The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the New Orleans Saints in a frustrating game that ended almost all of their playoff aspirations. They’re not quite out of it yet, but the number of scenarios where they’re in is vanishingly small.
As far as I can tell, the Bucs would be eliminated from the playoffs if the Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys tomorrow. That would leave the Lions at 10-5 and the Green Bay Packers at 9-6, and the Bucs would at most be able to tie the Packers — at which point they’d lose to them on a strength of victory tiebreaker.