“Raise The Flags” Marathon On NFL Network Begins Tonight
May 25th, 2026Get your popcorn ready.
For the two dozen or so Bucs fans who didn’t see the “Raise the Flags” docuseries on Amazon last fall, fear not. The NFL Network has you covered.
The “Raise the Flags” series, directed by eight-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Trent Cooper (who is a native of the Tampa Bay region), will air tonight, Monday, at 8 p.m. on NFL Network. Each night this week, NFL Network will air two episodes of the 10-episode series.
The documentary begins with the NFL awarding Tampa Bay a franchise right through the 2024 season. Cooper told Joe in an Ira Kaufman Podcast episode which Joe hopes to publish soon that he was adding material for the docuseries right up until the very deadline to have it finished for Amazon, where it was shown originally.
If something happened with the Bucs in the first 50 years of the franchise, it is in this series. Testimony from The Sage of Tampa Bay sports, Ira Kaufman, is sprinkled throughout the series.
Some of the cool things Joe learned were the backroom dealings with getting Tom Brady to Tampa Bay which included the insane obstacles to physically get Brady to sign a Bucs contract or he may have a change of heart and be plucked by another team.
Joe also learned a popular Bucs coach was removed, in part, for what Team Glazer believed was insubordination.
Fascinating stuff in here.
Since Team Glazer produced the docuseries, they make many appearances to offer insight and background. Specifically, Bucs co-chairman Ed Glazer was/is superb in this docuseries.
Chucky, Bucco Bruce Arians, Father Dungy, Derrick Brooks, Warren Sapp, Ronde Barber, Tom Brady, Mike Evans, Mike Alstott, Brad Johnson and many, many others make appearances, including some surprises of the past.
This is a must-watch for Bucs fans and if you couldn’t drop money on Amazon to watch it previously, this week is your time to watch.
DVR it if you must. You’ll be thankful you did.









May 25th, 2026 at 12:38 am
If you’re a Bucs fan, you HAVE to watch this. Great history for those younger/newer fans.