The Bucs will soon be wheels-up to Chicago for the final matchup before their bye week. With Caleb Williams and the Bears consistently putting up points, the passing game will need to get going, and luckily for Tampa Bay, they may have a key receiving piece back in the game.
Buccaneers RB Kenneth Gainwell logged 140 rushing yards on 25 carries in Week 8’s win over the Falcons. Gainwell was proud to see their rushing attack pick up 324 rushing yards in their win over Atlanta. “It felt good just getting out there and doing it together,” Gainwell said, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.
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The Chicago Bears play their third consecutive primetime game when they face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. Both teams have something on the line as the NFL season hits the halfway point.
The NFL trade deadline is November 10 at 4 p.m. ET, and several teams have already signaled their intent to sell off. Several prominent players have already been moved, and these 25 could follow.
The 3-5 Bucs will face their biggest test of the year against their best opponent, the 6-2 Bears, on Sunday Night Football in Chicago. Will Bucky Irving and the Bucs continue their run into the record books against the league’s fourth-ranked rushing attack?
The Buccaneers head to Chicago for a Week 9 test on Sunday Night Football with a young secondary that has quietly turned opposing passing games into a losing proposition.
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Tampa Bay’s defense has been taking the ball away at a rare clip, with 12 interceptions that have the 3-5 Bucs back in the NFC South race. The pass rush hasn’t kept pace, and a new 2027 NFL mock draft gives Todd Bowles Georgia linebacker Chris Cole, who could help in more than one spot.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers looked like one of the laughingstocks of the NFL at the start of the season, but Todd Bowles quietly has his team playing some very good football.
The Bucs had a new addition on Thursday’s injury report, and one that they don’t want to see. Starting left tackle Tristan Wirfs did not participate due to a toe injury.
Two weeks ago, a fire sale in Tampa Bay looked possible. Then the Buccaneers won two straight, including a 16-0 shutout of the Falcons at Raymond James Stadium in which Baker Mayfield completed zero passes and the offense ran for a franchise-record 324 yards.
The NFC South remains one of the NFL’s most unpredictable divisions as November 2026 begins. Carolina leads despite a bruising defeat, Atlanta is finding its offensive rhythm, and New Orleans continues searching for consistency.
Per Fox Sports’ Ralph Vacchiano, the Giants love Buccaneers DT Vita Vea, and he wouldn’t be shocked to see them make a trade offer that included a first-round pick.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are set to play a tough Chicago Bears team that may be among the NFL's best. They've won their last two games off the rushing attack and only passed 14 times, but that almost certainly won't be good enough to get the win over Chicago.
The Chicago Bears completed their sweep of last year’s Super Bowl teams to improve to 6-2. Now, they return home for a showdown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9.
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.
From negotiations with a division rival about Daron Payne to John Harbaugh’s effort to inquire on Jeffery Simmons — after interest emerged in DeForest Buckner — it is quite clear the Giants are in the defensive line market.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Buccaneers DT Vita Vea is one of the players on the radar for the Giants. However, he says Tampa Bay is not expected
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.
Beneath the strategic challenges and all the equipment adjustments, McCollum found something enjoyable about playing in the monsoon.
Tampa Bay is currently on a two-game winning streak and may have found its identity at the perfect time.
The Buccaneers earned their second straight win on Sunday, with their defense delivering another strong performance. That unit has been dealt a blow, though.
The Falcons fell to 3-5 on the season when they suffered a 16-0 loss to a Buccaneers side that completed zero passes in driving rain at Tampa Bay's Raymond James Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned back the clock on Sunday, with Bucky Irving and Kenneth Gainwell accomplishing something the franchise had not seen since the 1990s.
Egbuka was not spotted at Friday's practice and was ruled out for the Bucs' matchup in Week 8 against the Atlanta Falcons.
Last week, we called the Atlanta Falcons’ upset against the San Francisco 49ers and just missed on our prediction of Malik Nabers going off for 150 yards (finished with 111). Here are our bold predictions for Week 8.
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