The honor of being a One and Done in this year’s playoffs will be decided today! To BaldingSpiritually’s ever-lasting chagrin I’ll be pulling for the team from Cackalina because I called it lo those many months ago. The neutral must give much credit to Dave Canales because he’s squeezed every last bit of talent out of a depleted roster and got them to this point.

To The Game!

Los Panteros/Bucs:

-As befitting this titanic struggle for the right to call themselves NFC South Champeens, both are coming off a loss.

-Wee Bryce Young (he’s all of 5’10”!) has been a bit underwhelming (7 TD’s/3 INT’s) down the stretch.

-Related to the Above: Remember when Rico Dowdle was the bomb in midseason? He’s not run for more than 60 yards in his last seven outings. The league does catch up real quick when a below-average team starts well out of the gate.

-So if the run game is fizzling there’s the pass game to turn to. Outside of Tet (he and Egbuka are neck and neck for rookie receiving yards) that’s not been very impressive. However, both Tampa starting corners are no-shows this afternoon.

-Folks talk about Dan Campbell and his willingness to take the plunge on 4th down but the Panteros have 25 conversions so far this year, the most of any team since at least 1978.

-They say he’s playing injured (remember when he did the same in Cleveland and was promptly shown the door?) and Mayfield’s 8 INT’s in his last 7 tilts lend credence to those rumors.

Let’s do a thing.