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With Sunday's win over the Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady recorded his 19th divisional title and a 14th consecutive playoff appearance, neither of which come as a surprise, given his unparalleled career.

What's shocking is that Brady and the Bucs won the NFC South with a mediocre 8-8 record heading into the final week of the 2022 campaign, meaning Brady is in danger finishing with a losing record for the first time in his illustrious 23-year career.

Despite the Bucs' struggles, Brady took to Instagram on Sunday night to congratulate his teammates, while calling out receiver Mike Evans' three-touchdown, 207-yard performance.

'If you guys benched Mike Evans in your fantasy football playoffs, you oughta go home and take a long look in the mirror,' Brady said. 'It was an unbelievable game. NFC champs, we did it the hard way. So proud of our team, our coaches, our organization, and you guys, the fans.

'But we know we got more to go,' Brady added. 'LFG [Let's f***ing go] on to 2023. Can't wait.'

Brady threw for 432 yards and three long touchdowns to Evans, and Bucs erased a double-digit, fourth-quarter deficit for the second week in a row to clinch their second straight NFC South championship with a 30-24 victory over the Panthers in Tampa.

'Every year you try to win the division and we won the division. It doesn't matter how you win the division. My heart ain't got much left in it, but it feels great,' coach Todd Bowles said. 'We're in one spot we need to be. We can't get where we want to be unless we win the division. We won the division.'

Evans finished with 10 catches for 207 yards, scoring on receptions of 63, 57, and 30 yards and becoming the first player in NFL history to begin a career with nine consecutive seasons with 1,000-plus yards receiving.

The TDs were first for Evans since October 2 — a stretch of 12 games — and hiked his season total to six after scoring 14 times in 2021 and 13 two years ago, when Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl.

'We've battled through a lot of tough things this year,' Brady said. 'Happy to win the division. It's always tough to do it. NFL games are tough to win and we always figure out a way to keep them somehow exciting. I wish they wouldn't be as exciting as we made them.'

The Panthers (6-10) led 14-0 early and 21-10 after Sam Darnold's

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