This is for those of YOU thinking KC will win vs Steelers or Seahawks win @ falcons
The long-standing "Tampa Bay Curse" has been described as the following:
"No team has ever lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the regular season, and gone on to win the Super Bowl that same season."
It has held true from from the team's inception (1976) through the 2008 season (2008-09 playoffs). The following is a list of the "Curse Victims."
Tampa Bay Curse Victims
*-denotes a playoff team
1976 TB lost all 14 games
1977: NO, St. Louis Cardinals
1978: Min*, Atl*, KC, Chi, Buf
1979: Det, Baltimore Colts, GB, Chi*, Min, Det, NYG, KC, LA Rams* (Rams lost Super Bowl XIV)
1980: Cin, LA Rams*, SF, NYG, GB
1981: Min, St. Louis Cardinals, Det, GB, Chi, NO, Atl
1982: NO, Buf, Det*, Chi, Mia* (Dolphins lost Super Bowl XVII)
1983: Min, Houston Oilers
1984: Det, GB, Min, NYG*, Atl, NYJ
1985: St. Louis Cardinals, Det
1986: Det, Buf
1987: Atl, Det, GB, Min* (Vikings lost NFC Championship)
1988: GB, Det, Buf* (Bills lost AFC Championship)
1989: GB, NO, Chi, Phx
1990: Det, Min, GB, Atl
1991: Phi, Ind, Det* (Lions lost NFC Championship)
1992: Phx, GB, Det, Chi
1993: Det*, Atl, Min*, Chi, Den*
1994: Ind, Det*, Min*, Was, LA Rams
1995: Phi*, Was, Car, Cin, Min, Jax, GB* (Packers lost NFC Championship)
1996: Min*, Oak, SD, NO, Was, Chi
1997: SF, Det*, Min*, Mia*, Arz, Ind, Atl, NE*, NYG*, Chi
1998: Chi, NYG, Car, GB*, Pit, Cin, Min* (the 15-1 Vikings lost NFC Championship in OT)
1999: Phi, Den, Chi, NO, KC, Atl, Sea*, Min*, Det*, GB
2000: NE, Chi, Det, Min*, Atl, GB, Buf, Dal, Mia*, StL*
2001: Dal, GB*, Min, Det, Cin, NO, Bal*, StL* (the 14 pt fav. Rams lost Super Bowl XXXVI)
2002: Bal, StL, Cin, Atl*, Cle*, Car, Min, GB*, Det, Chi
2003 Atl, Was, Dal*, NYG, NO, Hou, Phi* (Eagles were #1 seed in NFC, lost NFC Championship also ate a bagel week 1 @ home 17-0 )
2004: NO, Chi, KC, SF, Atl* (Falcons lost NFC Championship)
2005: Min, Buf, GB, Det, Mia, Was*, Atl, NO, Car*
2006: Cin, Phi*, Was, Cle
2007: NO, StL, Car, Ten*, Arz, Atl, Was*
2008: Atl*, Chi, GB, Car*, Sea, KC, Min*, Det, NO
2009: Sea, GB*, NO* (NO is going to Super Bowl XLIV)
Saints benched final 3 games that year due to injured players they were a 9 pt Dog at Panthers week 17
im adding up to 2013
2010 PANTHERS BENGALS BROWNS RAMS CARDINALS 49ers who got Shutout also 21-0 ;;;;; REDSKINS SEAHAWKS
SAINTS.
Both seattle who was 7-9 and saints lost in playoffs Saints played @ Seahawks but wow favored by 10 1/2 Then seahawks lost at Bears as a 10 point dog
2011 VIKINGS FALCONS lost in playoffs @ NYG 24- 3 as a 3 point puppie MY sports book & local hated my guts SAINTS LOST In Playoffs fav - 3 1/2 @ 49ers & COLTS whom LOST Playoffs @ Ravens
2012 PANTHERS CHIEFS VIKINGS RAIDERS CHARGERS FALCONS Lost in Playoffs to 49ers
2013 DOLPHINS FALCONS LIONS BILLS
*Three teams (1979 Rams, 1982 Dolphins, 2001 Rams) came close to breaking the curse, making it to the Super Bowl. But all three lost. The 2001 Rams arguably came the closest - losing to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI to Adam Vinatieri's last-second game-winning field goal.
*Counting 1976-2008, the Curse has had 186 victims, including 49 playoff teams, 3 Super Bowl losers, 7 conference championship game losers, one #1 playoff seed. Note that the number does not equal Tampa Bay's total franchise victories because many of the victims were beaten by Tampa Bay twice in the same season.
*For 2009, Tampa Bay beat two NFC playoff teams...the #1 seed New Orleans, as well as Green Bay. Results are pending.
EDIT...Seattle was the 187th victim (they did not even make the playoffs), now Green Bay is the 188th victim
so add 22 more teams we have 210 Victims 100% losers playoffs superbowls also .
GO ahead Back the falcons against GB
IN addition to saints winning that year i truly belive that NFL helped them in Playoffs by letting them hammer favre so bad they busted his leg so bad he couldnt run in 4th quater REFS ate falgs whole finals vs Vikes I saw it and the replays are still around
This was because of Katrina destroying New awleans year before I belive they wanted Saints to win that year
