The Bucs are in the middle of a stretch of three games in 12 days, a daunting challenge all by itself.
But consider this: There are 45 active quarterbacks who have thrown a pass against the Bucs, and of those, only three have played Tampa Bay at least three times and remain undefeated against them. Those three? The Vikings' Case Keenum, who just threw for 369 yards and three touchdowns against the Bucs on Sunday, and the Giants' Eli Manning and Patriots' Tom Brady, who both come to Raymond James Stadium in the next nine days.
So to avoid a 1-3 start, the Bucs need to beat one of the two quarterbacks they've had the hardest times beating in their history.