How do the Bucs get in as a wild card? The Panthers win their remaining games to win the South, and the Bucs beat the Falcons in the finale to get to 8-9. No NFC South team can catch the Giants as a wild card, and they need the Commanders to lose their remaining two games. Needless to say, they need help - you have the Giants (8-6-1) and Commanders (7-7-1) currently taking the final two NFC wild cards, and you have the Seahawks, Lions and Packers all in contention at 7-8, ahead of the 6-9 Panthers and Saints. 500 as January begins, there are scenarios in which the division can produce a wild card and somehow a second playoff team. Even if the Falcons win out, they're 2-4 in division, which is why they're already eliminated.įor all the grief the NFC South has rightfully taken as a division that will have four teams all under. Carolina wins this tiebreaker with a 4-2 division record, ahead of the Bucs and Saints at 3-3 each. If Carolina beats the Bucs and the Saints lose Sunday, then both the Bucs and Panthers lose in Week 18, you have a three- or four-way tie atop the NFC South at 7-10 - not a great look. If the Bucs lose to the Falcons and the Saints beat the Panthers, New Orleans wins the division - the Saints would be 8-9, Bucs and Panthers would both be 7-10. If Carolina wins Sunday and the Saints can upset the Eagles, that sets up the most chaotic of scenarios - three teams alive for a division title. If Carolina wins Sunday but loses to the Saints in the finale, the Bucs can still win the division by beating the Falcons - they'd be 8-9 and the Panthers would finish 7-10, and they'd have the tiebreaker on the Saints if New Orleans won its remaining two games. With the Bucs offense continuing to struggle, should fans count out Tampa? Nick Wright says he is not sleeping on TB12 against the Cowboys.Ĭarolina wouldn't clinch the division by beating the Bucs, but the Panthers would set themselves up to clinch by beating the Saints in Week 18. Tampa Bay beat a depleted Arizona squad 19-16 in OT on Christmas.
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