One week after a brutal 9-0 loss at home to the Saints, the Buccaneers got right and took down the Panthers on the road by a score of 32-6, clinching their first NFC South championship since 2007.
Now at 11-4, Tampa Bay will go to work on its playoff positioning. The Bucs currently sit as the NFC’s No. 4 seed, but if they can take advantage of their favorable remaining schedule (away against the Jets and home against the Panthers) while getting some help elsewhere, they very well could rise as high as the No. 2 seed before the NFC Wild Card Round in January.