Home for the holidays, the Carolina Panthers entertain the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon with control of the NFC South on the line. Since the start of the 2021 season, the Buccaneers can claim ownership of the South, holding at least a share of the division lead for 73 of the 87 weeks with four consecutive division titles.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have placed their starting cornerback, Zyon McCollum, on injured reserve due to a hip injury sustained during the first half of their 29-28 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night.
The Bucs are getting some help in the secondary as the team activated safety Rashad Wisdom from injured reserve on Wednesday. Tampa Bay had previously opened the 21-day window for him to get activated and this was the last week to do so.
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.
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.
From the moment that the Bucs drafted Mike Evans in 2014, he has been a pillar. A pillar for the franchise, the offense, the locker room, the Tampa Bay community.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.