Last year, on December 4, Keith Tandy stepped into the starting lineup for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense, filling in for safety Chris Conte, who had suffered a chest injury the previous Sunday. From that point on, the numbers started piling up.
Tandy's first start of 2016 – and just the eighth of his NFL career – came in Tampa Bay's rousing road victory at San Diego, a tight 28-21 finish that added to the Bucs' growing playoff hopes. The game was so tight, in fact, that it was still very much in doubt until Tandy picked off a deep Philip Rivers pass intended for Dontrelle Inman.