The Tampa Bay Buccaneers can ill afford to look too far into the future. As it stands right now, they have to win at least of one of their next two games against the Carolina Panthers and would like to defeat the Miami Dolphins in Week 17.
The Buccaneers waived DB Kaevon Merriweather and activated DB Rashad Wisdom from injured reserve, per the NFL transaction wire. Merriweather, 25, signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa in 2023.
Obviously the Buccaneers’ season is not over, metaphorically or literally. However, we are mostly through the season, so I think it is fair to say the things I get wrong when predicting this team’s season.
There's a lot going on with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, right now, and not much of it is good. The team is dealing with a lot of questions from the head coach to the backups and the only way they'll be answered -for good or bad- is on the football field.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneershave plenty of issues on the field they need to clean up if they're going to clinch their fifth straight NFC South title and make any kind of noise in the playoffs.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season hasn't gone according to plan, and this offseason is likely to bring some shakeups throughout the staff and roster as the franchise looks to get back on track.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2025 season comes down to the final three weeks of the season, needing to win two out of three to make the playoffs. Two of the Bucs' final three games will come against their NFC South rivals, the Carolina Panthers, with a matchup against the struggling Miami Dolphins splitting up the pair of divisional games in Week 17.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles went viral when he went on an expletive-laden rant shortly after the Buccaneers fell to 7-7 via a disheartening 29-28 loss to the lowly Atlanta Falcons (5-9).
Graham Barton has not had it easy to start his pro career. He was launched into the starting lineup as a rookie at a position he hadn’t played in three years.
The Bucs had more than one return on Thursday. Mike Evans dominated the narrative with six catches for 132 yards, and rightfully so. But fellow wide receiver Jalen McMillan also made his first appearance of the regular season after a nasty neck injury in preseason kept him out for the entirety of fall.
Bucs second-year wide receiver Jalen McMillan has had a long journey back to playing. McMillan was expected to be a big part of Tampa Bay’s offense this season, but a scary injury in the Bucs’ preseason game against the Steelers where he had his legs cut out from underneath him, flipped backwards and landed on his neck.
The Buccaneers have enjoyed a recent return to health for a number of key offensive players. Their defense will be without a full-time starter to close out the season, however.
For an article published on Monday, NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated addressed whether or not Bowles could be coaching for his job over the final three weeks of the regular season.
Anthony Walker was set to spend the 2025 season in Tampa Bay. The veteran linebacker was cut in August, but he now is in line to finish the season there.