Despite their recent run, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have seen their season go up and down. They have won five out of their last six coming out of their Bye Week, with their latest win being a monstrous 48 to 14 win over the Carolina Panthers.
Because of that recent run and the dominant win in Week 17, the Bucs saw themselves make a jump up the ESPN Power Rankings.
Coming out of Week 16, the Bucs had to be licking their wounds after their loss to the Dallas Cowboys. For them to respond the way they did speaks volumes to the culture within the locker room and how they feel about themselves. They easily could have folded this week in a trap game against a tough Panthers team and a familiar face in their head coach, Dave Canales.
Instead, they won by 34 points and saw their power ranking go from 18th to 13th.