The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered the season with significant expectations surrounding the team. Two weeks later, those expectations have been replaced by plenty of questions after an 0-2 start.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers need Baker Mayfield to find the answer before Minnesota’s pressure finds him. The Bucs enter Sunday at 0-2 after a 23-19 loss to Cleveland, and their quarterback now faces a Minnesota Vikings defense that has made blitz pressure its calling card.
The Washington Commanders hosted P Jack Browning for a tryout on Thursday, per the NFL Transactions wire. The Texans hosted Browning for a workout in August, but he left Houston without a contract.
How many of the NFL quarterbacks to rack up at least 4,000-passing-yards and toss at least 30 touchdowns in the same season can you name in six minutes?
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.
In the NFL, Cover 4 refers to a defensive coverage that aims to cover four deep zones on the field. Following that lead, I’m going to provide you with the same coverage of the Bucs – your favorite football team.
Warren Sapp built an NFL Hall of Fame career by disrupting the other team’s plans. Now the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers star defensive tackle is accusing Tampa city officials of disrupting his, and he’s suing them to prove it.
In the NFL, patience is a luxury few are afforded. Entering Week 3, some coaches and players are already feeling the heat after slow starts. Below, we take a closer look at five that must turn things around this weekend.
The Bucs fell to 0-2 on the season when they suffered a 23-19 Week 2 loss at home to a Cleveland Browns side that was blown out to the tune of 34-10 the previous Sunday.
Todd Bowles’ Bucs defense has struggled to cover tight ends. That’s a fact – not an opinion. And there is plenty of evidence to back up this assertion – evidence that apparently escaped Bowles at the podium during Wednesday’s press conference.
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.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 0-2, and the offense Baker Mayfield just signed on to lead long term looks lost. But if you’re searching for a reason to hold out hope, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell has one.
Sure, the Buccaneers are just two games into the 2026 season, but a big problem has already surfaced. Todd Bowles doesn’t believe it’s something worth looking into, however.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 2026 season has gone off track quickly. They opened with a 33-27 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals after turning the ball over four times on fumbles, including three in the first half.
Baker Mayfield has struggled through the first two games of the season. Now, the Buccaneers quarterback is dealing with an undisclosed illness. That creates another concern for a Tampa Bay team desperately needing better play from its franchise quarterback.
Unsurprisingly, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' disastrous start to the 2026 campaign has caught the attention of national media analysts. Heading into this
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were very excited about first-round draft pick Rueben Bain Jr. Bain fell to No. 15 in the 2026 NFL Draft due to some concerns about his arm length and an off-the-field incident, but the Bucs were very confident in what he showed the team this offseason and thought he would be a big contributor in the pass rush.
Three years, $165 million. That was the contract extension that Baker Mayfield signed to continue being the franchise quarterback right before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off the 2026 season.
The Buccaneers are in danger of having their 2026 season spiral out of control.
Now that we have two data points on every team in the NFL, we can better assess which struggling teams are in real danger and which ones will be totally fine. Let's break down some teams with concerned fan bases and rank them on the panic meter.
Questions of Bowles' job security hovered over the coach even before the Bucs fell to 0-2 with a stunning loss to the Browns.
The Buccaneers remain high on Alex Anzalone despite his disappointing start to the season. However, that should not prevent Tampa Bay from seriously evaluating his role on defense.
Murray completed just three of five pass attempts for 18 yards with an interception before he was knocked out of Minnesota's Week 1 game against the rival Green Bay Packers on Sept. 13.
It's no secret that many members of the NFL community thought that first-year Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken would bench Watson in favor of second-year pro Shedeur Sanders if Watson played poorly in Sunday's game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
When the Cleveland Browns were embarrassed in their Week 1 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the jokes immediately started to roll in. One of the most notable ones came from longtime Browns nemesis, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, when he quoted JuJu Smith-Schuster on NBC, saying, "The Browns is the Browns."
During a Thursday appearance on Cleveland sports radio station 92.3 The Fan, Golic questioned Monken's handling of the Browns' quarterback situation.
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