Baker is in a sling…. The division is a 2 horse race!

[TheBigKat]

Baker got hurt tonight, Bucs are decimated by injuries

 we have a chance to really win this division which is realistically our only path to playoffs 

 

I think week 17 is for the division

boys and girls the NFC South is up for grabs and it’s a donnybrook

[TLGPanthersFan]

Bridgewater revenge game? 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

That fuging Saints game, man

[NAS]

Hold your horses we have the hardest schedule even if we best the Bucs twice

[PootieNunu]

1 hour ago, NAS said:

Hold your horses we have the hardest schedule even if we best the Bucs twice

Beat the bucs twice, best the saints, and steal one more. 

Not likely, but it could happen. 

[Jackson113.2]

[JawnyBlaze]

Even if we have the hardest schedule, we just have to win the same number of games as the Bucs and beat them both times. That seems very doable now. I mean even if we only beat the Bucs both times and they only win two more games, we win the division. As bad as they’re injured I could see them losing out. 

[Proudiddy]

When we played the Cowboys, nobody really believed we could win.  And we did.

We can do it, we just can’t afford anymore Bryce 125 yard passing days.  If he’s gonna be the guy, act like it.  Lead the team and win some games.  Make the tough plays when it matters.

[MHS831]

I see it this way, we could beat the Saints on the road, Seattle at home.  Will probably lose to the Niners and Rams.

That means we are 8-7 excluding the Bucs games.  For us to win the division, we could hope to tie the Bucs and win the head-to-head. to do that, we have to sweep Tampa Bay and finish 10-7 (yes--the Saints loss is killer).

Here is why:

The Bucs, on the other hand, have an EASY schedule.  AT HOME:  Cardinals, Falcons, Saints, Panthers.  AWAY:  Panthers and Dolphins.  I see them winning at least 4 more games.  If they beat the Cards, the Falcons, the Saints, and the Dolphins, they have 10 wins.  Probably expected because no team has over 4 wins except the Panthers.

Even if Baker is out, I see them winning 4 down the stretch, making their overall record 10-7 if they lose both games to the Panthers.  If so, we go.

While it could happen; I sense the Panthers are starting to feel it, but I thought that before the home game vs. New Orleans, so we shall see.  I give the Panthers about a 10-20% chance of pulling it off

 

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

Not only do we have the hardest schedule, the Bucs might have the easiest. Besides us twice, they have the Cardinals, Saints, Falcons and Dolphins. 

[chknwing]

If Baker is done, bucks schedule just got a lot harder,

[pantherj]

What is the latest on Baker? Our team is mediocre but with Baker in a sling we have a reasonable chance at making the playoffs. Bridgewater can only do check downs at this point in his career, so any team the Bucs play without Baker is an L imo. This is the best news all season. 

[uncfan888]

If Baker is out for a while, the bucs could lose any of those games they have left. We'll see though. We just need to handle our business and split these next two since I really don't think we can beat that rams team

[csx]

We have the 5th hardest remaining schedule. Bucs third easiest.

https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/remaining_schedule_strength

 

Baker with his arm in a sling is analogous to playing with Bryce Young.