On To Cincinnati (2026 Bucs Schedule Leaks, Rumors)
May 14th, 2026
Hello Joe.
[UPDATE: 4:11 p.m.] Here are Joe’s leaks/reports so far on the Bucs’ 2026 schedule.
Thanks to Bruno Mars (Joe has nothing against the entertainer) the Bucs will travel in Week 1 on Sunday, Sept. 13. And as Bill Belicheat would say, it’s on to Cincinnati!
The Bucs will open the season against Joe Burrow and the Bengals in their riverfront jungle, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
All those nickel corners the Bucs have will get a test right away to start the 2026 season.
[UPDATE: 12:13 p.m.] MEMO TO PECAN LODGE: Joe’s coming in early October! Per John Breech of CBS, the Bucs will play the Cowboys Week 5 (Oct. 8) on Thursday Night Football seen on Amazon. Yeah, another primetime game. We all know how that will turn out. Hey, at least the brisket and beef ribs at Pecan Lodge and/or Hutchins will be dynamite! (And yes, Joe might also try to squeeze in a trip to Hard Eight. When in Texas… )
[UPDATE: 12:43 p.m.] Per John Breech of CBS, Bucs host the Stinking Panthers on Week 12 (Nov. 30) on Monday Night Football.
[UPDATE: 1:26 p.m.] Time to melt the cheese. Per SI.com, the Packers come to Florida to play the Bucs in Week 4 (Oct 4) when it is still nice and hot. Per this report, it’s a 1 p.m. kickoff. Anyone need gooey cheddar cheese on that brat?
[UPDATE: 2:36 p.m.] John Breech of CBS has the return of Treasure Island resident and former Bucs offensive coordinator Todd Monken coming in Week 2 as the Browns visit the Bucs for the Tampa Bay home opener. Tristan Wirfs vs. Myles Garrett ought to be fun.
[UPDATE: 4:11 p.m.] Preseason fun! TV voice of Bucs preseason games, Chris Meyers, said the Bucs will play at the Jets, host the Chiefs and play at the Jags (maybe joint practices, too) this summer. WFLA Bucs broadcast sideline reporter Aileen Hnatiuk said the Jets game will be on a Friday night; Chiefs game on Saturday night and the Jags game on Friday night. All Bucs preseason games can be enjoyed on WFLA-TV Channel 8.
Bucs 2026 Schedule (leaked)
Week 1: at Cincinnati (Sunday, Sept. 13)
Week 2: CLEVELAND (Sunday, Sept. 20, 1 p.m.)
Week 3:
Week 4: GREEN BAY (Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.)
Week 5: at Dallas (Oct. 8, Thursday night)
Week 6:
Week 7:
Week 8:
Week 9: at Chicago (Sunday night, Nov. 8)
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12: CAROLINA — (Monday night, Nov. 30)
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Week 17:
Week 18:
Bucs preseason
Game 1: at Jets
Game 2: Chiefs
Game 3: at Jags
May 14th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Crap was going to be in Florida on Nov 8th. Wanted to see a game.
May 14th, 2026 at 12:11 pm
Week 5 TNF Bucs@Girls
May 14th, 2026 at 12:11 pm
Chase v Morrison is going to be a problem.
May 14th, 2026 at 12:12 pm
Guaranteed loss. Bet heavy on the Bengals.
Burrow can’t wait to carve up Bowles Swiss cheese, soft as butter, wide open, pee wee league caliber, lousy pass defensive scheme.
I’m guessing Joe will have 5 TD’s and 400+ yards.
Bengals 48 Bucs 18
Fire Bowles Now!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Playing Cincinnati early in the season isn’t so bad the last few seasons
May 14th, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Cincy usually sucks early season
May 14th, 2026 at 12:24 pm
Gotta play them at some point, better to play them early I reckon. Bowles at least has our team ready to play on opening week.
May 14th, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Unfortunately LYNCH MOB IS RIGHT….
4/5 TDs from Joe…
Mike tomlin will have us right next year
I have low expectations for this team
6 wins max…
I would love to be wrong
But our division has and will keep getting better
Obviously last year showed us no more free division titles
4-6 wins
May 14th, 2026 at 12:31 pm
Rather play Cinny early lol…
bowles aint too bad week1
GO BUCS!!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 12:34 pm
Very true 813, Bowles usually wins the opener. But Burrow is gonna carve this defense to shreds, especially if they play 10 yds off the LOS. Will the Bucs pass rush show up? We’ll see
May 14th, 2026 at 12:37 pm
That’s a gift from the gambling gods.
Hammer Chase overs.
Who knows in the game. One good thing about Bowles is he has guys excited to play ball early in the year and because he does what he does … the Bucs jump to some early wins.
May 14th, 2026 at 12:40 pm
Baker Mayfield and Joe Burrow played each other 6 times in 3 years. Burrow followed Baker in 2019 as the Heismann winner and first pick. I’m happy to report, having seen all of those games, and watching Baker beat Burrow so soundly you can still hear the echoes of those A$$ kickings across Ohio, that I’m expecting more of the same. The Bucs are gonna be fun to watch play this year. More fun than a barrel of monkeys and I ain’t whistling Dixie!
May 14th, 2026 at 12:40 pm
Yup. 🙁
May 14th, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Better to go to Cincy when it’s warm out.
May 14th, 2026 at 12:52 pm
I bet Bain would luv to get his short arms on wynchmob! Go Bucs ! Making a statement right out of the gate Gainwell Tucker rush for over 200 yards keeping the ball out of Burrows hands
May 14th, 2026 at 12:54 pm
It’s not like the Bengals are a NFL powerhouse
That division were weaker than the NFC South last season
May 14th, 2026 at 12:58 pm
Buc’s DB’s playing way off the line in a loose zone sounds familiar.
Bucs 24…Bengals 41. Final score makes it looks closer than it will be!!
May 14th, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Folks forgetting that Cinny O-Line suspect and they have zero run game…
1-0 here we come!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 1:09 pm
BEE
we’ll see lol…
hopefully Zyon isnt bored and bowles lets the rushers rush and DBs cover…
i wouldnt be surprised if its a low scoring defensive game…Cinny does have new pieces on defense and drafted pretty well and so did we….
Special teams are going to be key week1…
GO BUCS!!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 1:13 pm
Can’t wait until the Bucs shut lynchmobs big **ck sucker
It takes way more energy and effort to be negative as he is.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:13 pm
Good to get a cold weather state in September.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:13 pm
Good to get a cold weather state in September.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Joe Burrow going to carve up Bowles defense like thanksgiving turkey week 1. This could get ugly fast. Maybe Bowles doesn’t even start out good like he normally does.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:18 pm
I’ll rather the Bucs play the Bengals week 1. They are notorious for not being prepared early in the season, it’s been that way for a couple years now, also, they have a suspect oline and defense. It should be a high scoring game.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:24 pm
Bengals have been trying to improve their defense that was about dead last in points and yardage against respectively, and we have an offense that was least seen struggling to put 16 points on the board in their final game last year.
Should make for an interesting matchup in all phases, the only thing I’m certain of is Money Mac nailing his FG attempts which we will probably need considering our isn’t even fully installed right now.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:25 pm
Why in the world would they put a Bucs vs Panthers game on MNF? That is traditionally the most boring match-up of the year – only made worse if it was @Carolina and their awful dullard stadium.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:30 pm
PR has seven games posted already.
You guys need to catch up.
LOL
Week 4 Packers at home 10/4 – 1 pm
Week 6 Steelers at home 10/18
Week 8 Falcons at home 11/1 – 1 pm
May 14th, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Cincinnati? That’s right across the river from SEC country. Not exactly Buffalo.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:33 pm
For the @CINN game…
The Bucs actually have a winning record in Cincinnati. I’m sure there’s other examples of the Bucs having a winning record on the road vs a team, but none come to mind off the top of my head.
To be sure, it’s 7-6 all time for the Bucs, but still, it’s a rare match-up where the Bucs have traditionally done well.
Although, with that said, the Bucs are 0-3 in their last 3 games vs the Bengals.
Still, considering Bowles opening day record, how the Bengals generally play early in the year, the Bucs should have a good shot in that game.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:33 pm
@ Lake,the whole afc north division was banged up…Sound familiar? Cleveland, better D then Seattle and Pitt can beat anybody on their worst day Lamar was hurt and so was nadabweki the best Dlineman in the game @Burrow was out also
May 14th, 2026 at 1:35 pm
Playing the Ravens in the first eight weeks of the season would be nice. That’s the only other possible cold game and it’s not like we’re talking about frozen tundra here, even if it landed in December.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:41 pm
Joe Says:
May 14th, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Good to get a cold weather state in September.
Cincinnati? That’s right across the river from SEC country. Not exactly Buffalo.
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The most updated number I can find is from 2021… but the Bucs are 21-64 all-time in games when the kickoff temp is under 50 degrees.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:42 pm
Week 4: GREEN BAY (Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.)
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NICE!
Should still be hot, and the Bucs generally play well at home vs the Meat Packers. I’m marking that down as a W.
May 14th, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Smell the derrière instead of the dairy air for an afternoon Cheeseheads
I just realized I told a freakin’ cheese joke and am going to go have a long talk about it with myself, haha!
May 14th, 2026 at 1:54 pm
The Bucs generally play well early in the season at home and when it over 50,but other then that Bowles cant coach! Beer is good ! WTF!
May 14th, 2026 at 2:08 pm
They put the Carolina Bucs game on Monday night because the division went to the wire between the teams last season , regardless of their records , its all about meaningful games in December, again regardless of win /loss records ,none of the haters watched that game because the win/loss number were up to yall’s standards correct?
May 14th, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Do the Bucs ever get a home opener?
May 14th, 2026 at 2:24 pm
#99 the Big Fella Says:
“Can’t wait until the Bucs shut lynchmobs big **ck sucker”
Looks like someone has a bee in their bonnet.
“It takes way more energy and effort to be negative as he is.”
How much energy does it take to have all male fantasies on a football blog?
Asking for a friend….
May 14th, 2026 at 2:43 pm
Rod Munch Says:
May 14th, 2026 at 1:41 pm
Joe Says:
May 14th, 2026 at 1:30 pm
The most updated number I can find is from 2021… but the Bucs are 21-64 all-time in games when the kickoff temp is under 50 degrees.
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That’s better than I thought.
May 14th, 2026 at 2:44 pm
Bain gets 4 sacks.
Bucs win by a touchdown.
LynchMob50 repents.
May 14th, 2026 at 2:47 pm
Concur with the big fella. Certain poster is that dork in back of the class always mouthing off because he thinks he’s funny. But no one ever laughs.
May 14th, 2026 at 2:56 pm
Anyhony Says:
May 14th, 2026 at 2:43 pm
Rod Munch Says:
The most updated number I can find is from 2021… but the Bucs are 21-64 all-time in games when the kickoff temp is under 50 degrees.
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That’s better than I thought.
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That’s a 24.7% win percentage, which is pretty awful.
And that number gets a lot worse if you drop the temp to 40 degrees – and even worse again if you subtract Brady’s years from the record. I think the Bucs, with Brady, were around .500 in ‘cold’ weather games, making the overall record look even worse.
May 14th, 2026 at 3:02 pm
Tough first stretch of the season
May 14th, 2026 at 3:25 pm
Pretty obvious which of our comments come from people who have never played, or coached football. Or been a part of a successful “team” of any type.
May 14th, 2026 at 3:31 pm
Burrow awful in week 1. Check the record. Burrow 1-4 in season openers. 0-4 last four years.
May 14th, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Bengals gave up 492 pts in 17 games last season … 28.9 PPG. They made several changes on defense, but nothing dramatic. They have the same HC, same OC, same DC. Meanwhile, the Bucs’ offense SHOULD be back to near 100% healthy by Game 1, and SHOULD be improved over last season. Our defense SHOULD also be improved, even at the start of the season.
Of note BTW, the Bengals Run Defense ranked dead last in 2025, giving up 2500 rushing yards for 5.2 YPC allowed. With a healthy OLine, our RBs SHOULD be able to take advantage. Bucs SHOULD also handily win the TOP, since the Bengals last season allowed 43.4% third down conversions (28th in the NFL).
Yes Burrows is good & he can put up points, but Cincy’s defense will be their undoing this season just like it was last season. Bucs are built to take advantage of defenses just like theirs. I’ll predict a high scoring game, but with the Bucs on top 35-24.
May 14th, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Todd Says:
“LynchMob50 repents”
False!!! I shall never repent!!!
For I am LynchMob50, the one true Lord in this realm!!!
When I rise to power, all the Pom Pom squad will be dealt with harshly!!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 3:41 pm
Tampa2ATL Says:
“Concur with the big fella. Certain poster is that dork in back of the class always mouthing off because he thinks he’s funny. But no one ever laughs.”
Still living rent free in your small brain pan at least!!!
Bowles > Baker > Licht > Glazers > Pom Pom squad = Ultimate Losers
May 14th, 2026 at 3:50 pm
So far according to the 6 published games, we are looking @ 3-3 at best with a probability of 2-4 according to chatgpt. LETS PROVE THEM WRONG FELLOW BUCKIES !!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 3:53 pm
Trade idea, Burrow for Mayfield.
May 14th, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Bobby
Burrow is more injured than Baker, and he doesn’t play through them.
Pick your poison.
May 14th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
For I am lynchm
May 14th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Lynchmob – queen of the Karen’s. Where’s your princess today ?
May 14th, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Lynchmob – queen of the Karen’s 😭🍼💩🤡
May 14th, 2026 at 4:17 pm
Shut up, dork.
May 14th, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Joe burrow cares more about modeling than football we will b alright. Didnt we sign their backup we got some intel.