Bucs NFC South Team of the Decade

[tarheelpride]

Per ESPN. We're in 2nd

Thoughts? Or should we even care?

[Fiz]

so it's 2000 - 2008?

[thejimmy]

They won a super bowl. We didn't.

the end.

[tarheelpride]

We are talking about ESPN here so yeah according to them the decade is over

[Fireball77]

At least the NFCS has a SB win, so you can't really begrudge TB getting the nod. I can't wait to see the NFCW, NFCN & AFCW team of the decade.

[Gscottnc5]

I needed a good laugh this morning. WHEW!!!!

[rayzor]

can't complain or argue till we get a ring.

[QuasiYoda]

Per ESPN. We're in 2nd

Thoughts? Or should we even care?

Although the NFC South hasn't been around for a full decade, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been declared the division's team of the decade.

That's according to ESPN.com, which used a formula concocted by NFC West colleague Mike Sando, who works part time as a rocket scientist, as well as a little bit of the human touch. I argued Tampa Bay's Super Bowl title should move them up a few spots higher than their ranking by the formula and Sando agreed.

The Bucs ranked ninth in the league and were the only NFC South team with a winning percentage over .500 for the decade. Carolina ranked No. 13, which seems pretty fair on the surface.

But I'd like to throw out a couple of scenarios that demonstrate just how close Carolina was to cracking the top 10. Let's suppose George Seifert's 1-15 disaster of 2001 never happened. The Bucs have 76 wins this decade. The Panthers have 71. Let's say Seifert's last season was a 6-10 year and the Panthers would have as many wins as the Bucs.

Carolina also came a lot closer to winning in their one Super Bowl appearance than a lot of people remember. If the Panthers had beaten the Patriots in Houston, they probably would be ranked ahead of Tampa Bay.

The Saints ranked No. 19 and the Falcons No. 21, which goes to show the importance of putting together back-to-back winning seasons. That's been nearly impossible for the NFC South teams throughout their existence.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcsouth/0-12-112/Bucs-are-team-of-the-decade-in-NFC-South.html

One Caveat . . . It ain't over yet.

Unless they look at the 2009 season as in the next decade because the Super Bowl is in 2010

So the Question is can we get 6 more wins this year than the Bucs?

[rayzor]

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcsouth/0-12-112/Bucs-are-team-of-the-decade-in-NFC-South.html

One Caveat . . . It ain't over yet.

Unless they look at the 2009 season as in the next decade because the Super Bowl is in 2010

So the Question is can we get 6 more wins this year than the Bucs?

including the playoffs...yeah, i think we can.

[tarheelpride]

if we win the next super bowl, it'll be in 2010, another decade. so technically the Bucs will still be team of the decade based on their win in 2002. I won't dispute it because our regular season record is under .500 and we lost a super bowl while they won one.

[ncbobcat]

The 2001 season screwed us. The -15 games killed our winning percentage. Heck even one of our typical 7-9 season would have put us around the top 5 in winning percentage.

Yeah the Bucs had the one Super Bowl, but they haven't done crap since. Their SB win was at the beginning of the decade too, so that says a lot.

[carolinarolls]

SB...

nothing to see here

[jkeough]

sounds about right

[ncbobcat]

Are you fond of brooms? There may be some sweeping going on in Tampa this year.