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Tampa Bay to host Philadelphia in first round of playoffs

Buccaneers are the No. 2 seed

(AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio) (Mark Lomoglio, Copyright 2041 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play the Philadelphia Eagles in the first stage of the NFL playoffs next weekend.

The Buccaneers will be the No. 2 seed in the NFC following a 41-17 win over Carolina and San Francisco’s 27-24 overtime win at Los Angeles.

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Tampa Bay has to play in the Super Wild Card round after the Green Bay Packers clinched the No. 1 seed last week.

Tampa Bay is 2-2 against Philadelphia in the playoffs.

The last time the Buccaneers played against the Eagles in the playoffs was on Jan. 19, 2003, in the NFC Championship game.

The Bucs defeated the Eagles 27-10, Tampa Bay would go on to win the Super Bowl that postseason.

The last time the Eagles played against Tom Brady in the playoffs, Philadelphia won Super Bowl LVII by a score of 41-33.

The Eagles earned the No. 7 seed after going 9-8 during the regular season.