Maybe … Things have gotten stale with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers recently.
After winning the Super Bowl in 2020, the Buccaneers have reached the playoffs every year since.
Their record as a Super Bowl contender, though, is far different in recent years. Head coach Todd Bowles has certainly not been bad since taking over the top job in 2022. His 27-24 record and 1-3 mark in the postseason are nowhere near bad.
The issue is that the Buccaneers have too much talent to be the kind of middling team they are known for now.
It's why Bowles spoke about changing the organization's mindset this year.
"We've got to play not even better football at the end, but we've got to have killer instinct," Bowles said during the offseason. "We've got to try to blow people out and try to win the division instead of it going down to the last week."
It's pretty simple for Tampa Bay. They have too much talent to go 9-8 or 10-7 every year. They have a unique home-field advantage but haven't been able to use it against the top teams in recent years because they stumble around the regular season.
If they want to be considered true title contenders, they need to figure out a way to dominate their upcoming schedule.
The current NFL landscape means home-field advantage matters more than ever, especially in the NFC. If the Buccaneers want to win another Super Bowl, they'll need to figure out how to earn that advantage this year.