The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have an electrifying run game that ranks among the best in the league and a suffocating defense that might actually be the best in the league.
Bay area fans spent the bye replaying a 27-24 loss at Soldier Field in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers forced five turnovers and still lost on a walk-off field goal.
Despite a disappointing 3-6 record the Bucs are still in the thick of the division race in the downtrodden NFC South, which features all four teams with either 3-5 (Carolina and New Orleans) or 3-6 records (Tampa Bay and Atlanta).
The Buccaneers are 3-6 after a 27-24 loss at Chicago on Sunday night, and the bye week has left fans with one question: is the season over? Not quite. All four NFC South teams sit on three wins, and Tampa Bay is only a game out of the division lead.
Quarterback is the most important position for an NFL team. That wasn’t always the case, but it has been the case for, you know, 50 years at this point essentially.
The Kansas City Chiefs cleared two roster spots this week by waiving wide receiver and return specialist Nikko Remigio along with defensive end Jack Pyburn, the team announced.
The Bucs didn’t make a trade at the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday, but did make a roster move – and not just to their practice squad. Tampa Bay re-signed guard Luke Haggard to the practice squad and released running back Barika Kpeenu, but the team also cut veteran wide receiver David Sills V.
Zac Robinson didn’t need much time to diagnose what went wrong in Chicago. Roughly 12 hours after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 27-24 loss to the Bears, the offensive coordinator listed the problems on the team’s radio show, and nearly all of them came back to the passing game.
The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have completely stayed put. The Bucs did not make any trades, neither selling off a player nor buying from another squad.
Tom Brady played his final NFL game on Jan. 16, 2023. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost that NFC Wild Card playoff game to the Dallas Cowboys. The legendary quarterback retired shortly after a historic 23-year professional football career.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers haven't had the season they wanted. They started off 0-4, and while they've strung together some wins, they remain just 3-6 heading into their bye week.
Even though the Bucs are on a bye week, that doesn’t mean they are going to stop making adjustments to their roster. Tampa Bay is toggling with their practice squad having decided to release running back Barika Kpeenu from the practice squad and sign offensive guard Luke Haggard to that spot.
Despite a disappointing 3-6 record the Bucs are still in the thick of the division race in the downtrodden NFC South, which features all four teams with either 3-5 (Carolina and New Orleans) or 3-6 records (Tampa Bay and Atlanta).
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans got Antoine Winfield Jr. back for exactly two games. The All-Pro safety returned from a fractured rib in Week 8, then injured his right ankle in the second quarter of Sunday night’s 27-24 loss to the Bears at Soldier Field and didn’t return.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had multiple opportunities to leave Chicago with a victory Sunday night. Instead, a defensive breakdown and costly offensive mistakes contributed to another disappointing loss.
As much as the Bucs’ offense has struggled this season, running back Bucky Irving has been a bright spot for it as the best player in that unit. Year three has proved to be the best season yet for Irving.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield thinks his offensive line struggled on Sunday night in part because of some illegal gamesmanship on the part of the Chicago Bears.
Ahead of the season, Mayfield and the Buccaneers agreed to a three-year contract extension reportedly worth $165M. Tampa Bay will need him to start matching the value of that deal with his on-the-field play.
While Williams missed time earlier this fall due to a hamstring injury, he had tossed just a single pick over five games this season until Sunday's matchup got underway.
The Buccaneers notched back-to-back wins in Weeks 7 and 8 in games that featured quarterback Baker Mayfield not needing to do much in his return from the dislocated thumb on his throwing hand that he suffered in Week 3.
The Buccaneers once fell to 1-5 after QB Baker Mayfield suffered a dislocated thumb on his throwing hand during a Week 3 loss that dropped Tampa Bay to 0-3.