The Buccaneers picked a bad night to have a bad night in Dallas.
A four-game winning streak moved the Bucs into first place in the NFC South and gave them a clear path to the postseason, but Sunday night’s 26-24 loss to the Cowboys erased any advantage that they were able to gain. They now have the same record as the Falcons, but their two losses to Atlanta means the Bucs do not control their playoff destiny as they head into the final two weeks of the season.
On Monday morning, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles said the key for the team is to concentrate on their business rather than on what anyone else is doing.
“It won’t be difficult,” Bowles said, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “We’ve got to win a ballgame. If we don’t win a ballgame, we don’t give ourselves a chance. We’ve got to focus on ourselves like we’ve been doing and we’ve got to correct our mistakes and we’ve got to go out and win Sunday and we’ve got to win the next week and we’ll what happens after that.’’
Winning out and missing the playoffs would be a bitter pill for the Bucs to swallow, especially since they have beaten both the Lions and Eagles this season and would not have a chance to do so again in January.
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