For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a Quarterback-Star Tom Brady put the NFL playoffs in jeopardy. And the Patriots raise question marks with their last move.
The “Bucs”, Super Bowl winners of the 2020 season, lost to the Cincinnati Bengals still 23:34 and now only have a minimal lead over the pursuers in the NFC South.
“We have a huge game ahead of us now, I know we say it over and over once more, but it’s the reality: we have to do better,” said Brady. “We still have three games to save the season”, said his trainer Todd Bowles.
In the NFL, the four division winners are the two Conferences automatically qualified for the playoffs. The three remaining playoff tickets in a conference go to the top three teams that did not win their divisions. With currently only six wins, the Bucs are not doing well in this comparison.
“Bucs” still at the top of the table
Die “Bucs” are still leaders in their weak division following their eighth defeat of the season. But if they still have three games to play from the Carolina Panthersthe New Orleans Saints or the Atlanta Falcons are intercepted, they have no realistic chance of a wild card place with their current record of six wins and eight losses.
Of the teams from the NFC that are not leaders in their division, the Detroit Lions, die Seattle Seahawks, die Washington Commanders and the New York Giants a better record than Brady’s Team. the Dallas Cowboys have already qualified with ten wins this season. the Green Bay Packers can with a win once morest the Los Angeles Rams catch up on Tuesday night.
Patriots lose too
The playoff chances of Brady’s former team, the New England Patriots, have also fallen sharply. Against the Las Vegas Raiders around the Stuttgart Jakob Johnson The Patriots lost 24:30 and amazed fans and pundits with an incomprehensible play seconds before the end.
Instead of safely going into extra time, the players tried to find a way towards the end zone with several backward passes – but one of these passes was missed by the Raiders intercepted and converted to a touchdown himself.
