The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be back in the NFC South division race with a Carolina Panthers loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Yes, that sounds outlandish -- but after the Atlanta Falcons lost to the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, it's no longer impossible. Just unlikely.
If the Panthers lose to the Seattle Seahawks today, they'd be 4-1 while the Atlanta Falcons are 5-1. That'd put the Bucs two games behind the Panthers, and two-and-a-half games behind the Falcons. A sizeable deficit with a quarter of the season gone, but hardly an insurmountable one -- especially given the fact that the Bucs have two games against the Falcons and one against the Panthers to make up for their deficit.