NFC EAST NFC NORTH NFC SOUTH NFC WEST Philadelphia 10-6 Chicago 13-3 New Orleans 10-6 Seattle 9-7 Dallas 9-7 Green Bay 8-8 Carolina 8-8 St.Louis 8-8 NY Giants 8-8 Minnesota 6-10 Atlanta 7-9 San Francisco 7-9 Washington 5-11 Detroit 3-13 Tampa Bay 4-12 Arizona 5-11 AFC EAST AFC CENTRAL AFC SOUTH AFC WEST New England 12-4 Baltimore 13-3 Indianapolis 12-4 San Diego 14-2 NY Jets 10-6 Pittsburgh 8-8 Jacksonville 8-8 Kansas City 9-7 Buffalo 7-9 Cincinnati 8-8 Tennessee 8-8 Denver 9-7 Miami 6-10 Cleveland 4-12 Houston 6-10 Oakland 2-14 WILD CARD GAMES Philadelphia 23 NY Giants 20 Seattle 21 Dallas 20 New England 37 NY Jets 16 Indianapolis 23 Kansas City 8 DIVISIONAL GAMES New Orleans 27 Philadelphia 24` Chicago 27 Seattle 24 New England 24 San Diego 21 Indianapolis 15 Baltimore 6 CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Chicago 39 New Orleans 14 Indianapolis 38 New England 34 SUPER BOWL XLI at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Indianapolis 29 Chicago 17

Returning 21 of their 22 starters, hopes were high for the Bucs going into the 2006 season but a Week 3 season-ending injury to QB Chris Simms meant rookie Bruce Gradkowski was thrown into the fire of the NFL when he was clearly not ready and the hopes of the offense went down with him. The defense looked old too often and it took a couple of last gasp victories over Cincinnati and Philadelphia to remove the Bucs from the ranks of the winless. Only two more wins followed in the remaining 10 games whilst the injuries mounted up on a constant basis.