Baker Mayfield will not play Thursday night in Dallas, the expected result after he missed every practice this week. What the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers are left with is a second straight start for undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels and a dislocated right thumb that will not be ready before Week 7.
NFL Week 5 is upon us, and serving as the ribbon-cutter, we have a Thursday Night matchup between two stumbling NFC franchises: the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In the NFL, Cover 4 refers to a defensive coverage that aims to cover four deep zones on the field. Following that lead, I’m going to provide you with the same coverage of the Bucs – your favorite football team.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
First-round draft pick Rueben Bain Jr. is set to return Thursday night when the Buccaneers travel to Dallas. The rookie missed Tampa Bay’s previous two games with groin and shoulder injuries.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Thirteen months ago, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers decided Zyon McCollum was a cornerback worth building around. They announced the extension on Sept. 5, 2025,
Pewter Report president Hugh MacArthur, a life-long Bucs follower and NFL fan, offers up his weekly thoughts on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the rest of the league each Tuesday on PewterReport.com in The Dirty Dozen column.
From the start of the 2022 season through Week 4 of the ongoing campaign, Bowles accumulated a regular-season record of 35-37 and a postseason mark of 1-3 with the Buccaneers.
Buccaneers’ Quarterback Jalon Daniels will make his second career start when Tampa Bay travels to Dallas for Thursday Night Football. The Buccaneers remain without Baker Mayfield, leaving Daniels atop the depth chart.
The Super Bowl win of February 2021 was historic for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the second championship win in the franchise’s history and the first time a team won the Lombardi Trophy at their home stadium.
When a walkthrough practice is happening for Thursday night football, there aren’t too many new updates. That was not the case for the Bucs on Tuesday as they had a very surprising new addition.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers did not need another name on the injury report. They got one anyway. Antoine Winfield Jr. will miss two to four weeks with a fractured rib, head coach Todd Bowles said Monday, three days before a Thursday night game at Dallas.
Rueben Bain Jr. has not played since Week 2, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have not won at all. The first-round edge rusher from Miami was ruled out again for Sunday’s 17-14 loss to the Green Bay Packers, his second straight missed game with a groin injury.
A Monday report suggested that Tampa Bay Buccaneers ownership could fire head coach and advertised defensive specialist Todd Bowles if the 0-4 Buccaneers suffer an embarrassing loss at the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys this coming Thursday night.
For a piece published on Monday morning, NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and NBC Sports hinted that Thursday night could go down as Bowles' last stand with Tampa Bay.
The Buccaneers lost on Sunday afternoon, dropping them to 0-4 on the season. Baker Mayfield remains out of the lineup at this time, and his Week 4 replacement will remain atop the depth chart for now.
According to Adam Schefter, the Buccaneers are privately concerned that QB Baker Mayfield could miss as many as six games with his dislocated thumb injury. It will all come down to how quickly Mayfield can regain his grip strength to throw the football, per Schefter.