BSPN: Bucs Clinch NFC South Next Week In Miami
December 19th, 2025
New hat and T-shirt coming.
So let it be written, so let it be done. The Bucs will win the NFC South for the fifth-straight season and make a playoff appearance for a sixth-straight year.
Who says such a thing? Well, that would be a man who never met a number he didn’t like, Seth Walder of BSPN.
Walder, who makes a living playing with a calculator, crunched the numbers and is of the firm belief the Bucs will win their next two games, thus, clinching the NFC South.
If the Bucs win two of their next three games in any order, and here come the playoffs, bay-BEE! And the way Walder looks at it, the Bucs will beat Carolina Sunday 20-17.
Then a week from Sunday in Miami, the Bucs will beat the tanking Dolphins 31-26.
Hat and T-shirt game!
The Panthers and the Bucs entered Week 16 tied with 7-7 records and set to face each other twice in the final three games. The Buccaneers seemed on the verge of an epic collapse, having lost five of their previous six contests entering the first matchup with Carolina. But Tampa Bay quarterback Baker Mayfield pulled out a three-point victory. After a win over Miami, the Bucs again beat Carolina by a field goal in the finale. The result? They earned the conference’s No. 4 seed.
Walder actually believes the Bucs can make some noise in the playoffs, so long as they don’t face Sean McVay and the Rams.
Did anyone watch the Los Angeles-Seattle classic last night? Uh, oh.