Game 16: Bucs 27, Saints 13

Playoff Payoff

TAMPA - And to think, this was supposed to have been a rebuilding year, a season in which one of the Bucs' primary objectives was to lay down a foundation for the future. Well, as General Manager Bruce Allen likes to say, the future is now. A Bucs team that few believed would even contend for a playoff berth has not only made the playoffs, but also will host a first-round game Saturday at Raymond James Stadium against the Washington Redskins (10-6).
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