Another long NFL off-season is over - too long for fans of the downtrodden Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While the more successful franchises play late into January, the Bucs are usually wrapping up another disappointing season by New Year's day and their fans are left watching old DVDs of playoff years past.
Sobering thought: It's been 9 years since the Bucs made the playoffs (2007). Its been 14 years since they won a playoff game (Super Bowl XXXVII). Who would of thought that January afternoon in 2007 when the Bucs were upset by the eventual Super Bowl Champion New York Giants at Raymond James Stadium that this would be the last playoff football Bucs fans would see for nearly a decade?