The Buccaneers were able to keep their play-off chances in their own hands by beating the Cards on Christmas Day.
Tom Brady's struggles continued even though he won.
The visitors came back from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit.
Ryan Succop kicked a 40-yarder in overtime to win the game.
If they beat Carolina on New Year's Day, they will win the division and a post-season spot.
TheNFC South has been a poor quality division in the past, with the Bucs leading despite a 7-8 record.
Brady, who was playing in his first Christmas Day game, left the State Farm Stadium with an unenviable stat of having thrown at least two picks in three straight games for the second time in his career.
He still won his 11th overtime game.
The man said that it was tougher than they should have had.
We grinded it out and found a way to win even though we had some long fields and turnovers.
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Miami Dolphins 26-20.
The Packers won for the third week in a row as Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw three picks.
Rodgers threw for 238 yards and a touchdown as the Packers took care of business.
They need two more wins in the last two games to get to the play-offs for the fourth year in a row.
Rodgers said the defence came up and played well. The last 16 points were scored by us after we were down 20-10). We didn't do well in the red zone. This was unique.
The Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders all lost on Christmas Eve.
Rodgers said everything happened this weekend. I am very proud of our team. The way our defence stepped up the last few drives was amazing.
In order to make the playoffs, the Dolphins need to win at New England and the Jets to lose to Seattle.
Emotions were running high in Pittsburgh as theSteelers defeated the Raiders.
It was four days after the death of Franco Harris and two days after the 50th anniversary of the 'Immaculate Reception' when Harris scored the game-winning touchdown.
Harris's number 32 jersey was retired at the half-time break in the Christmas Day game and his side kept their slim play-off hopes alive with the 13-10 win.
Russell Wilson had a bad day as the Denver Broncos were beaten by the Rams.
Wilson threw two picks in his first three attempts, while Baker Mayfield had an 85.7% completion rate.
The former number one overall pick, who only joined the reigning Super Bowl champion on 9 December, threw two touchdown passes.
The Rams who are out of play-off contention led at the half and never looked back.
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