So it has been scripted for a Pats/Bucs Super Bowl.
Unless that doesn't happen. In which case the NFL decided Mac wasn't ready for the spotlight, so they chose another team entirely.
And if another team other than the Bucs represent the NFC it's because they decided without the Pats it wasn't worth having the Bucs.
Basically any combination of teams and any eventual winner proves it's a fix.
You're right, I can't process that