ESPN: Bucs NFL’s No. 9 team of decade

ESPN.com's Mike Sando has an interesting if complicated formula for calculating the NFL's power rankings for the decade about to end -- is that the 00s? -- and Tampa Bay ranks ninth by his math.

Sando used five variables -- regular-season wins, playoff appearances, playoff wins, Super Bowl wins and Super Bowl losses. Considering the Bucs have had just three playoff wins in the entire decade, all in the 2002 Super Bowl run, seems like a respectable showing.

These rankings are completely subjective -- where would you rank the Bucs? ESPN.com's top five are the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Eagles and Ravens. Which teams are overrated in the rankings? Underrated? The Lions, by the way, beat out the Texans for last on the list -- wild to think that the Cowboys have zero playoff wins in this decade ...

-- Greg Auman, Times staff writer