The Chicago Bears host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their third straight primetime contest on Sunday night. They'll hope to repeat their Monday night performance against the Seattle Seahawks, when they won 34-17 on the road.
On a three-game win streak, the Chicago Bears have momentum on their side entering Week 9. But the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won’t be a pushover. On paper, the Buccaneers are just 3-5.
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.
The Chicago Bears have a tough test on Sunday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team that shouldn’t be overlooked especially on the defensive side of the ball.
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On the surface, the Chicago Bears’ Week 9 matchup looks very winnable. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 3-5, have been statistically inconsistent on offense and didn’t complete a single pass in Week 8.
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Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles was asked if he had ever seen a team win without completing a single pass, as QB Baker Mayfield had no completions in Tampa’s win Sunday.
In Week 8, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers recorded one of the more unlikely wins in modern NFL history, taking down their division rival Atlanta Falcons 16-0 without completing a pass.
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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.
Tampa Bay finally got after the quarterback in Week 6, sacking Aaron Rodgers five times, and still lost in overtime to the Steelers. Before that game, the Buccaneers had six sacks through five weeks, and they sit at 1-5 with an edge group that still hasn’t settled.
While speaking with reporters on Friday, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles confirmed some expected news.
Yes I’m talking about this again, David Walker delivered some of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ biggest defensive plays against Pittsburgh, recording two sacks of Aaron Rodgers.
Bowles shared when he will feel ready to name a Week 7 starting quarterback.
On the most recent episode of the 4th and South podcast with Jarvis Landry, former Bucs running back Leonard Fournette talked about Todd Bowles’ future with the team following Tampa Bay’s 26-19 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and had some pointed criticism of his former head coach.
It sounds like Mayfield could attempt to return to the lineup when the Buccaneers play at the 3-2 Carolina Panthers on Oct. 25.
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Some have suggested Bowles could be shown the door as soon as Friday if 0-4 Tampa Bay is blown out at the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.
Arguably the biggest storyline hovering over the 0-4 Buccaneers ahead of their "TNF" game at the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys involves rumors suggesting that the Bucs could fire Bowles if his club is 0-5 on Friday morning.
From the start of the 2022 season through Week 4 of the ongoing campaign, Bowles accumulated a regular-season record of 35-37 and a postseason mark of 1-3 with the Buccaneers.
A Monday report suggested that Tampa Bay Buccaneers ownership could fire head coach and advertised defensive specialist Todd Bowles if the 0-4 Buccaneers suffer an embarrassing loss at the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys this coming Thursday night.
The Bucs fell to 0-3 on the season this past Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost more than just a game when they fell to 0-3 on the season via a 23-16 defeat against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost again on Sunday, dropping a 23-16 decision to the Minnesota Vikings.
Questions of Bowles' job security hovered over the coach even before the Bucs fell to 0-2 with a stunning loss to the Browns.
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