The last 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers games have been decided by one score, and that is the most useful fact to carry into Thursday night. The Dallas Cowboys are favored by 8.5 points with a total of 47.5, and with Baker Mayfield ruled out again and rookie Jalon Daniels starting, most national picks call for a comfortable Dallas win.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have announced they have elevated quarterback Easton Stick from the practice squad to the active roster on Thursday, giving an injured and winless team a veteran emergency option behind undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels for Thursday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on the road Thursday night as they travel to take on the Dallas Cowboys in a Week 5 NFC matchup. Tampa Bay enters Thursday’s game with an 0-4 record after losing at home to the Green Bay Packers in Week 4.
The Dallas Cowboys are playing their third game in 11 days, and the stretch started with a flight to Brazil. That is the kind of schedule spot that can produce a flat night, and it is one reason the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winless and getting 8.5 points, have a path Thursday even though they haven’t won a road game in nearly a year.
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.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wide Receiver Chris Godwin enters Thursday Night Football as Jalon Daniels’ most trusted receiving option. Godwin caught six passes for 31 yards against Green Bay.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive Lineman Calijah Kancey enters Thursday Night Football looking for his first sack of the 2026 season. Through three credited games, Kancey has recorded three tackles and two quarterback hits.
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.
Every NFL head coach who started the season still has his job. Todd Bowles is the popular pick to change that, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach now has a rough deadline attached to his name, with Baker Mayfield ruled out again and a trip to Dallas on Thursday night.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a big game against the Dallas Cowboys on prime time Thursday night. If they can't get the win on Thursday night football, they'll be starting at 0-5 and, despite it just being October, virtually the death knell to their playoff hopes.
Arguably the biggest storyline hovering over the 0-4 Buccaneers ahead of their "TNF" game at the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys involves rumors suggesting that the Bucs could fire Bowles if his club is 0-5 on Friday morning.
Bruce Arians had a strong message for Antonio Brown just minutes before his decision to take his shirt off and storm out of the game. In Week 17 of the 2021 season, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads, and helmet, and strutted off the field while gesturing to the fans.
Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield is expected to miss two to four weeks with a rib fracture, head coach Todd Bowles said on Monday (via senior team writer Scott Smith).
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.
Bucs team captain and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. is going to miss the next two to four weeks due to having slightly fractured rib. Head coach Todd Bowles confirmed the news on Tuesday as the Buccaneers get ready for a short week playing on Thursday Night Football against the Cowboys.