For the second time in as many weeks, the Dallas Cowboys will attempt to clinch the NFC East. Hopefully, it goes much better this time around as they came up empty last week against the Indianapolis Colts. This week’s opponent is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs share a distinct honor with Cowboys as the only two teams who have beaten the league’s number one team, New Orleans Saints. Tampa Bay did it in Week 1 and the Cowboys did it a couple weeks ago after the Saints had reeled off 10-straight victories.
These two teams are headed in different directions as Dallas is trying to return to the playoffs after missing the dance last season, whereas the Bucs haven’t been to the playoffs since 2007 when Jon Gruden was still their coach.