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Jon Ledyard is PewterReport.com's newest Bucs beat writer and has experience covering the Pittsburgh Steelers as a beat writer and analyzing the NFL Draft for several draft websites, including The Draft Network. Follow Ledyard on Twitter at @LedyardNFLDraft
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The Bucs are going back to the playoffs, facing the visiting Eagles in the Wild Card round. But they’ll remain in a normal gameday time slot, playing Sunday at 1 pm EST. Last year, the traveled to Washington for a Saturday night Wild Card game. This year, it’ll feel a little more like a normal home game at Raymond James Stadium.

Tampa Bay will play in the first NFC playoff game, with the 49ers at Cowboys to follow soon after. Rams vs Cardinals will be played on Monday night, the NFL’s first non-weekend playoff game. If the Bucs defeat the Eagles, they’ll host the highest remaining seed in the Divisional playoff round. The only way the Bucs will play on the road in the playoffs is if they face the Packers in the NFC Championship Game.

Of course, Tampa Bay has already defeated the Eagles once this season. Back in Week 6, the Bucs topped Philadelphia 28-22 on Thursday Night Football at Lincoln Financial Field. The NFC South champions jumped out to a 28-7 lead late in the third quarter, but the Eagles stormed back to make it close in the end. To finish the game, the Bucs ran out the final 5:54 of clock.

Jalen Hurts threw just for just 115 yards in the two teams’ last meeting, while Tom Brady dropped 297 yards and two touchdowns. Lots of personnel will be different for both sides, however, as the Bucs played with Antonio Brown and Chris Godwin, and without Rob Gronkowski. Tampa Bay was also down Carlton Davis, Sean Murphy-Bunting, Antoine Winfield and Lavonte David. On the other side, Philadelphia played without tight end Dallas Goedert and right tackle Lane Johnson.

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