Week 18 provided its annual reminder that the motivations of professional football players need not be dissected. It does not matter if a loss means their team will draft first or a victory means their season will survive. If they are on the field, they will try to win. Here is what to know from the final day of the regular season:

The NFC South isn't exactly charging into the playoffs. History won't remember that, only that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got the job done. It was far from the sure thing it was supposed to be. The Buccaneers got a tough test from a New Orleans Saints team that had been decimated by injuries and was given very little chance to compete with the