After beating the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round last weekend, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will now have a rematch with the Detroit Lions after losing to them previously. But it sounds like they think it will be different this time.
During a press conference this week, Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles had a pretty clear message to the Lions ahead of the game, claiming that the team has grown since that loss and that “we’re a different team now.”
“We were where we were at that time of the year,” Bowles said according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “I don’t wish we would’ve done anything different or we wouldn’t have learned from it. They’re a very good team. They’re coached very well. Very fast, very physical. An electric crowd is going to be up there. Wish we hadn’t done anything different, but we’ve got to learn from it. Any of our losses, for that matter. We’re a different team now. We’re mentally tougher. I think we’ve gotten stronger from it, and we learned some things. We’re still piecing it together, but we’re happy where we’re at.”
We’ll have to see whether or not the growth and improvement is enough to push the Buccaneers over the top in this game.
