INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS (final 2025)<\/p>\n
Points Scored: K Chase McLauglin,\u00a0128<\/p>\n
Touchdowns:\u00a0RB Sean Tucker,\u00a08<\/p>\n
Passing Yards: QB Baker Mayfield,\u00a03,693<\/p>\n
Passer Rating: QB Baker Mayfield,\u00a090.6<\/p>\n
Rushing Yards: RB Bucky Irving,\u00a0588<\/p>\n
Receptions: WR\u00a0Emeka Egbuka,\u00a063<\/p>\n
Receiving Yards: WR\u00a0Emeka Egbuka,\u00a0938<\/p>\n
Interceptions: CB\u00a0Jamel Dean*,\u00a03<\/p>\n
Sacks:\u00a0OLB Yaya Diaby,\u00a07.0<\/p>\n
Tackles: LB Lavonte David*, 114<\/p>\n
* No longer with the team.<\/p>\n
Points Scored: K\u00a0Evan Mc Pherson,\u00a0116<\/p>\n
Touchdowns:\u00a0RB Chase Brown\/WR Tee Higgins,\u00a011<\/p>\n
Passing Yards: QB\u00a0Joe Burrow,\u00a01,809<\/p>\n
Passer Rating: QB\u00a0Joe Burrow,\u00a0100.7<\/p>\n
Rushing Yards: RB\u00a0Chase Brown,\u00a01,019<\/p>\n
Receptions:\u00a0WR Ja’Marr Chase,\u00a0125<\/p>\n
Receiving Yards: WR\u00a0Ja’Marr Chase,\u00a01,412<\/p>\n
Interceptions: S Jordan Battle,\u00a04<\/p>\n
Sacks:\u00a0DE Myles Murphy,\u00a05.5<\/p>\n
Tackles: S Jordan Battle, 112<\/p>\n
TEAM STAT RANKINGS (final 2025)<\/p>\n
Scoring Offense:\u00a017th\u00a0(22.4\u00a0ppg)<\/p>\n
Total Offense:\u00a021st\u00a0(320.4\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Rushing Offense:\u00a021st\u00a0(114.5\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Passing Offense:\u00a020th\u00a0(205.9\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
First Downs Per Game:\u00a0t-16th\u00a0(19.5)<\/p>\n
Third-Down Pct.:\u00a010th\u00a0(41.2%)<\/p>\n
Sacks Per Pass Attempt Allowed:\u00a015th\u00a0(6.81%)<\/p>\n
Red Zone TD Pct.: 23rd (54.0%)<\/p>\n
Scoring Defense:\u00a021st\u00a0(24.2\u00a0ppg)<\/p>\n
Total Defense:\u00a019th\u00a0(337.2\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Rushing Defense:\u00a05th\u00a0(99.1\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Passing Defense:\u00a027th (238.2\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
First Downs Allowed Per Game:\u00a011th\u00a0(18.5)<\/p>\n
Third-Down Pct. Allowed: 15th (39.5%)<\/p>\n
Sacks Per Pass Attempt:\u00a024th\u00a0(6.51%)<\/p>\n
Red Zone TD Pct. Allowed:\u00a032nd\u00a0(69.8%)<\/p>\n
Turnover Margin: 6th (+7)<\/p>\n
Scoring Offense:\u00a012th\u00a0(24.4\u00a0ppg)<\/p>\n
Total Offense:\u00a017th (329.2\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Rushing Offense:\u00a029th\u00a0(93.6\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Passing Offense:\u00a06th (235.6\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
First Downs Per Game:\u00a0t-8th\u00a0(20.7)<\/p>\n
Third-Down Pct.:\u00a05th (43.4%)<\/p>\n
Sacks Per Pass Attempt Allowed:\u00a010th (5.63%)<\/p>\n
Red Zone TD Pct.: 2nd (66.7)<\/p>\n
Scoring Defense:\u00a030th\u00a0(28.9\u00a0ppg)<\/p>\n
Total Defense:\u00a031st\u00a0(380.9\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Rushing Defense:\u00a032nd\u00a0(147.1\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
Passing Defense:\u00a026th\u00a0(233.8\u00a0ypg)<\/p>\n
First Downs Allowed Per Game: 26th (20.8)<\/p>\n
Third-Down Pct. Allowed:\u00a028th\u00a0(43.4%)<\/p>\n
Sacks Per Pass Attempt:\u00a023rd\u00a0(6.55%)<\/p>\n
Red Zone TD Pct. Allowed:\u00a024th (62.9%)<\/p>\n
Turnover Margin: t-19th (-3)<\/p>\n
WHAT TO WATCH FOR<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0The Buccaneers have won their season opener in each of Head Coach Todd Bowles’ first four seasons at the helm. If\u00a0they can extend that streak on Sunday with a win over the Bengals, Bowles will become just the fourth head coach since 2000 to win his first five Week One games with a new team.\u00a0That was previously accomplished by\u00a0John\u00a0Harbaugh in Baltimore (2008-12), Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams (2017-21)\u00a0and Nick Sirianni in Philadelphia (2021-25).<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0A Tampa Bay victory would also be notable for General Manager Jason Licht in that it would be the team’s 100th\u00a0victory, including playoffs, since he stepped into his current post in 2014. He would become the first general manager in franchise history to reach 100 wins.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Baker Mayfield is three touchdown passes away from reaching 200 in his career in the regular season. He could become just the 16th quarterback in NFL annals to hit that mark in 125 or fewer games played.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Mayfield will also be climbing the team’s career completions list in the weeks to come. He starts the season with\u00a01,114 completions as a Buccaneer, which means he needs four to pass Trent Dilfer (1,117) for fifth place, 13 to pass Vinny Testaverde (1,126) for fourth and 31 to pass Josh Freeman (1,144) for third.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Safety Antoine Winfield Jr. has nine career interceptions. With one more, he would become just the 16th defensive back in NFL history to combine 10 interceptions with at least 15 sacks and at least 500 tackles. Only five of those 16 were able to do so in their first seven seasons: Bill Bates, Dave Duerson, Rondey Harrison, Derwin James and Adrian Wilson.<\/p>\n
NOTABLY QUOTABLE<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Head Coach\u00a0Todd Bowles\u00a0on\u00a0preparing\u00a0Bucs\u00a0cornerbacks\u00a0Zyon McCollum and Jacob Parrishto face Cincinnati wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins:\u00a0“Obviously their strengths are the biggest thing, but, you know, Zyon and Parrish have strengths as well. It’s easy to talk about them, hard to stop them. That’s what I say every week \u2013 easy to talk about them, hard to stop them. We\u00a0have to\u00a0play our game. We can’t\u00a0get so\u00a0caught up in who they are as opposed to worrying about executing our scheme.”<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Quarterback\u00a0Baker Mayfield\u00a0on\u00a0his excitement about the offense heading into this season:\u00a0“It starts with the guys up front. I mean, the unit they have put\u00a0together,\u00a0it’s\u00a0one of the best in the league. They’re excited to be able to play with each other again. It starts with them. They run the offense, they run the show and [we] go from there. But yeah, the weapons that we have\u2026Chris Godwin looks like the best version of Chris Godwin I’ve seen and [I’m] really excited about that. Emeka Egbuka taking another step from year one to year two. Bucky [Irving] is healthy. Kenneth Gainwell has been a huge addition for us. Tez Johnson is going to take some steps, Jalen McMillan, Ted Hurst [III], Cade Otton, Payne Durham, Bauer Sharp is another new addition\u2026It’s fun to come to work every day when you have weapons like that and to have the familiarity with Zac Robinson in the past and just to see what he’s doing, personnel-wise, moving people around. We don’t know what we’re going to be best\u00a0at yet, but that’s the fun part of when you have weapons like this \u2013 what’s going to truly be our foundation throughout the season? I don’t know. We’ll adapt, but we have options.”<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Linebacker\u00a0Alex Anzalone\u00a0on\u00a0what he thinks makes a quarterback elite from his perspective as a veteran linebacker:\u00a0“Yeah, I think the number one thing is decision-making accuracy. As a defender, if a quarterback is very accurate and knows where to go with the ball, I think that makes it hard to cover. It makes it hard to do certain things. Then you throw in the dynamic of being able to extend plays and that’s what really makes a quarterback difficult to play against.”<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Guard\u00a0Ben Bredeson\u00a0on RB Bucky Irving’s ability to run the ball:\u00a0“Yeah, he’s able to make us right sometimes. Playing offensive line as a group, you want to block every single play perfectly and have the back hit the hole like it’s drawn on paper, but it’s not always like that. Bucky is a phenomenal athlete where he is able to make a guy miss or set up a block for us and, like you said, sometimes he’s cutting it out the backside where the ball is technically not supposed to go, but he’s making great plays and has that speed to be able to get out there. He provides a nice extra element for us and just like I was talking about Baker [Mayfield], he makes our running game very exciting.”<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0General Manager\u00a0Jason Licht\u00a0on\u00a0being able to secure extensions for\u00a0both\u00a0Baker\u00a0Mayfield and Vita Vea:\u00a0“Yeah, it was great. It was awesome. I’m glad it all worked out, trust me, for many, many reasons. So, we’re all very, very excited here. I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled we are.”<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Bowles\u00a0on\u00a0his level of confidence in the team’s depth at outside linebacker:\u00a0“I feel like I don’t have reserves for the first time. I feel like all five of them can play if need\u00a0be\u00a0on first, second down, and third down as well. All of them are good pass rushers\u00a0in their own right and\u00a0have special things they do.\u00a0‘Mo’\u00a0(Al-Quadin Muhammad) has been outstanding, bringing him in. He can do a lot of things for us. Every time you put ‘Nelly’ (Anthony Nelson) in, he makes plays. David [Walker] coming on after being out with the knee last year and showing what he can do in the preseason\u2026Obviously, [he needs to] get the scheme down a little bit more, but there’ll be some packages for him this year as well. All three of them can go in and play and you feel comfortable about it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS (final 2025) Points Scored: K Chase McLauglin,\u00a0128 Touchdowns:\u00a0RB Sean Tucker,\u00a08 Passing Yards: QB Baker Mayfield,\u00a03,693…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":997036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,198,7,17425,6,704,250,2597,2596,130499],"class_list":["post-997035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-buccaneers","tag-featured","tag-football","tag-game-preview","tag-nfl","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabaybuccaneers","tag-week-1-2026-bengals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117247110254339873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/997036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}