At 8-6, the Buccaneers are still very much in the hunt for a place in the postseason out of the NFC. With the team's recent success, they have had three late-season games flexed; the Bucs' Week 14 and 16 games against the Saints were moved from 1 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. and the team's Week 15 matchup with the Cowboys was flexed to primetime.
A behind-the-scenes look at the Buccaneers' game against the Cowboys.

Bucs vs. Cowboys

Bucs vs. Cowboys

93 DT Gerald McCoy

Bucs vs. Cowboys

Bucs vs. Cowboys

Bucs vs. Cowboys

28 CB Vernon Hargreaves

Bucs fans

Bucs fan

3 QB Jameis Winston

Bucs fans

28 CB Vernon Hargreaves

Bucs fans

Bucs fans

Bucs fans

28 CB Vernon Hargreaves

29 DB Ryan Smith

Bucs fans

3 QB Jameis Winston

45 TE Alan Cross and #84 TE Cameron Brate

58 LB Kwon Alexander

Bucs vs. Cowboys

28 CB Vernon Hargreaves, and #45 TE Alan Cross

3 QB Jameis Winston

Head Coach Dirk Koetter

Bucs vs. Cowboys

22 RB Doug Martin

54 LB Lavonte David

93 DT Gerald McCoy

93 DT Gerald McCoy

74 G Ali Marpet

3 QB Jameis Winston

89 WR Russell Shepard

37 S Keith Tandy

28 CB Vernon Hargreaves

89 WR Russell Shepard

76 OT Donovan Smith

Bucs vs. Cowboys

93 DT Gerald McCoy, #37 S Keith Tandy, and #30 S Bradley McDougald

37 S Keith Tandy

52 LB Cameron Lynch and #3 QB Jameis Winston

Bucs vs. Cowboys

Bucs vs. Cowboys

30 S Bradley McDougald

3 QB Jameis Winston

Bucs vs. Cowboys

Head Coach Dirk Koetter

37 S Keith Tandy

3 QB Jameis Winston and Head Coach Dirk Koetter

Special Teams Coordinator Nate Kaczor

58 LB Kwon Alexander and #92 DE William Gholston

22 RB Doug Martin

Bucs vs. Cowboys

Head Coach Dirk Koetter

22 RB Doug Martin

3 QB Jameis Winston

11 WR Adam Humphries

11 WR Adam Humphries

3 QB Jameis Winston

84 TE Cameron Brate

54 LB Lavonte David

Head Coach Dirk Koetter

3 QB Jameis Winston

29 DB Ryan Smith

93 DT Gerald McCoy
When the Buccaneers took on the NFC-leading Cowboys in Week 15, Tampa Bay and Dallas drew one of the largest audiences of any Sunday Night Football game this season.
In total, NBC reported that the game averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 24.3 million viewers, which is the second-highest audience for a Sunday Night Football game all season, trailing only the Cowboys' Week 14 game against the Giants. The game peaked at 25.3 million viewers between 11 and 11:15 p.m.
The Total Audience Delivery number reflects impressions across all of NBC's platforms. There were 24.2 million viewers who watched the game strictly on TV, which is the third-highest Week 15 primetime rating since 1995. The Bucs' game against Dallas saw a 34 percent increase from last year's Week 15 primetime game when Arizona met Philadelphia.
While the Buccaneers fell, 26-20, in the final minutes of the game, Tampa Bay's up-and-coming team is certainly drawing national interest. NBC expects the game to be the most-viewed primetime TV show of the week when the final numbers are released.