champion Washington Football Team.
Washington fans aren’t really worried about that.
After two decades of embarrassing Dan Snyder ownership and a decade of bumbling Bruce Allen “management”, there is a feeling, that came with the arrival of Ron Rivera, Jason Wright and others, that the franchise may have finally turned a corner by turning over the operation, both on and off the field, to capable football people.