The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off against the Washington Commanders this Sunday night in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs. While the sides will be battling it out on the field, just two weeks ago, the Buccaneers were cheering on the Commanders as if they were lifelong fans.
After Tampa Bay’s Dec. 29 win over the Carolina Panthers , the team gathered at the house of quarterback Baker Mayfield to watch the Sunday night game between the Commanders and Atlanta Falcons . If Washington took down the Falcons, the Buccaneers would be in control of their own destiny in Week 18—with a shot at winning the NFC South.
With the game tied and Atlanta lining up a potential game-winning field goal, rookie running back Bucky Irving couldn’t take it anymore, and ran out of the house…