Green Bay Packers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers Live Stream: Watch NFL 2014 Football Online (Fox TV Schedule, Preview)
The Green Bay Packers will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday knowing that their postseason hopes are hanging in the balance, especially if they want to grab a top two seeding and avoid the Wild Card round. The game will start at 1 p.m. ET and takes place from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream (details below).
The Packers are tied for top spot in the NFC North, with both the Detroit Lions and the Packers on 10-4. However, importantly at this stage of the season, it is the Lions who have the advantage and who occupy top spot. If things remain this way come the end of the season then it will be the Lions who take the division title and the number 2 seed placing in the NFC.
The Packers will be confident of winning today's road game against a team that has won just two games all season long. If they can do that they have a mouthwatering game for the final round of games of the regular season when they host the Detroit Lions in what is likely to be a winner takes all match up.
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Coming into Sunday's games the NFL Playoffs picture is still not fully firmed up. In the AFC division the New England Patriots currently have the number 1 seed spot with their 11-3 position. If they can hold on to that position until the end of the month then they will secure themselves home field advantage through the Playoffs.
But things are still uncertain, with the Denver Broncos also on 11-3 and in the second seed position.
The 10-4 Indianapolis Colts are the current third seeds and last week secured their division title. The Cincinnati Bengals are 9-4-1 and are currently in the 4th seed position but their place in the Playoffs is far from secure at the moment - they still have not confirmed their division title, and with the AFC North still very open with three teams still fighting for the title, the Bengals likely will have to win their final two games to secure their division and a top four seeding.
Both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens are on 9-5 and occupy the 5th and 6th seed positions coming into the weekend.
There are still a host of teams in the hunt for one of the Wild Card spots, including the 9-6 San Diego Chargers, the 8-6 Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, and all three of the Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns are on 7-7.
The NFC looks a little more certain with only 9 teams remaining in the Playoff hunt. The 11-3 Arizona Cardinals have the number 1 seed spot coming into the weekend, but they still can be caught by the Detroit Lions, who are in the number 2 seed spot with 10-4. Both the Cardinals and Lions have secured their Playoff berths already, but who will get home field advantage through the Playoffs is still up in the air.
None of the other postseason spots in the NFC have been confirmed yet. The 10-4 Dallas Cowboys now look almost certain to clinch the NFC East and with it a likely 3rd seed placing. The 9-6 Philadelphia Eagles have collapsed with three straight losses - their most recent a horrible defeat to the lowly Washington Redskins. That means if the Cowboys win today then they will clinch the division title.
The New Orleans Saints are 6-8 but are in the 4th seed spot coming into the weekend, where as the 10-4 Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers occupy the 5th and 6th seed spots respectively.
Although the Eagles are in the 7th seed spot, the chances of them catching the Cowboys are now very slim - they will need Dallas to lose both of their final games and to snap their own losing streak next week.
The 5-8-1 Carolina Panthers and 5-9 Atlanta Falcons are both still in the Playoffs race and will hope to overturn the Saints to claim the 4th seed spot, but again their destiny is not in their own hands.
Today's big game between the Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will start at 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.
