One and done - another post-season venture ends at the first hurdle for the Buccaneers but what was the over-riding story of the game?

Quite simply, the New York Giants were a better team than the Bucs were.

It didn’t come down to who was rested and who wasn’t.  It was not a case of who had momentum and who didn’t.  If that had been the case, why did the Bucs dominate the first quarter so much that the Giants’ equipment men were preparing the white towels for throwing in later in the game?

When you get to the playoffs, there are no bad teams.  They are part of the 20 that finished their seasons last week.  The Giants adjusted better than any team the Bucs have played this year, and took over the game in the second and third quarters.  They made the big plays and the Bucs did not.

So no fault to any part of the Buccaneer team, not the offense, not the defense and definitely not the coaching staff.  Any Buc fan would have bitten your hand off if you had offered them a playoff berth and division title back in September.  This was simply a bridge too far for the 2007 Buccaneers.

So no post-mortems here, no coulda, woulda, shouldas at this point in time.  We have days, weeks and months ahead for that.  For now, thank you to the 2007 Buccaneers for giving us a ride further than we could ever have expected this season.  We all quite simply came to the end of the road.