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).
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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers may no longer have Tom Brady under center, but the franchise legend continues to shape conversations around the league with his perspective and experience.
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.
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.
Despite a brutal 29-28 loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 15, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may make the playoffs this season, but that has not stopped fans and pundits from wondering what the future could hold for head coach Todd Bowles.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2025 season has not gone according to plan, but somehow, someway, they are still alive for their fifth consecutive NFC South title and a chance at the playoffs.
Here we are: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are neck-and-neck with the Carolina Panthers for the NFC South lead with just three games left in the 2025 regular season.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered the 2025 season as one of the most hyped teams, mainly due to the amount of weapons they possessed on the offensive side of the ball.
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.
It hasn’t been a fun few days for Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles, and his team keeps getting hit with more defensive injuries. Meanwhile, returning player Jalen McMillan revealed doubt during his recovery from a scary neck injury that cost him most of the 2025 season, according to a post on X by Greg Auman.
Things haven't been going well lately on the field for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs are losers of five of their last six games and now sit at .500 on the year at 7-7 after a deflating 29-28 come-from-way-ahead loss to the Atlanta Falcons last Thursday.
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.
The Bucs had some tough and unfortunate news on Monday as the team announced that they have placed starting cornerback Zyon McCollum on injured reserve with a hip injury.
Few teams in the NFL have been crushed by injuries as bad as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season. Following a tough Week 15 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Bucs announced that yet another starter is headed to injured reserve.
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.
After a 6-2 start seemed to spell out an NFC South title and a guaranteed playoff berth, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have imploded spectacularly in a performance the Georgia Dome would be impressed with.