When many think of the idea of Bruce Arians returning to coaching, specifically to the Buccaneers, there's excitement and a desire for it to happen. I fall into this camp — Arians would give the team a jolt of energy they have missed since he left following the 2021 season.
Chase McLaughlin hasn’t missed a kick all season, and that was enough to put him on PFF’s 2026 midseason All-Pro second team. The Buccaneers kicker landed behind only Cincinnati’s Evan McPherson, PFF’s first-team pick at the position.
Tampa Bay went into its bye on the wrong end of a 27-24 loss to the Bears, a game in which the defense forced five takeaways and still came home with nothing.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a decision to make at the 2026 NFL Trade Deadline. They could have doubled down on a struggling roster or recognized that the season was slipping away.
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 Bucs find themselves in a weird position nine weeks into the 2026 season. At 3-6, Tampa Bay would be all but eliminated from playoff contention in any other division.
One-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bruce Arians has not held such a role with a team since he surprisingly stepped away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March 2022. During a recent conversation with NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Arians made it known he'd like to return to the sidelines in 2027.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are still dealing with the aftereffects of blowing a game against the Bears. And Todd Bowles didn’t seem to know what it meant for the trade deadline.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 3-6 coming out of their bye, with all six losses by seven points or fewer. Eight games are left to turn that around, and several key players are also playing for their next deal.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians suddenly has interest in coaching again. In an interview with NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Arians said he underwent open-heart surgery last February, and is feeling much better.
When Bucs Ring of Honor member Bruce Arians retired from the game of football after the 2021 season and into the 2022 offseason, it felt likely that it would be the last time we saw him roaming the sidelines as a head coach.
Just a few weeks ago, the chances of Jason Licht and Tampa Bay Buccaneers becoming sellers at the NFL trade deadline seemed like more of a certainty than a possibility.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are having a difficult 2026/27 NFL season so far, which Warren Sapp has been discussing. Tampa were most recently in action against the Chicago Bears, losing 27-24 after Caleb Williams managed 279 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Forcing five turnovers usually wins a road game. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers forced five at Soldier Field on Sunday and still left with a 27-24 loss to the Bears and a 3-6 record going into the bye, and Todd Bowles summed up the problem afterward.
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.
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.
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.
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.