Buccaneers: How Strong Can They Finish the Season?

Nov 13, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter looks on from the sidelines against the Chicago Bears in the second half at Raymond James Stadium. The Buccaneers won 36-10. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 13, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter looks on from the sidelines against the Chicago Bears in the second half at Raymond James Stadium. The Buccaneers won 36-10. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 13, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter looks on from the sidelines against the Chicago Bears in the second half at Raymond James Stadium. The Buccaneers won 36-10. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 13, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter looks on from the sidelines against the Chicago Bears in the second half at Raymond James Stadium. The Buccaneers won 36-10. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

Playing their best football of the season, how good can the Buccaneers be?

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Buccaneers fans, I think we are starting to finally see the program that Koetter and Licht envisioned for their team.

After falling to 3-5 and putting their season nearly on the brink, the Bucs have stormed back right into the playoff race. A win over the Bears and a stunner over the Chiefs has brought them to 5-5, one game behind the Falcons in the NFC South. 5-5 is also directly in the thick of the Wild Card hunt.

The Bucs have gotten healthy and have played the best football of the season. We are heading into the stretch run, the month of December. Solid football in the month of December often leads to football in January.

The remainder of the Bucs schedule yields only two winning teams. Can a strong finish bring them the same fate? How strong can they finish?

The topic of the final six games is this week’s roundtable discussion. What is realistic to expect from our Bucs to finish the year? Here is what we came up with.