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 (1‑0) vs Texans (0‑1) |
31 | Buccaneers Wins | 16% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Texans Wins | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Falcons (0‑1) vs Vikings (1‑0) |
3 | Falcons Wins | 16% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Vikings Wins | 14% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Titans (0‑1) vs Rams (1‑0) |
3 | Titans Wins | 15% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Rams Wins | 14% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Steelers (1‑0) vs Seahawks (0‑1) |
2 | Steelers Wins | 15% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 15% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (1‑0) vs Saints (0‑1) |
2 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 15% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Saints Wins | 15% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Chiefs (0‑1) vs Eagles (1‑0) |
1 | Chiefs Wins | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Eagles Wins | 14% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Cardinals (1‑0) vs Panthers (0‑1) |
1 | Cardinals Wins | 15% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 15% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Bears (0‑1) vs Lions (0‑1) |
1 | Bears Wins | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Lions Wins | 15% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Cowboys (0‑1) vs Giants (0‑1) |
0 | Cowboys Wins | 15% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Giants Wins | 14% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||