I remember thinking, ‘Oh dear God’ to myself as the entire NFL Total Access panel picked the Bucs to beat the Saints on Sunday Night Football.
Then I poured myself two fingers of bourbon after the Sunday Night Football crew —including Tony Dungy— went all in.
At that point, all bets were off.
Sunday night was supposed to represent a changing of the guard in the NFC South. The Bucs won three straight coming into their matchup with the Saints. Two of those wins were against the currently playoff-bound Packers and Raiders, which featured some of Tampa Bay’s best football of 2020.