The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have not had the start to the season they were hoping for. Through their first seven games of the 2026 NFL season, the Buccaneers are 2-5 and in third place in the NFC South.
Sean Tucker carried the ball seven times in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 43-13 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, and one of those runs went 46 yards for a touchdown.
For most of this season, every Tampa Bay Buccaneers game came down to the final possession. Sunday’s 43-13 win over the Carolina Panthers was decided by halftime, and it snapped a run of 12 straight one-score games that had left fans in Tampa without a comfortable fourth quarter in almost a year.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have received encouraging contributions from their defense this season, with cornerback Zyon McCollum emerging as a standout performer.
A week after Jalon Daniels’ picks stung in an overtime loss, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had almost nobody to put in the falling column. They beat the Carolina Panthers 43-13 at Bank of America Stadium, and Tristan Wirfs and Jacob Parrish were two of the best players on the field.
Tampa Bay’s star players finally showed up in a lopsided win over Carolina, and a handful of under-the-radar contributors deserve more attention than they’re currently receiving.
Yaya Diaby spent last week hearing he should give up snaps to David Walker. In the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 43-13 win at Carolina, Diaby got the smallest workload of any starting edge rusher and still sacked Bryce Young three times.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
How many of the quarterbacks to post the fewest passing yards (while playing at least 90 percent of the offensive snaps) in a win for each NFL team can you name in five minutes?
One of the more surprising NFL results of the final Sunday of October involved the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earning a blowout 43-13 win at the rival Carolina Panthers that improved Tampa Bay to 2-5 on the season.
Against the Carolina Panthers, Bucky Irving put together a game that every fantasy manager could hope for from their running back on their roster. For Irving managers, he provided them with further production to solidify his RB1 role on their roster.
Apparently, all the Bucs needed was a matchup against an NFC South opponent to turn out one of the finest performances by a Tampa Bay team in recent memory.
The Bucs’ offensive struggles go beyond execution. Offensive coordinator Zac Robinson has struggled to build a game plan that keeps defenses guessing, and Tampa Bay’s lack of success on opening drives has become increasingly concerning.