The Tampa Bay Buccaneers need to make a lot of changes in 2026 if they want to avoid a losing record and a missed playoff berth like they saw in 2025. And while it's looking like head coach Todd Bowles is more likely to stay on board than not, a big change could come at offensive coordinator.
The NFL regular season is officially over. Now for the teams that didn’t make the playoffs, that means draft season is now upon us. Unfortunately, that includes the Buccaneers.
The NFL officially started recording sack totals during the 1982 season, and since then a player has totaled 18 or more sacks in a season on 31 occasions. How many of the 31 can you name in five minutes?
Todd Bowles has yet to go through his exit interview with the Glazers, but most signs point to him returning as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2026.
Rule changes have made passing numbers easier to compile in the modern era, and the game's top quarterbacks have taken full advantage. While the heaviest hitters are represented here, some storied postseasons by slightly lesser-celebrated QBs remain entrenched in playoff annals as well.
What brings home the somber nature of the NFL is the locker cleanout day that follows the end of the regular season. This year, the Bucs joined 17 other teams in missing the playoffs, only adding to the grim reality that the 50th season of football in Tampa Bay has concluded.
The Buccaneers officially signed 10 players to futures contracts, adding depth to their roster for the upcoming season. This move is pretty standard, locking in players for next year’s camp.
The last open locker room of the season for the Bucs occurred on Monday as players cleaned out their lockers and got ready to depart for the offseason.
It will take a while to get over the stench that remains from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2025 season. And right now, Buccaneers fans are tormented with the idea of another Todd Bowles-led squad in 2026.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been eliminated from the playoffs and now begin a long offseason that is full of questions. One of those questions is who will be the head coach next season.
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.
Rachaad White seems to think he’ll be playing elsewhere in 2026. The impending free agent running back posted a farewell message to the Buccaneers on Instagram, per Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.
The season is over for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They ended up losing seven of their last nine games and missing the postseason. It was a disappointing season and I’m not sure that we can call it anything other than a failure.
“Black Monday” came with several NFL head coaches being fired. Kevin Stefanski, Pete Carroll and Jonathan Gannon all received that news on Monday, and Raheem Morris was fired on Sunday after the Atlanta Falcons’ final regular-season game.
The Bucs had more walk-through practices in 2025 than any other season under head coach Todd Bowles. The reason? Injuries, according to Bowles. There is no doubt that Tampa Bay was among the most injured teams in the league this past season.
By virtue of the Atlanta Falcons defeating the New Orleans Saints in Week 18, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been eliminated from playoff contention. Now, wide receiver Mike Evans has a decision to make.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just finished 8-9 – and yet still had a chance to win the NFC South in Week 18. That tells you everything you need to know about the division.
The NFC South is once again a pit of despair, with the division doing nothing to earn its playoff spot, let alone the privilege of hosting a postseason game.