Magic Number.
NFL · 2026

Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct vSun 6 Dec, 1:00 PM EST Los Angeles Chargers4th AFC West - .000 pct

Match resultTampa Bay 49%Tie <1%Chargers 50%

What this game means

The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.

At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 0% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.

The result is worth up to 1 point in the Playoffs race.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
Los Angeles Chargers
Playoffs11%
Division3%
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsLos Angeles Chargers11%<1%▼ -11
TiePlayoffsLos Angeles Chargers11%1%▼ -10
Chargers winPlayoffsLos Angeles Chargers11%1%▼ -10

The race they're in

Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.

AFC West · winner qualifies direct

DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1Kansas CityDivision54%4-0-01.000-2Las VegasDivision18%3-1-0.75014ChargersDivision3%0-4-0.0004

NFC South · winner qualifies direct

DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-4Tampa BayDivision7%0-4-0.0002

The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify

PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7New EnglandPlayoffs64%2-2-0.500
Playoff line
8DenverPlayoffs58%2-2-0.50016ChargersPlayoffs11%0-4-0.000

The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify

PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500
Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.50016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000