The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Commanders are just one of four regular rematches that we have on the schedule for the NFL’s Wild Card round. For the Bucs, it will be a very different Commanders team compared to what they saw in Week 1.
The changes we have seen from this team are what has The 33rd Team’s Tyler Brooke seeing an upset on the horizon.
Brooke wrote up and ranked each playoff matchup and the likelihood of an upset occurring and the Bucs were the team with the highest chance to fall victim to one. He writes, “Both teams have mediocre defenses but high-powered offenses led by exciting quarterbacks in Jayden Daniels and Baker Mayfield. That has the makings of a potential shootout, meaning that anything is possible. . .If the Commanders smell blood in the water, and Daniels can generate some explosive plays, this has the makings of an upset.”
He adds that the Bucs have looked “mortal” in recent weeks and they have. The defense is not going to be able to handle Jayden Daniels and is dual-threat ability if not everyone in the front seven is ready for it.
It will also be on the secondary to have one of their better games of the year or else this will be a short-lived playoff run.