These Tampa Bay Buccaneers are set up for success in 2026.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could go through an overhaul next offseason. The Buccaneers have been one of the better organizations in the NFL over the past decade. They made five consecutive playoff appearances before their streak was broken last year.

Mike Ehrmann / The Tampa Bay Buccaneers looked like they could be headed toward another NFC South title when they reached their Week 9 bye at 6-2 in 2025. Instead, they were plagued by injuries, dropped seven of their final nine games and lost the division tiebreaker to the Carolina Panthers.

The second-round pick officially joins Rueben Bain Jr. as a rookie who has earned a starting job for Tampa's defense.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a new-look leadership group in 2026, with players voting for six team captains ahead of Sunday's season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. Quarterback Baker Mayfield,

Here are the three must-see matchups in the Cincinnati Bengals' Week 1 showdown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Wide zone is when the offensive linemen move horizontally toward the boundary in an attempt to allow the running backs to cut back in. Unlike the gap scheme that the Bucs have been largely running for the last two years, where linemen more frequently pull and are assigned specific players, zone blocking schemes have them blocking a specific area.