No Bucs buzz.
Remember last year? So many Bucs fans, even as high up as Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, wondered why every half-ass team and two-bit player in the league got run but the Bucs were virtually ignored?
This even got to Conor Orr of SI.com and Kay Adams of FanDuel TV. The two agreed and started to give the Bucs some extra love.
Then, prickly Pete Prisco freaked out his CBS colleague and predicted the Bucs to have the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs.
So what did the Bucs do in the 2026 season as a result of more attention in the spring and summer? Shat all over themselves.
Joe remembered back in December thinking, ‘Boy, if the Bucs whined about little attention before, they’re going to have a reason to get irked this coming offseason. An unpopular coach on a bad team is not good for buzz.’
There has been no buzz about the Bucs seeping from San Francisco this week, where the NFL world has descended upon to celebrate Super Bowl Week.
Have you heard any Bucs players on any of the dozens of radio shows and podcasts based in San Francisco this week? Have you heard any show discuss the Bucs? Joe hasn’t after long hours of listening.
Aside from Lavonte David doing a few hits from his Miami home, including on Kay Adams’ show, there is zero buzz about the Bucs. ZEE-row.
Whatever street cred the Bucs built with national media types prior to the bye of 2025 has all been burned to ashes, it seems.
Joe even read a statgeek’s Substack Wednesday night, where the guy typed he wasn’t sure if the Bucs can overcome their first big mistake of the 2026 season: No one at One Buc Palace could inspire change at head coach.
(The statgeeks are not fond of Bucs coach Todd Bowles.)
It’s going to be that kind of offseason, Joe fears. But things will pick up two weeks from Monday when the combine begins.
Here is another example of how far off the Bucs have fallen. Gilberto Manzano of SI.com typed up his projection of the Top-100 NFL Players for 2026. Manzano has but two Bucs players on his list and none in the top-70.
There’s just no buzz for this team right now.