The Most Important Games for the Buccaneers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Buccaneers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Buccaneers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Buccaneers Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Buccaneers (6‑2) vs Patriots (7‑2) |
61 | Buccaneers Wins | 25% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Patriots Wins | 11% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 12% | ||
| Packers (5‑2‑1) vs Eagles (6‑2) |
14 | Packers Wins | 24% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Eagles Wins | 19% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Saints (1‑8) vs Panthers (5‑4) |
8 | Saints Wins | 21% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 20% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑5) vs Seahawks (6‑2) |
7 | Cardinals Wins | 23% | 20% | 20% | 19% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 21% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Commanders (3‑6) vs Lions (5‑3) |
5 | Commanders Wins | 22% | 20% | 21% | 18% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Lions Wins | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (6‑3) vs Rams (6‑2) |
4 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 22% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Rams Wins | 21% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 9% | ||
| Giants (2‑7) vs Bears (5‑3) |
3 | Giants Wins | 22% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Bears Wins | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 9% | ||
| Colts (7‑2) vs Falcons (3‑5) |
2 | Colts Wins | 21% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Falcons Wins | 21% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 10% | ||
| Vikings (4‑4) vs Ravens (3‑5) |
0 | Vikings Wins | 22% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Ravens Wins | 22% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 9% | ||