Division title denied — for now

I assume most of you are aware of this, but since it hadn't been mentioned in this space, the Saints' victory against the Falcons last night denied the Bucs a chance to clinch the division.

New Orleans (6-7) is still technically alive, but will fall out of contention for the division crown with their next loss. Of course, the Bucs (8-5) could take care of business themselves with a victory against Atlanta this weekend, which you'd like to think they could manage. If you fashion yourself as a playoff team, don't you have to be able to clinch against that sorry excuse for a football team?

Anyway, here's the story from today's paper if you're interested.