Fins, Jags, Bucs in NFL Playoffs...Whoopee!

It happened back in 1999 when all three Florida National Football League teams managed to make the postseason playoffs in the same season, but finally here we are more than two decades from then and in the same situation after each team...none of them admittedly all that good...scrapped and lucked their way into next week's game lineup.  Tampa Bay had already wrapped up their sorry NFC South title last week and took out star quarterback Tom Brady during today's essentially meaningless contest against Atlanta as the Falcon's win put the Bucs into a losing regular season at 8-9.  They'll most likely be playing Dallas at home next week...although Tampa finished with a worse win-loss record, they did manhandle the Cowboys 19-3 earlier this season.  In the American Conference the South Division title went to Jacksonville at 9-8 when they ran back a recovered Tennessee fumble late in their game to come from behind and win.  And Miami broke their five-game losing streak by staving off the New York Jets 11-6, breaking their tie with a 50-yard field goal with only seconds remaining...the safety was icing on the cake.  But the Dolphins also depended on Buffalo winning against New England, which they did in large part from two touchdown kickoff returns.  It was a little strange for me to be rooting so hard for the Bills, considering that I'll be rooting just as hard against them next week when they play the Dolphins at home.  I don't know whether Miami's injury-prone quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will be back for the Buffalo game, but it seems that playing against this team has not been good for his health, with multiple concussions coming from those games.  Maybe I'll trade an early exit from the playoffs for the Dolphins in exchange for this player to stay healthy.  As for Jacksonville, they will be playing next week at home against San Diego.  Later tonight Green Bay will play at home against Detroit for the final disputed playoff spot...I'll be watching, naturally.  If Seattle loses their ongoing game against the LA Rams, then the winner between the Packers and Lions gets in... otherwise it's Seattle if the Lions prevail.  Besides the three Florida teams, I tend to root for the Seahawks as well as the Kansas City Chiefs...maybe the latter will take it all the way this year to another Super Bowl championship...