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After starting off , the Philadelphia Eagles are now looking like a team who will make the playoffs. Jalen Hurts is playing the best football of his young career.

If this offense can keep it up, they could surprise some teams come playoff time. The Washington Football Team looked like they could get in the playoffs a few weeks back, but those chances are slim to none now as they've lost three straight divisional games. Though he has just one interception and three passes defensed this season, his first with Philadelphia, he racked up nine picks and 24 PBUs over his final three seasons in Minnesota, enough to get him the franchise tag in The Eagles are likely to play a lot of two-deep safety coverages with Harris and McLeod, as they have for much of this season, and they emphasize preventing big plays.

If Gronkowski tries to work down the middle of the field in that Cover Two look, it may be up to Harris to make sure he cuts off Brady's throwing lanes to his all-time favorite target.

DeVonta Smith, the 10th overall pick in the draft, has had a fine rookie season, leading the Eagles in catches 64 , receiving yards and touchdown grabs five. The Eagles' passing game hasn't produced a ton of big plays this season but Smith is the most likely one to get the ball downfield, as he has run go routes and has been targeted on 20 of them.

He has accounted for Smith has also been targeted near the boundaries more than most receivers. He has 19 targets, eight catches and three touchdowns on plays where he was within two yards of the sideline, all of which ranks in the top five in the NFL. Meanwhile, Davis has returned from a midseason stint on injured reserve to resume his role as the Bucs' top cornerback.

He has recorded six passes defensed over the last six games and overall has 11 deflections in just 10 games played this season. Davis matches up well in terms of size with the slight Smith , , though the rookie's lack of bulk has never kept him from putting up huge numbers. Davis is outstanding in press coverage and may want to employ that tactic on Smith this Sunday.

Smith has only caught 10 passes when facing press coverage this year, according to NFL Next Gen Stats, and has averaged 1. Windy with rain likely. The Buccaneers and Panthers will square off for the second time in three weeks and if Tampa Bay can complete the sweep they'll have a chance to start the postseason from a better spot.

The Buccaneers have clinched the NFC South but still have some significant goals to chase against a Jets team that fought through adversity to get a win of its own in Week The Buccaneers and Panthers are each facing challenges and potential lineup changes on offense as they prepare for their first of two matchups over the next three weeks.

With memories of last year's prime-time meeting with the Saints still fresh in their minds, the Bucs will be looking to snap a losing streak against their division foes Sunday night and in the process capture an NFC South title. The Buccaneers are gearing up for a playoff-level of intensity this weekend when the Buffalo Bills visit for a game between two top contenders that has postseason implications in both conferences. The Buccaneers will begin their stretch run with the first of four upcoming games against NFC South opponents, heading to Atlanta to face a Falcons team that is still alive in the conference playoff chase.

The Bucs head to Lucas Oil Stadium to face an ascending Colts team that has won five of its last six in front of a crowd that is sure to enjoy the return of Tom Brady to Indianapolis. The Buccaneers and Giants get the Monday night spotlight for the second year in a row and the game is a critical one for both teams as they attempt to begin a playoff run in the season's second half. NFC South bragging rights are on the line again as the Bucs head to the Superdome — this time with fans in the stands— with a small lead in the standings and a chance to break the Saints' stranglehold on the regular-season series.

Riding a three-game winning streak, the Buccaneers will get another crack at a Bears team that beat them in their Super Bowl season and features one of the NFL's best pass rushes.

Presented by. Raymond James Stadium capacity: 65, He started out as the team's assistant director of player personnel but was promoted to vice president of player personnel for his final two seasons with the team. Todd Bowles, the Buccaneers' defensive coordinator, had a short stint in the same role for Philadelphia.

After finishing the season as the Miami Dolphins' interim head coach following the in-season dismissal of Tony Sparano, Bowles joined the Eagles' staff in as the team's secondary coach. Another dismissal, this time of Defensive Coordinator Juan Castillo in October, once again bumped Bowles' title up as he took over that job for the remainder of the season. Mike Caldwell, the Buccaneers' inside linebackers coach, spent time as an Eagle both as a player and a coach.

His year playing career included four seasons , during which he logged 62 games and 29 of his 49 career starts. Caldwell started a single-season best 16 games for the Eagles in , leading to a career-high tackles. Caldwell then started his coaching career by climbing up the ladder in Philly, first as a training camp intern in , then as a defensive quality control coach for two years, an assistant linebackers coach for one more and finally as the linebackers coach in Alex Tanney, who started his coaching career this season as an offensive quality control coach for the Eagles, saw time with eight different NFL teams as a quarterback, most recently as a backup with the New York Giants.

One of his stops was in Tampa, where he signed with the Bucs in May of but was released later that August. While "keeping the band" together on the field for a run at another championship, the Buccaneers also managed to keep their coaching staff almost entirely intact for There were two additions to Arians' staff: Offensive Assistant A.

Mike Greenberg, who provided invaluable help to Jason Licht in the efforts to keep the Bucs' Super Bowl-winning roster together as the team's director of football administration, was promoted during the offseason to vice president of football administration.

Greenberg is entering his 12th year with the team. And we do mean full capacity. The defending champions have already sold out every home game this season; the last time every game at Raymond James Stadium sold out was in The Buccaneers introduced new uniforms in that were heavily influenced by the look the team had during its first Super Bowl era but also included a brand new alternate set with matching pewter jerseys and pants.

That gave the team four combinations last season: pewter on pewter, white on white, white on pewter and red on pewter. The Bucs will use a fifth combination in , with a red jersey over white pants, which they will wear in the Sunday Night Football spotlight at home against the Saints in Week The Eagles made a change at the top in , dismissing Head Coach Doug Pederson, who had led the team to its first Super Bowl championship after the season and additional playoff berths in and The Eagles decided to change directions after a campaign in and turned to Nick Sirianni, who had been the Colts' offensive coordinator the previous three seasons.

Upon announcing Sirianni's hiring, the team's website said he "wowed the eagles in the interview process with his energy, his intelligence, and his edge, sharing a vision with the team in an extensive meeting in Florida earlier this week. Gannon followed Sirianni to Philadelphia from Indianapolis, where he had been the defensive backs coach for the previous three seasons.

He was influenced earlier in his career by Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer but said he would install a scheme that fit the Eagles' personnel. He stresses the "HITS principle," which stands for hustle, intensity, takeaways and smartness. Steichen worked with Sirianni when both were assistants for the Chargers, and he took over as the Offensive Coordinator in Los Angeles last year, helping rookie QB Justin Herbert put together a monster debut season.

After bringing in a new coaching staff, the Eagles then also made a very big decision at the most important spot on the roster, trading quarterback Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts on March Philly got a third-round pick and a conditional second-round pick, which could turn into a first-rounder based on how much playing time Wentz gets in Indianapolis. The Buccaneers are struggling on offense with a lack of weapons, including Antonio Brown and Chris Godwin.

This should be a high scoring game and will most likely come down to the final possession. Finally, my boldest prediction yet: Eagles upset the Buccaneers sound familiar, Tom? First online real money wager only.

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