Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished the 2025 season 8-9 · Missed the playoffs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 8-9 regular season.
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2025 · Missed the playoffs
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- 4th-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.79 projected wins.
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Buccaneers Camp — Aug 31: Daniels Is the Only Backup Quarterback
Tampa Bay named undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels the backup quarterback, released Jake Browning, waived Connor Bazelak, and is carrying two quarterbacks on its initial 53, per the beat's reporting. The decision came two days after a 19-0 shutout loss in the preseason finale at Jacksonville. Jalen McMillan's return reversed into a knee setback and no preseason games, while Emeka Egbuka is being preserved for the September 13 opener.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Buccaneers Camp — Aug 23: Daniels Closes His Second Straight Win
Undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels closed out his second straight preseason win, leading three scoring drives in a sixteen-to-fifteen comeback over Kansas City. Vita Vea's hold-in ended in a one-year, thirty-million-dollar extension, and Tristan Wirfs and Jalen McMillan both got back on the practice field.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Camp Update — August 16: Baker Mayfield's Extension Talks Are Over Until March
Baker Mayfield's extension talks are over until March, not blown up — he'll play 2026 on the final year of his $100 million deal. Every Tampa Bay starter sat Friday's 24-16 win over the Jets, so the real evidence came from the joint practices — where Mayfield got his live work — and the receiver room's first injury scare of camp grades out as a minor toe.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Camp Update — August 9: Zac Robinson's Offense Is Half Liam Coen's
The fifth coordinator in five years turns out to be teaching an offense the quarterback already half-knows — Mayfield and Godwin put the carryover at fifty percent. The health bet is holding too: Godwin and Irving are practicing, and the rookie pass rusher is the terror of camp.
- 2026 Preview
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026 Season Preview — The Favorite With No Rebate
Tampa Bay collapsed from 6-2, handed away a division it had owned for four years, lost Mike Evans and Lavonte David — and the market made it the favorite anyway, pricing a bounce our regression rules say nobody owes them.
- Season Review
Buccaneers 2025 Season in Review
8-9 regular season
- Draft Recap
7 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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