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8-9 regular season

Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 2026 season outlook, updated Oct 12, 2026.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished the 2026 season 1-4.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 8-9 regular season.

Based on verified play-by-play data (nflverse).

By the numbers — 2026

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What these mean: blitz rate · pre-snap motion rate · screen pass rate · play-action rate · no-huddle rate · RPO rate · pass rate over expected · pythagorean win delta · team air yards · success rate · expected points added per play

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2026 — through Week 5
Record
1-4
Off. EPA
#27
−0.09/play
Def. EPA
#7
−0.06/play
Takeaways
7
#12 of 32

2026 schedule

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Week 5Oct 12, 2026

Buccaneers 24, Cowboys 16 — Week 5: Irving's 165, No Turnovers

Tampa Bay won 24-16 at Dallas on Thursday night, running 37 times for 243 yards behind Bucky Irving's 165 and two touchdowns, while Jalon Daniels went 19 of 25 with one interception-worthy throw and the defense intercepted Dak Prescott twice inside its own 30.

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  • Camp · Sep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026

    Buccaneers Camp — Sep 3: Knowles Claimed to Replace Hayes

    Tampa Bay claimed cornerback Kevin Knowles off Kansas City's cuts after Josh Hayes went to injured reserve for at least four games, and brought Super Bowl fifty-five corner Sean Murphy-Bunting back on the practice squad. Easton Stick gives the two-man quarterback room a third arm. Emeka Egbuka and Jalen McMillan both sat out Tuesday and Todd Bowles would not put a date on either, with the opener ten days out.

  • Camp · Aug 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026

    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.

  • Camp · Aug 23, 2026Aug 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, 2026Aug 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, 2026Aug 10, 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 PreviewJul 6, 2026

    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 ReviewMay 11, 2026

    Buccaneers 2025 Season in Review

    8-9 regular season

  • Draft RecapMay 11, 2026

    Buccaneers — 2026 Draft Recap

    7 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft

  • Week 4Oct 6, 2026

    Buccaneers 14, Packers 17 — Week 4: A Fumble and a Pick, No Points

    Tampa Bay lost 17-14 at home to Green Bay to fall to 0-4 after its defense took the ball away at its own 3 and its own 7 in the last nine minutes, and the offense turned neither into points; Jalon Daniels threw two interceptions and three interception-worthy balls, the highest rate of the 30 charted offenses this week.

  • Week 3Sep 28, 2026

    Buccaneers 16, Vikings 23 — Week 3: Two of Seventeen on Third Down

    Tampa Bay lost 23-16 at home to Minnesota to fall to 0-3, converting 2 of 17 third downs, losing an 85-yard touchdown to a holding penalty and allowing an 86-yard punt-return touchdown, while its pass defense held Minnesota to a 19% success rate.

  • Week 2Sep 21, 2026

    Buccaneers 19, Browns 23 — Week 2: Four Field Goals and a Flag

    Tampa Bay lost 23-19 at home to Cleveland and fell to 0-2 after scoring one touchdown on 13 red-zone snaps, kicking four field goals, posting minus 13.6 expected points on 37 pass plays, and losing a second and four at the Cleveland 13 to a holding penalty with 45 seconds left.

  • Week 1Sep 13, 2026

    Buccaneers 27, Bengals 33 — Week 1: Four Fumbles and Not One Punt

    Tampa Bay never punted in Cincinnati and lost by six, because four of its possessions ended in a lost fumble — two of them on strip-sacks of Baker Mayfield, one at the Cincinnati four-yard line, and one returned twenty-seven yards for a touchdown. The offense produced no passing touchdowns; the defense scored one on Josiah Trotter's thirty-eight-yard interception return.

  • Week 3 · What RepeatsSep 30, 2026

    Buccaneers, Week 3 — What Repeats: Sending Five Bought Something

    Tampa Bay sent five or more rushers on 14 of Kyler Murray's 34 dropbacks and held him to 5 catchable balls on 11 throws against them, 22 yards and the interception, after Deshaun Watson was catchable on 15 of 16 against the same rush a week ago — while its own offense faced five or more on 63% of dropbacks, the most in the league, dropped 3 of 23 catchable balls, the highest drop rate this week, and ran into a light box once in 18 designed runs.

  • Week 2 · What RepeatsSep 24, 2026

    Buccaneers, Week 2 — What Repeats: One Sack on Mayfield, Not Four

    Last week's two charting headlines reversed — one quarterback-fault sack instead of four, play-action down from 36% to 20% of dropbacks — while the defense sent five or more rushers on 51% of Cleveland's dropbacks (4th in Week 2, 2nd in Week 1) and held designed runs to 1.8 yards, yet allowed a 93% catchable rate.

  • Week 1 · What RepeatsSep 16, 2026

    Buccaneers, Week 1 — What Repeats: Four Sacks Charted on Mayfield

    The charting from Cincinnati says Baker Mayfield put 24 of 28 throws in a catchable spot — 86%, third-highest in the league this week — with none interception-worthy, and was charged with four quarterback-fault sacks on 32 dropbacks against a defense that sent five or more rushers on 5 of 36. Tampa Bay's own defense sent five or more rushers on 46% of Cincinnati's dropbacks, second in the league, up from 34% last season.

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