Bucs returning home Sunday night

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 24: Rob Gronkowski celebrates their 31 to 26 win over the Green Bay Packers during the NFC Championship game at Lambeau Field. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

The NFC Champions, Super Bowl-bound Tampa Bay Buccaneers are headed home after beating the Green Bay Packers Sunday.  

The team is expected to touch down sometime between 11:15 and 11:45 p.m.

Initial reports indicated a limited number of socially distant fans would be allowed to gather and welcome the team, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers said in a tweet that the airport would be closed to outsiders.

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