That's simply not true. Tampa Bay? I've seen them below Tampa on many lists. They've been behind a crappy Oakland team and the rest of that weak AFC West as well. I'd like to see these lists. Tampa Bay didn't even have their highlights shown on SportsCenter after shutting out the Niners. I know that's not exactly a big game, but a team did move to 7-3 because of it. I think most of the general public just seems to think of the Bucs as a joke that really do not do anything well where people know the Bears can at least play defense and special teams at a high level. That's nice and all, but this season has been going on for a while now and lists are updated every week. Many times Tampa has been ranked ahead of Chicago. A couple weeks ago Simmons had the Bears ranked 28 while Tampa was upper half. After week 10, Don Banks had the Bears 16 and Tampa 13. After week 11 it was Bears 14 Tampa 11. I've seen this is multiple places. Not all of them, but multiple. I don't think Bill Simmons is a great voice of reason for the NFL.