It's not quite time to cue up an Adele playlist, but when you look back on the 2015 Buccaneers season, this might be the game that you remember as the one where your postseason hopes began to slip away.
Sunday's 24-17 loss wasn't a heartbreaker, but it was a letdown. The Saints, losers of four straight games, were trending downward; the Bucs, winners of three of their past four, were trending upward. New Orleans was supposed to be a stepping stone on the path to the playoffs.
But it's the NFL, and there are no iron-clad certainties.