History smiles on the Bucs after Monday’s win.
How important was Monday’s thrilling, gutsy win by the Bucs? Well, it pushed the Bucs to a 2-0 record to start the season. That’s big.
Why? Well, per Rich Eisen of the “Rich Eisen Show” earlier on Monday, since the playoffs expanded in 2021, teams that begin the season 2-0 have a 77 percent chance of making the playoffs.
Teams that began the season 1-1 had a less than 50/50 shot of making the playoffs. An even 40 percent of teams that start the season 1-1 advance to the playoffs.
(Joe didn’t write down the percentage for teams that start 0-2 because it didn’t apply to the Bucs, but it was slightly over 10 percent.)
Is it too early to dream of the playoffs? Absolutely, it is. But damn if Joe doesn’t like those odds.
Imagine what this Bucs team may be like if it gets healthy?