(UPDATE: The graphic is from Shutdown Corner, a Yahoo! Sports blog. Angry Bucs fans can e-mail the editor of the blog, Matthew J. Darnell, for his inaccurate graphic at shutdown.corner@yahoo.com. Yes, Joe is aware the Bucs have a better record than the Desert Rats. But this post is about the NFC playoff field and how the Bucs could navigate it.)

OK. Let’s see how many JoeBucsFan.com readers don’t have their mind on turkey. There’s no way any team can get to a Super Bowl without at least one tough game. Among the teams above, there’s only one team that really, really worries Joe in the NFC bracket.

Bears: beatable.
Panthers: beatable.
Redskins: beatable.
Desert Rats: beatable.

Only the Giants scare Joe, for obvious reasons. They are the best team in the NFL.

In the infamous words of Larry King, “Your thoughts?”