Brian Griese, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)
2005 was a weird year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but had Brian Griese not been injured, things could have turned out a lot differently for the Buccaneers at the close of the aughts. Our what-if scenario for this week doesn’t have much bearing for the Buccaneers or NFL in the long term, but it certainly does in the short term.
In 2005, the Buccaneers were humming to start the season. Behind a veteran defense, a strong running game thanks to rookie Cadillac Williams, and Griese, the Buccaneers came out of seemingly nowhere to start out 5-1.