Emeka Egbuka Expects A “Really Dangerous” Bucs Offense
May 6th, 2026
Emeka Egbuka hauls in a long TD pass against Seattle.
Most Bucs are in town for OTAs and they’re expected to hit the field for OTA underwear football later this month.
Joe is noticing some players getting their voices out there in public talking Bucs football. One was Emeka Egbuka yesterday.
Appearing on NFL Network’s “The Insiders,” speaking to Sara Walsh, Egbuka suggested Bucs fans should get their popcorn ready when the Bucs are on offense. New Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson will have the offense humming again, he said.
“I think coming from Atlanta, obviously, they had a lot of success there,” Egbuka said. “Last year, [Atlanta] had a great wide receiver production when it comes to Drake London.
“Obviously, they got the running back involved. They got Bijan [Robinson], and then, you know, their tight end, Kyle Pitts, had a great year as well.
“So I think [Robinson] does a great job of utilizing all the weapons that he’s given. And obviously, coming to Tampa, he has a lot of weapons [here]. He has me, he has Chris [Godwin], he has Jalen McMillan, he has Bucky Irving, Tez Johnson, Cade Otton — there are so many weapons that are at his disposal now.”
Egbuka said all Robinson has to do is put fun wrinkles in his offense and the sky is the limit for the Bucs offense.
“I think just the more creative ways he finds to give us the ball with Baker [Mayfield] at the helm, I think we’re gonna have a really dangerous offense,” Egbuka said.
Health will be the key. Joe did not like how the running game looked dating back to the worthless 2025 preseason when most of the Bucs’ offensive line was healthy.
Hopefully, Robinson knows how to scheme up a running game. After that is resolved, then the offense must stay healthy. Especially the offensive line.
Easier said than done.
May 6th, 2026 at 5:25 am
Translation the previous OC sucked!
May 6th, 2026 at 6:23 am
“ After that is resolved, then the offense must stay healthy. Especially the offensive line.” We should have drafted an Orthopedics practice.
May 6th, 2026 at 6:29 am
What are the odds that one (at least) of our important pieces goes down for the year or a good portion of it in OTA’s/training camp again? 70-80% MINIMUM.
May 6th, 2026 at 6:32 am
Robertson knows how to scheme up a running 🏃♀️ game. We witnessed it last year in Ribinson wrecking defenses.
May 6th, 2026 at 6:49 am
Bijan makes a OC look good, just keep Bowles out the offense and we should be fine
May 6th, 2026 at 6:57 am
Glad to see an article not about Bain or Scott. EE has it correct. There are more talented players on offense here than the ATL. Bijon is Bijon but after that? I’m wondering if Tyler Allgeir is secretly wishing he came here instead of Arizona as now he sit behind J. Love instead of Bijon.
May 6th, 2026 at 6:58 am
Joe … ‘the offense must stay healthy. Especially the offensive line. Easier said than done.’
These last 3 years, from an injury perspective, all differed greatly from each other. Our ‘unhealthiest year’ of the 3 was actually 2024, when we went 10-7 and had the best year of the 3 from a W-L perspective.
o 2023 (9-8): Bucs’ players missed 105 games due to injury on the season. But only about a third of them (37) looked to be starters. That’s critical: our starters looked like they stayed relatively healthy that season. One starter on offense accounted for almost half of the games missed: Ryan Jensen missed all 17 games & that was very important to our offense IMO.
o 2024 (10-7): Bucs’ players missed 204 games due to injury on the season, almost double what they missed the year prior. Looks like about one quarter of those (47) were starters. Our offense stayed relatively healthy, although starters Mike Evans & Chris Godwin missed a total of 11 games. Our defense was hit much harder from an injury perspective, and it showed on the field.
o 2025 (8-9): Bucs’ players missed 176 games due to injury on the season, less than in 2024, BUT half of those (88) were starters it looks like. Our offense especially was VERY unhealthy last year, and some of the guys who did play (like Baker) weren’t exactly 100% when they did play. And again, it showed on the field.
They key IMO isn’t just how many guys go down to injury, but also (1) whether or not they’re STARTERS; and (2) whether or not we have any quality DEPTH to take their place.
May 6th, 2026 at 8:00 am
2025 that’s more than 5 starters out PER GAME. There’s no way we could compete at on optimal level or even close to it with that. And of course the starters injured were both starting guards by 3/4 of the way through the season. An impossible ask and the main reason we tanked.
May 6th, 2026 at 8:29 am
The key injury was to Mayfield
May 6th, 2026 at 8:36 am
I sure hope so… last years OC was bad. Needs to ensure Baker gets the ball out at a much faster pace. The NFL defenses are too fast for long plays to evolve.
May 6th, 2026 at 8:47 am
TampaBayBucFan. No it wasn’t. You couldn’t be more wrong.
May 6th, 2026 at 8:55 am
I think the key injuries were on the offensive line. That affected the running game and that led to key injuries to Mayfield. If we have a healthy O-line all of last season, a lot of bad things don’t happen.
Defense is another story. We took some chances on some personell possibilities that didn’t work out (Reddick, Dennis, Walker [ILB], etc) and injuries weren’t great there either. Would have loved to see what D. Walker could have done and how Morrison would have progressed without hamstring issues. Beyond that, we had to add to the D big time… which we did.
May 6th, 2026 at 9:00 am
Its according to how well the o line holds up. Get that 5th rd rookie a lot of practice time with our D line.
May 6th, 2026 at 9:01 am
Yes- having at least 40% of the line out every game causes an avalanche of terrible effects. Mayfield was only injured for a couple of games. We had to flush the playbook down the toilet and switch to only short, wide, immediate passes and runs with those pathetic guards. Was an unmitigated disaster.
May 6th, 2026 at 9:12 am
Not just injuries to O Line but shifting them to positions that were not their strengths.
May 6th, 2026 at 9:20 am
Talk, talk, and more talk
Where I’m from……..action speaks louder than words
This offense averaged 16.8 ppg during the last 7 games
That’s when we needed them the most to step up
All this talk about their imaginary talent is based on what!
It sure isn’t based on their performance, or their production
Last season they sold the fanbase a lot of wolf tickets
And they stunk the field, and wet the bed, played like sheep
And now they’re back it at, selling dreams to the unsuspecting
Talk to me in December!!!!!
May 6th, 2026 at 9:21 am
A clean bill of health alone, isn’t a guarantee this offense will be dangerous. I know it’s easy to tie those two together on the surface, but there needs to be a sustained level of execution and play that equates to being a dangerous offense.
If this were something we’d be, Mike wouldn’t have left to go play for an offense that actually “threatens” defenses.
May 6th, 2026 at 9:24 am
Talk is cheap,
And this team is full of cheap talk
And when they can’t backup their cheap talk
They start making cheap excuses
Talk to me in December
Right now, I’m not buying your cheap dreams
Go sell them somewhere else
May 6th, 2026 at 9:49 am
On the unsaid: When was the last season Mike Evans played 17 games? Mike is a ganer with bad hammies. His desire to leave was as much medical as personnel. It is a challenge to keep hamstrings loose in humid climates. Can he be expected to be available for more than 12 games? Doubtful in my opinion. I love the guy but father time always wins. His production declined the past three years and he is now less of a deep threat.
May 6th, 2026 at 10:10 am
How many games until Tired Legs disappears in 2026? Maybe 2?
He was shut down in 2025. Welcome to Michael Clayton 2.0
May 6th, 2026 at 10:54 am
What’s really scary is the turnover machine at QB getting a big contract.
That will lock us out of the SB for the duration of that deal.
Especially if Bowles is kept around to run his putrid scheme.
We fans have heard enough excuses.
May 6th, 2026 at 11:04 am
Bucky was really playing with short arms last season.
May 6th, 2026 at 11:09 am
All talk but when it comes down to it no action
May 6th, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Let’s hope we get 6 games of a fully healthy unit.
Baker, OL, Chris, EE, JMaC, Otton, Bucky … all being full strength for a nice long stretch would be terrific.
May 6th, 2026 at 1:59 pm
They knew Mike was going to leave… so they drafted Emeka Egbuka.
May 6th, 2026 at 2:50 pm
Nice WR3
Was clearly over drafted but a solid 3 for sure
May 6th, 2026 at 4:13 pm
So aqualung, you think Tez is a bum and EE is a failure ?
Duly noted – talk again when the season gets going 😉
Buc1987 Says:
May 6th, 2026 at 1:59 pm
They knew Mike was going to leave… so they drafted Emeka Egbuka.
True – the writing was on the wall and we were planning ahead for the future. Don’t understand why that’s not obvious to everyone.
May 6th, 2026 at 4:15 pm
Staying healthy – I hope so.
Quality back-ups – must have them.
The essential element – an Offensive Coordinator who can and will adjust the scheme and play calls to the healthy players on the field.
Last year with the backups, Grizzard did the same thing over and over again. Force the pass and fail. Stumble into the run and succeed – because the backup OL could handle it. Then, go right back to forcing the pass with more failure.
Different combinations of players will be on the field this year. Maybe, if Hurst and Tez are ripping the top off of the coverage, the Bucs can throw for five to ten yards underneath on every down. If that had worked last year, Grizzard would have been a hero.
I expect that it is going to be a lot more complicated requiring play action, RPOs, a lot of rushing, using Godwin and Hurst on a lot of outs and crosses to set up Tez or Egbuka or McMillen deep. Really shuffling the cards.