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• Are the Saints no longer Tampa Bay’s biggest rival?

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images A Buccaneers’ defender was recently asked who he views as Tampa Bay’s biggest rival and his answer may surprise some. Most Tampa Bay fans, if prompted to speak on the matter, would confidently say the New Orleans Saints are not only the Buccaneers’ biggest rival but most hated opponent. The Rivalry cuts deep for fans who had the pleasure of watching New Orle...2025
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• Where did Nik Bonitto and Jonathan Cooper rank in pass rusher effectiveness?

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Would you rather have a consistent rusher or a boom and bust rusher? While sacks get talked about often, pressures are the truest measure of the effectiveness of a pass rusher. SISdatahub.com and pro-football-reference.com both track QB pressures, but they don’t agree. SIS is much more generous with pressures. Trey Hendrickson led the league according to...2025
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• What is the Saints’ toughest home game in 2025?

Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images New Orleans will face some harder games on the road this season. The full 2025 NFL schedule released on Wednesday night, and with it, we finally got a look at the New Orleans Saints schedule. They have one of the easiest schedules in the league, but in my opinion, their road schedule is much tougher than their home schedule. Of their eight home oppone...2025
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• Buccaneers Post-NFL Draft Depth Chart Outlook

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s take a preliminary look at how the rookie class might slot into the big picture. The Buccaneers welcomed six new players into the fold over the weekend, and their entire 2025 NFL Draft class has a great chance to make the roster come Week 1 kickoff. So how does their arrival affect current roster names, if at all? Let’s take a qui...2025
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• Buccaneers complete their draft with crucial pieces on Day 3

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Some impressive depth players were selected in the final rounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers strategically used their 2025 NFL Draft picks in rounds four through seven to add defensive firepower and offensive versatility, selecting three players to enhance depth and special teams. Here’s a rundown on what they did on Day 3. Round 4, Pick 1...2025
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• What David Walker Does for the Buccaneers

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images The Buccaneers go small school for a pass rusher. The Buccaneers continued to deepen their pass rush rotation with Central Arkansas edge David Walker at 121st overall. A menace at the FCS level, Walker obliterated inferior competition for years and hopes to translate his mature game to the pro level, where he’ll be situational rusher behind the likes of Haason Redd...2025
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• Final 7-Round Buccaneers Mock Draft

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images One more shot at predicting what should be a wild NFL Draft weekend for Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers come into the 2025 NFL Draft figuring to focus heavily on defense, but offense should never be ruled out for regime that has done a good job balancing short- and long-term gains. Here’s my final prediction for what the Bucs might do this ...2025
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• Evan Wanish’s 2025 First Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The day has finally arrived We made it folks. Draft day is upon us, and we will finally get the answers we have been searching for over the past few months this weekend. Before that though, let’s take a look at how I see the first round shaking out. 1. Tennessee Titans: Cam Ward, QB, Miami Over the past month and a half, this pick has become more and m...2025
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• Mike Kiwak’s Final 2025 NFL First-Round Mock Draft

Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It could be a wild Night 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. Why say lot word when few word do trick? My only first-round mock here. Has trades! Dive in, read, and comment. Or don’t, not beggar. Enjoy! Tennessee Titans - Cam Ward, QB, Miami The consensus comes to a point almost every year. The Titans need ...2025
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• Bucs Nation 2025 NFL Draft Roundtable

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images The Bucs Nation staff discusses different draft topics ahead of Thursday’s grand kickoff. With the draft less than 36 hours away, anticipation is steadily building. What will the Buccaneers do with their 19th overall pick? All of the writers at Bucs Nation sat down (metaphorically) and discussed (virtually) all of the possibilities that we all might w...2025
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• Assessing Buccaneers draft needs post-free agency

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Let’s check the thermostat on more time before draft weekend. The Buccaneers took their usual approach to free agency again, focusing on retaining their own guys while making strategic outside additions. It’s largely led them to success this decade, so it’s hard to fault them for maintaining the status quo. With the biggest additions being the retention of Chris Go...2025
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: Edge James Pearce Jr., Tennessee

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let's talk edge-rushing. As recent as a month ago, Buccaneers’ fans would’ve hopped up on rooftops screaming their throats into a lozenge and sips of tea, that “Tampa’s first round draft pick must be an edge-rusher.” Jason Licht, understanding his team’s needs did already make an effort (Haason Reddick) to address the position prior to ...2025
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• Joey Bosa’s 8 biggest suitors in NFL free agency, ranked by where we think he’ll land

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images What’s the best landing spot for Joey Bosa? Let’s rank ‘em. Wednesday marked a fascinating day in the NFL ahead of free agency, with the Seattle Seahawks releasing Tyler Lockett and granting wide receiver DK Metcalf permission to seek a trade. But those were not the only moves that made news on the West Coast. Wednesday evening brought word that the Los ...2025
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• Kirk Cousins got his swagger back

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Against Tampa Bay, Kirk Cousins unveiled a new form, that would help Atlanta reach new heights. If you’re as chronically online as me, you’ll know the TikTok trend of someone saying “Me at my son’s X birthday party throwing absolute piss missiles in the backyard (I’m hammered and think I’m insert QB here)”. @atlwill #nfl #viral #trending #meme #funny #dad #dadh...2024
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• What David Walker Does for the Buccaneers
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• Final 7-Round Buccaneers Mock Draft
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: EDGE Nic Scourton, Texas A&M

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Could the versatile edge from Texas A&M solve the Bucs’ pass-rushing woes? Head coach Todd Bowles has heavily emphasized improving the team’s 4-man rush this off-season, which makes improving the edges a continued priority. With Haason Reddick on just a 1-year deal and unclear ceilings for Yaya Diaby and Chris Braswell, there’s nothing...2025
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• Yaya Diaby Wants To Make “Money” Plays With His “Partner In Crime”

Looking ahead to next season, the Bucs defense will be looking to get the most of its young players. Veterans like defensive tackle Vita Vea, inside linebacker Lavonte David, and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. remain, but to truly reach the next level the potential of some recent draft picks must be further realized....2025
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• Where did Nik Bonitto and Jonathan Cooper rank in pass rusher effectiveness?
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• The Buccaneers finally have an ‘Elite’ pass-rusher

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Is edge defender actually an offseason need for the Buccaneers? For the past few seasons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ defense has fought through the challenge of operating without a truly dominant edge defender. Tampa hasn’t had a pass-rusher capable of single-handedly taking over games since the heydays of Shaq Barrett. Many fans may be heading into the 2...2025
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• NFL Playoffs 2025: Where the Wild Card losers go from here

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Where do the playoff losers go from here? There’s still one more game left to play in the Wild Card round, but for the most part we have our divisional round matchups set. We have a titan battle between two MVP caliber QBs, and both No. 1 seeds enter the battle like Super Smash Bros. However, before we look forward to the Divisional Round, we have to look back in m...2025
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• X-factors for every NFC team in the Wild Card round

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images One player from each NFC team that can make a huge impact in their wild-card games. Now that the regular season is over, and the playoffs are afoot, it’s time to give our “Secret Superstars” concept – which reveals the most underrated players in every week of the season – a bit of an overhaul. Instead of the unheralded guys we’ve just seen, let’s spin i...2025
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• YaYa Diaby named NFC Defensive Player of the Week

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The young man was in the Saints backfield often on Sunday. The National Football League today announced that Tampa Bay Buccaneers outside linebacker Yaya Diaby was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 18. It marks the first career Player of the Week honor for Diaby and the first for a Buccaneers edge rusher since Shaquil Barrett earned the awa...2025
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• Notes and stats from the Buccaneers 27-19 win over the Saints

John A. Babiak/Bucs Nation Full steam ahead as the Bucs get into the playoffs. - The Buccaneers defeated the Saints, 27-19, to secure their fifth consecutive playoff berth and fourth consecutive NFC South division title. The NFC South division title is the seventh in franchise history, tying the New Orleans Saints for both the most total and most consecutive titles (four) in the division’s...2025
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• Buccaneers Week 18 Top Performers vs. New Orleans Saints

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Five straight playoff appearances should not be taken for granted. Too often, the Buccaneers make everything look way too hard. This season and last, they endured heartbreaking close losses, baffling blowouts, and the need to climb out of unreasonably large holes to reach their goals. A lot of it was, and still is, frustrating, and you need to wonder if ...2025
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• NFL Draft 2025 player profile: Oluwafemi Oladejo, EDGE, UCLA

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Oladejo started out as an off-ball linebacker before moving out to edge rusher, which has paid off thus far. One of my favorite times of the year is writing the NFL Draft Reports. Some of the Seattle Seahawks picks I’ve nailed down in recent years include Byron Murphy II, Christian Haynes, Tyrice Knight, Devon Witherspoon, Zach Charbonnet, Olu Oluwatimi, Boye Mafe, ...2025
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• Analyzing Buccaneers 2025 NFL Draft Needs

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The thermostat is back as the NFL Scouting Combine proceeds. It’s time to gather around and dust off the thermometer, Bucs Nation. The draft needs temperature check returns once again! The Buccaneers enter 2025 in a relatively stable position with good cap flexibility, a healthy boon of young talent, few priority free agents, and a decently positioned first-round pic...2025
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• Tampa Bay Bucs’ NFL Draft needs in 2025, and the players who can fill them

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Bucs need to reload on defense if they plan on repeating as division champs. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on an incredible hot streak, winning the NFC South for four straight years. As they begin another season with a new offensive coordinator, I have more faith in that side of the ball keeping up their high level of play with QB Ba...2025
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• The Day After: Buccaneers vs Saints Week 18 Reactions

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images What did social media think of the Bucs clinching the division? On Sunday the Buccaneers found themselves in a hole against the New Orleans Saints but were able to dig themselves out and rally for a 27-19 victory. The win clinched their fourth straight NFC south title and fifth straight postseason birth, both franchise records. It was an up and down da...2025
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• Calijah Kancey, YaYa Diaby Are Just Getting Started

Back in April, Bucs general manager Jason Licht added some defensive reinforcements by selecting defensive lineman Calijah Kancey in the first round and outside linebacker YaYa Diaby in the third round. While the team had to wait a few weeks into the regular season to start seeing a return on those investments, they are...2023
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• Bucs Rookie Mini-Camp Insider – Day 1
Tampa Bay kicked off the first day of its 2023 Bucs rookie mini-camp on Friday under hot and humid skies at the AdventHealth Training Center. Defensive tackle Calijah Kancey, right guard Cody Mauch, outside linebacker YaYa Diaby, tight end Payne Durham and wide receiver Kade Warner, the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt...2023
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• YaYa Diaby Brings Juice To Bucs’ Pass Rush
While the Bucs' pass rush still provided plenty of sacks in 2022 (45), much of that production came from non-traditional sources. Only 38% of the team's sacks came from their outside linebacker room. By comparison, in 2021 the outside linebackers generated almost half of the team's 47 sacks. Rookie YaYa Diaby should be able...2023
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• Yaya Diaby Is Emerging As A Pass Rushing Force

Can Yaya Diaby be the missing element to the Bucs defense? For the past three seasons the team has been missing a high-end No. 1 edge rusher. From 2019 to 2023, Tampa Bay's defense ranked ninth overall in drop back EPA/play allowed and eighth in success rate. But since 2022, following the drop-off and...2024
• Detroit Lions injury report: Team near full health for divisional round

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Examining the Detroit Lions Wednesday injury report as they prepare for their Divisional round playoff matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Divisional round of the 2023-24 NFL playoffs is upon us and the Detroit Lions have begun practicing as they prepare to host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday. After 21 games played—incl...2024
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• Lions injury report: Just 1 player missing from Thursday’s practice

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Examining the Detroit Lions Thursday injury report as they prepare for their Divisional round playoff matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Detroit Lions will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional Round of the playoffs at Ford Field at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, and both teams were back on the practice field on Thursday. For the Lions, they con...2024
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• Jason Licht: Joe Tryon-Shoyinka Must “Step It Up This Year”
It sure seems like an all-or-nothing season for Bucs outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka this season, as he enters his third year in Tampa Bay. Normally a player may have a little more time to develop, but with Tampa Bay re-signing outside linebackers Anthony Nelson and drafting edge rushers YaYa Diaby and Jose Ramirez in...2023
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• PR Roundtable: Who Needs To Step Up Most On The Bucs Defense?

A new Pewter Report Roundtable debuts every Tuesday on PewterReport.com. Each week, the Pewter Reporters tackle another tough question. This week’s prompt: Who needs to step up the most on defense for the Bucs? Scott Reynolds: Tampa Bay Needs More Big Plays From Yaya Diaby Bucs OLB Yaya Diaby and DT Calijah Kancey...2024
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• Browns Myles Garrett leading pass rushers, still not enough to lift Jim Schwartz’s group

Morgan Tencza-Imagn Images Quick pressures are great but Browns defense isn’t backing up Garrett The Cleveland Browns are 1-4 early in the 2024 NFL season for a variety of reasons. While the offense with QB Deshaun Watson struggling gets a ton of attention, rightfully so, the Browns defense has taken a huge step backward as well. The season might be over, in terms of playoff hopes, but DE ...2024
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• Buccaneers fans overwhelmingly pleased with Graham Barton selection in first round

Duke Blue Devils Bucs fans seem extremely pleased with the new addition to the offensive line It’s not often that the overwhelming majority of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans agree on something. Maybe it’s the split among college allegiances, maybe it’s the generational gap where there are varying philosophies on what makes a winner - but outside of the signing of Tom Brady, it’s hard to remembe...2024
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• Bucs Nation Post Free Agency First Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s see what all first-round teams might do, and how that might affect the Buccaneers. It’s safe to say that the brunt of free agency has passed, and in its wake the NFL Draft is less than a month away. While many rosters have been drastically reshaped, others focused on keeping their cores together (a la Buccaneers), but all the s...2024
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• Buccaneers projected depth chart, post-NFL Draft
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Plenty will change between now and training camp, but here’s an initial glimpse at the potential pecking order. We now enter the only true quiet portion of the year for NFL activity, as not much will happen aside from mini-camps and OTAs before the entire roster reports for training camp in late July. Everything is subject to change unt...2023
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• Why the Bucs got it right on day two
Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Tampa Bay continues to address major team needs in this year’s draft. After addressing a significant need in day one, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued to find solutions to the problems of 2022. The Buccaneers started off day two with a new face in the offensive line room. No position group was subjected to more scrutiny last season than...2023
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• Buccaneers Day 2 NFL Draft Targets
Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images We’ll explore some possible prospect fits in rounds 2 and 3 for the Bucs. The Buccaneers shocked basically everyone by taking Pitt defensive tackle Calijah Kancey in the first round at 19th overall, but his selection makes Day 2 possibilities slightly more clear. Amongst dozens of published mock drafts, many by prominent national analysts, the NFL Mock Draft...2023
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