Losing five of six, Tampa Bay has plummeted in NFL.com's Power Rankings. Tough losses and blown leads now haunt a team clinging to a share of first place.

Someone in the league office looked into their crystal ball earlier this year and sensed the NFC South title would come down to the Panthers and Buccaneers.

Can the Bucs be fixed for the 2026 season? One podcast took a chance on it and we grade their moves as a result.

NFL schedule set up perfect Buccaneers, Panthers finish for NFC South standings originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NFL schedule makers like to backlog the calendar with divisional matchups. But even then, there's no guarantee that those games will have any meaning.

Here are the reactions to the release of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 10-part docuseries ‘Raise the Flags’ on Prime Video

The Bucs in the NFL Draft have been on a heater thanks to the work of Jason Licht and his staff. They have done so well that they have seen people even depart to get their own teams to run, like assistant turned full-time general manager for the Las Vegas Raiders, John Spytek.

When they all trickle back under the Nix family roof in Alabama for board-game marathons, the goal is simple. Beat Bo. Because Bo Nix is trying to beat them.