TAMPA — Let's hype the hyperbole. Let's add some buzz to an electric atmosphere. Let's overinflate the football about to be played at Raymond James Stadium.
When was the last time there has been a game bigger than this for the Buccaneers?
Tampa Bay has temporarily returned from the abyss and, at 5-5, has a chance to truly announce it is back in the playoff picture for the first time since — what? — 2008?
The Seahawks (7-2-1) are better than the Bucs. Maybe the second-best team in the NFC behind Dallas. They've been to the postseason five of the past six years, won Super Bowl XLVIII over the Broncos, lost XLIX the next season in infamous fashion to the Patriots.