First-Round Playoffs: Redskins 17, Bucs 10

Left Feeling Incomplete

TAMPA - They might not have even been here were it not for a few controversial calls going their way. There was that reversal of an apparent Marcus Pollard touchdown in the Lions game; the incomplete pass call on an apparent touchdown by Roddy White in the second Falcons game; and the favorable call on Mike Alstott's 2-point conversion in the first meeting with the Redskins. Still, Bucs players, coaches and fans alike may forever feel as though their playoff fate was negatively altered by the call that was made on what proved to be the signature play in their 17-10 loss to the Redskins at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday. Full story

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