The 2025 season did not go according to plan for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After getting off to a blazing 6-2 start, the Buccaneers have fallen off a massive cliff, losing four in a row and eight of their last 10.
A fast-sinking Buccaneers season now needs more than one NFC South development to be salvaged, as the Saints now must topple the Falcons in addition to Tampa Bay defeating Carolina.
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.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going through a rough patch, having lost seven of their last eight games. They’ve fallen from a promising 6-2 start and top NFC seed contender to fighting for a playoff spot against the Carolina Panthers on Saturday.
The 7-9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be eliminated from the upcoming postseason tournament while watching Sunday's NFL action. However, Tampa Bay's season will certainly come to an end if the club suffers a home loss to the 8-8 Carolina Panthers this coming Saturday.
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.
The Bucs have one more game in the regular season and will be missing some important pieces to their defense. Starting cornerback Jamel Dean has been ruled out for the Bucs’ game on Saturday against the Panthers.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been having a very bad time of late. They've lost seven of their last eight games, going from 6-2 and among the top seeds in the NFC to fighting for a playoff spot on Saturday against the Carolina Panthers — and even then, they need some help to get in if they win that game.
Baker Mayfield will be fully ready and will not carry an injury designation into Week 18, as expected. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers cleared their star quarterback late in the week ahead of their all-or-nothing matchup with the Carolina Panthers.
It would have been difficult to imagine at the midpoint of the season, but the Buccaneers will enter Week 18 fighting for their playoff lives. Once 6-2, the 7-9 Buccaneers will face the 8-8 Panthers on Saturday with the NFC South and a postseason berth at stake.
Calijah Kancey’s long-awaited return from a torn pectoral is officially “in play” as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head into a must-win Week 18 clash with the Carolina Panthers on Saturday.
The last time the Bucs played the Panthers in Week 16, offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard admitted that the gameplan put in place did not work out. Tampa Bay met its goal of controlling the clock and rushing it 33 times for 169 yards, but the unit mustered just 20 points.
The Buccaneers announced they have signed RB Josh Williams to their practice squad and released RB Michael Wiley. Williams, 25, began his career at LSU back in 2019 as a walk-on and is the son of former Buccaneers RB Jermaine Williams.
During his three years in Tampa Bay, quarterback Baker Mayfield has yet to miss a starting assignment. It's unlikely he's going to miss Saturday's regular-season finale.
This is not a call for Todd Bowles to be fired. This is also not a defense of him keeping his job. This is a discussion around reports on those things.