Bucs Are Back To Being Ignored
February 5th, 2026
No Bucs buzz.
Remember last year? So many Bucs fans, even as high up as Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, wondered why every half-ass team and two-bit player in the league got run but the Bucs were virtually ignored?
This even got to Conor Orr of SI.com and Kay Adams of FanDuel TV. The two agreed and started to give the Bucs some extra love.
Then, prickly Pete Prisco freaked out his CBS colleague and predicted the Bucs to have the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs.
So what did the Bucs do in the 2026 season as a result of more attention in the spring and summer? Shat all over themselves.
Joe remembered back in December thinking, ‘Boy, if the Bucs whined about little attention before, they’re going to have a reason to get irked this coming offseason. An unpopular coach on a bad team is not good for buzz.’
There has been no buzz about the Bucs seeping from San Francisco this week, where the NFL world has descended upon to celebrate Super Bowl Week.
Have you heard any Bucs players on any of the dozens of radio shows and podcasts based in San Francisco this week? Have you heard any show discuss the Bucs? Joe hasn’t after long hours of listening.
Aside from Lavonte David doing a few hits from his Miami home, including on Kay Adams’ show, there is zero buzz about the Bucs. ZEE-row.
Whatever street cred the Bucs built with national media types prior to the bye of 2025 has all been burned to ashes, it seems.
Joe even read a statgeek’s Substack Wednesday night, where the guy typed he wasn’t sure if the Bucs can overcome their first big mistake of the 2026 season: No one at One Buc Palace could inspire change at head coach.
(The statgeeks are not fond of Bucs coach Todd Bowles.)
It’s going to be that kind of offseason, Joe fears. But things will pick up two weeks from Monday when the combine begins.
Here is another example of how far off the Bucs have fallen. Gilberto Manzano of SI.com typed up his projection of the Top-100 NFL Players for 2026. Manzano has but two Bucs players on his list and none in the top-70.
There’s just no buzz for this team right now.
February 5th, 2026 at 5:13 am
Joe … ‘There’s just no buzz for this team right now.’
Nor should there be. When a team loses 7 of their last 9 in a season to drop from contender to irrelevant, the only buzz they should expect is the buzz of buzzards looking to make a meal on the carcass.
February 5th, 2026 at 5:16 am
And BTW Joe, in your photo above, Jason Licht looks very much like Tom Moore in his coach’s photo. Obviously 2025 didn’t give Jason much to smile about.
February 5th, 2026 at 5:37 am
Its because we suck
February 5th, 2026 at 6:00 am
What would any media person talk about ??
Hurt QB
Defense was awful
Lost the South which is a Joke
Most important the Bucs Kept Bowles
No one will say it but Woke Doesn’t get it
Winning Does
NO OTHER NFL TEAM WOULD HAVE KEPT BOWLES PERIOD
February 5th, 2026 at 6:05 am
Has anyone else taken a look at, or been keeping an eye on the MLB Top 100 Prospects List over the last year-plus!? Well, it just keeps getting much worse. As the stadium saga continues on. It’s desperation time. This farm system SUCKS. Wander really screwed us over a good one. Last weekend at RayJay was by far THE MOST exciting regular season hockey game I’ve ever seen!!!! GO LIGHTNING.
February 5th, 2026 at 6:12 am
I am such a big Licht supported but keeping Bowles will lilkely cost him
February 5th, 2026 at 6:13 am
Are there any Bucs even in San Francisco right now? Can’t interview people wo aren’t there.
February 5th, 2026 at 6:45 am
Anyone out there looking forward to another Todd Bowles interview??? Dude speaks with his teeth clenched in that Bowles mono-tone……yes, the Bucs are very “Ignor-worthy” —
February 5th, 2026 at 6:46 am
“It’s going to be that kind of offseason, Joe fears. But things will pick up two weeks from Monday when the combine begins.”
Trust your fears Joe. It is going to be that kind of offseason. The Bucs ownership and management are hoping time and different offseason events will calm the rabid fanhood but that’s not going to happen. We watched over 2 months of the worst football this team has produced in years. We watched the great collapse of 2025 where they lost to 2nd AND 3rd string QB’s in the most critical games of the year. When questioned about why they can’t break out of their slump Bowles says….
As coaches we’ve done all we can do. That line ALONE should of gotten this guy fired. Bowles with help from Licht has made this franchise a laughingstock again. Until this team gets serious about trying to win the Glazers/Licht and Bowles will have a target on their backs. AS THEY SHOULD.
February 5th, 2026 at 6:55 am
A few years back, my company sent me to, of all places, Buffalo for a two year stint. It was go or seek other work, so I reluctantly went. After all, who wants to live in Buffalo? They don’t have beaches and our warm weather is replaced by tons of snow. And then I learned they have something we don’t, a unified, diehard fan base. I was impressed. Even my trips to the grocery store became a thing of beauty after spying half the women donned in Bills, Sabres and even Buffalo Bisons gear. Wanna talk business? Fine, but you gotta talk Bills first.
Here we get none of that. Here, you’re in the minority if you’re a Bucs fan as sports bars are filled with patrons wearing the jerseys of other teams. It sickens me because, despite our great weather, I know things around here could be different. If you don’t believe me, take in a Lightning game. Our hockey fan base is tight.
Why? Because they have ownership who wants to win the Stanley Cup every year.
The Bucs have ownership who rewards mediocrity across the board.
If Bowles were retained in Buffalo with an 8-9 record after four years of crap in a horrible division they’d have a thousand fans picketing the facility.
That’s not gonna happen here and the Glazers know it. They don’t care if the Bucs are “ignored.” They get rich either way. The Glazers are NOT SPORTS FANS!
In Buffalo a 12-5 record gets you fired. In Tampa an 8-9 record gets you another year of job security.
So yeah, the Bucs are now ignored and deserve it. And for the few of us who still care, it sucks!
Unless your goal is to have no goal, 2026 season is over before it starts. Great job Glazers!