Bucs Have Far More Questions Than Answers Right Now

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INTRO: The Bucs were shocked to lose their home opener against the lowly Cleveland Browns. That loss has the team, the coaches and the fans reeling after a stunning 0-2 start to the 2026 season. There have been far more questions than answers about the 2026 Buccaneers so far. Here 20 critical questions with my answers – or guesstimates – about the current state of this 0-2 team in Tampa Bay right now. Enjoy!

FAB 1. Bucs Passing Game

Why Did The Bucs Elect To Give Baker Mayfield A Contract Extension Now?

While I was happy for the Bucs that they locked up their franchise quarterback through 2028 and was happy for Baker Mayfield for ultimately landing that big payday, at no time was I campaigning for the Bucs to rush to sign Mayfield to an extension before the start of the season. There was no need to.

As I said in Tuesday’s Pewter Pulse video, Mayfield had already agreed to play out his contract year. So why not let him? If he balled out and produced a season closer to his 2024 production of 41 touchdowns, 4,500 yards and a 71.4% completion percentage that’s great and it probably results in a season with 10 wins or more. What would it cost the Bucs if that were to happen, an extra $5 million – going from $55 million to $60 million? Great.

The Bucs could even use the franchise tag initially to make sure he doesn’t leave and buy time to work out a long-term extension. But at least the team would know that Mayfield has two dynamic seasons under his belt in Tampa Bay. Now it’s just one – 2024 – and eight other seasons where he has thrown for less than 30 touchdowns in the NFL, including 2023 and 2025 with the Bucs.

Now the flip side. What if Mayfield’s slow start is a continuation of last year’s malaise? And Mayfield is healthy now, so injuries can’t be an excuse. What if his play continues to tank? If the Bucs had waited until the 2027 offseason they could have made a tough call on whether to continue with Mayfield at the helm or decide to part ways. Now the team is married to him through the 2028 season and better hope that his play will improve this year.

Yet what’s my famous saying? Hope is not a strategy. Which leads me to my next question.

Will Baker Mayfield’s Play Improve?

I think so. The team certainly hopes so. It needs to. Baker Mayfield has been a streaky passer in the past, so let’s believe that trend will continue. He’s mired in a bad, cold streak right now, but can heat up at any point in time. What bodes well is that he’s healthy, the offensive line is healthy and his weapons are healthy.

The guy that threw multiple touchdown passes in eight games last year is still in there. Mayfield is only 31 years old. It’s just going to take some time to get adjusted to new offensive coordinator Zac Robinson’s scheme, which is only about 50% similar to Liam Coen’s offense, and to adjust to life without Mike Evans. Sunday against the Vikings would be a great time for vintage Mayfield to reappear – provided he can handle Brian Flores’ blitz schemes he will be bombarded with.

How Much Do The Bucs Miss Mike Evans Right Now?

Oh, the Bucs have missed Mike Evans at the start of the season. There’s no doubt. Evans has had a productive start for San Francisco during the team’s 2-0 start, catching nine passes for 103 yards and a touchdown. That’s more receiving production than any Bucs receiver has so far. Chris Godwin Jr. has eight catches for 86 yards and no touchdowns, while Emeka Egbuka has eight receptions for 79 yards and a one touchdown through two games.

But when Baker Mayfield has missed Evans the most is in crunch time. When Tampa Bay’s offense needs that critical third down conversion or that explosive play downfield Mayfield would turn to Evans. Through two games, the Bucs have just three completions longer than 20 yards to wide receivers. Mayfield and Evans built a strong connection together over three seasons that can’t just easily be replaced.

Evans has also been terribly missed in the red zone where Zac Robinson’s offense has bogged down. The Bucs rank tied with the Packers for 26th in the league at 37.5% in red zone touchdown efficiency. Mayfield could have used Evans on the field in the red zone during the final two minutes in last week’s loss to Cleveland.

Do The Bucs Have A True No. 1 Receiver?

Not yet. The hope was that the Bucs could replace Mike Evans by committee due to depth on the team at the receiver position, but that hasn’t materialized yet. Tampa Bay does have quite a few capable receivers, including last year’s first-round pick Emeka Egbuka, steady veteran Chris Godwin Jr., Jalen McMillan when healthy, promising rookie Ted Hurst III and the elusive Tez Johnson on occasion.

It’s early, but through the first two weeks of the season no receiver has emerged to become a No. 1 go-to guy for Baker Mayfield. Certainly no one that is close to being an alpha like Evans was for over a decade in Tampa Bay. My concern is that like Godwin, Egbuka is really a solid No. 2 receiver who could really flourish if the Bucs ever get a true No. 1 receiver like Godwin had with Evans for nearly a decade.

Of course the team hopes the former first-round pick can ascend to the No. 1 receiver role but that remains to be seen. Egbuka doesn’t separate from man coverage enough for that to happen at this stage of his career.

As for McMillan and Hurst, right now they are ideal No. 3-type receivers who can flourish when not double-covered and not drawing a top cover cornerback. Out of the two my guess would be the Hurst has the most upside as McMillan’s three years in Tampa Bay have been plagued with injuries. McMillan has played in 18 games with the Bucs while also missing 18 in his young career.

Why Is The Offensive Line’s Pass Protection So Hit And Miss?

Pewter Report’s Josh Queipo has watched quite a bit of film on the offensive line through the first two games and while left tackle Tristan Wirfs was a bit rough in Cincinnati, he settled down and looked like a Pro Bowler in Week 2 versus Cleveland. Meanwhile right tackle Luke Goedeke and center Graham Barton have been rock solid outside of Barton’s two holding calls versus the Browns.

That leaves the two guards – Ben Bredeson and Cody Mauch as the culprits up front, especially in pass protection. Bredeson has given up a team-high two sacks and five pressures through the first two games of the season, while Mauch has surrendered a team-high eight pressures so far. Keep in mind that Mauch allowed just 17 pressures all season in 2024. He’s on pace to allow 68 this year, which is ridiculous.

Simple T-E stunts with tackles crashing and ends looping have given the guards fits in terms of picking up the twists on passing plays for some reason. This is an offensive line that played really well together in 2024 then missed Mauch for most of last year and Bredeson for some of the 2025 season due to injuries. Yet it looks like it’s playing together for the first time at times during the first two weeks.

It’s a real head-scratcher because Tampa Bay’s O-line has plenty of talent and experience. It’s just bad execution. Mauch is in a contract year and coming off missing all but two games in 2025. Is he feeling that pressure? And Bredeson is signed through 2027 but has just been bad through two weeks. He’s the obvious weak link on the line and must play better.

So far in 2026, Baker Mayfield has been sacked seven times and pressured 28 times, which is 40.3% of his dropbacks. Not all of those pressures and sacks are on the offensive line as Mayfield has held on to the ball too long on occasion. Now the O-line will face its biggest test of the year in Brian Flores’ blitz-happy scheme. This unit could really rise or fall on Sunday versus the Vikings.

FAB 2. Bucs Running Game

Is Zac Robinson Going To Run Bucky Irving Into The Ground?

The good news is that Tampa Bay’s game ground looks better than it does from a year ago. Bucky Irving looks like did during his rookie year when he was rushing for over yards per carry. Through two games Irving has run for 134 yards and a touchdown while averaging 5.4 yards per carry. Against the Browns in Week 2 he ripped off a 38-yard dash which was longer than any carry he had last year.

The potential bad news is that through two games he’s already had 25 carries and 11 catches. On Sunday he logged 17 carries and four catches against the Browns after having just eight carries and seven catches versus the Browns. That means that Irving has already been tackled 36 times so far in 2026.

At this pace he’s projected to receive 306 touches this year – 213 carries and 93 receptions. That’s 52 more touches than he received during 2024 when he totaled 254 touches (207 rushes and 47 receptions) in 17 games. That’s 52 more times that Irving, who weighs less than 200 pounds, would be tackled this year as opposed to 2024.

Yet Irving isn’t being used as much has he was last year under Josh Grizzard, which is a good thing. Irving totaled 71 carries in the first four games of the 2025 season before suffering foot and shoulder injuries versus Philadelphia in Week 4. It took Irving nine games to total that many carries in 2024 when he was splitting carries with Raachad White as a rookie. The difference? An over-worked Irving averaged just 3.4 yards per carry and got injured last year whereas Irving split carries and produced more – a 5.4-yard average – with less carries in 2024.

“You know, sometimes if you catch a hot hand and he ends up with 22 carries and you win the football game, then you don’t think twice about it,” Robinson said when asked if Irving is on a pitch count. “We do want to be mindful of that, knowing that we’re going to need ‘Buck’ for the long haul. [It’s] still early on in the season here, still guys getting their breath and getting used to game shape and all those things that come with it. It is something we monitor, but again, there might be games where, shoot, we just need it, and he’s running well and we just keep rolling with him.”

Against a heavy-blitz team like Minnesota, Robinson may need to lean on another big day from Irving, who ran for 89 yards last week, to help keep the Bucs out of third-and-long or predictable passing situations.

Where Is Kenny Gainwell And Sean Tucker?

The Bucs raised plenty of eyebrows when the they signed Kenny Gainwell to a two-year, $14 million deal in the offseason while letting Rachaad White walk in free agency. Head coach Todd Bowles declared that Gainwell was not going to be a backup running back, stating that he was going to be 1B to Bucky Irving being 1A.

Yet through two games, Gainwell has had a minimal impact on a minimal amount of touches. While Irving has touched the ball 36 times on offense, Gainwell has only recorded seven carries for 25 yards and caught four passes for eight yards. Despite a bunch of hype in the offseason and during training camp from the coaching staff and personnel staff, Gainwell has been such a non-factor on offense through two games that the Bucs had him returning kickoffs ahead of Sean Tucker against Cleveland – just to help justify the $7 million per year investment that they made in him.

Speaking of Tucker, he did start the season with a hamstring injury and missed the first game of the season, but didn’t touch the ball last week versus the Browns. Offensive coordinator Zac Robinson was asked on Thursday about Gainwell’s usage and Tucker’s inactivity to start the season.

“I think with the flow of the game and knowing that it is a long season…You know, we have two, really three, four [running] backs when you include Josh Williams, too, that we feel good about,” Robinson said.

The Bucs are desperate for a win right now after a shocking 0-2 start. Look for Robinson to ride Irving until that happens and then mix in Gainwell and Tucker for some fresh legs and help Irving’s longevity throughout the season.

Is The Wide Zone Run Scheme Working?

Yes, although the Bucs offensive line hasn’t perfected it quite yet. Zac Robinson ran quite a bit of wide zone in Atlanta with Falcons running back Bijan Robinson. Tampa Bay doesn’t have an elite running back like Robinson, but it does have an athletic offensive line capable of pulling off the wide zone blocking scheme.

The Bucs relied too much on their gap and duo run schemes last year. While Tampa Bay’s offensive line excels on those type of man-based power runs, it became too predictable with former offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard at the helm. However, given the injuries at the guard positions last year, Dan Feeney, Mike Jordan, Elijah Klein and Luke Haggard didn’t have the athleticism to pull off wide zone any ways, so Grizzard’s hands were a bit tied.

Having diversity in Tampa Bay’s ground game is key, and the wide zone scheme is a nice change-up. However, it would be nice to see Robinson run more counter and pin-and-pull plays like Liam Coen did in 2024 which added even more versatility to the Bucs run game.

FAB 3. Bucs Defensive Front

Where Is Tampa Bay’s Pass Rush?

The biggest disappointment during the Bucs’ 0-2 start may be the lack of pressure up front from a rebuilt defensive line. The Bucs drafted edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr. in the first round and added Al-Quadin Muhammad in free agency, as well as welcoming David Walker back from injured reserve after missing his rookie season.

At defensive tackle Tampa Bay signed A’Shawn Robinson and Rakeem Nunez-Roches in free agency and drafted DeMonte Capehart. Throw in a healthy Calijah Kancey, Yaya Diaby in a contract year and Vita Vea fresh off a contract extension and this revamped unit was supposed to revitalize Tampa Bay’s pass rush.

That has yet to happen. Bain has been a huge disappointment so far, notching just two pressures and one tackle through two games. But he’s not the only one. A year after recording only 37 sacks, the Bucs have begun the 2026 campaign with just three in the first two games. Walker and Robinson have recorded the only sacks up front with inside linebacker Josiah Trotter notching the other one, which came at Cincinnati versus Joe Burrow, who was the least-pressured quarterback in Week 1.

Todd Bowles has blitzed 48.6% of the time, which is the third-highest blitz rate in the NFL through two weeks, and has little to show for it. Burrow completed 71.4% of his passes in Week 1 and Deshaun Watson completed 80% of his passes in Week 2. Pressures aren’t official NFL statistics and vary from different analytic sites. Pro Football Focus has the Bucs with 28 pressures with seven QB hits, but a good deal of those pressures came on passes that were still completed for a positive gain.

Quarterbacks have been getting rid of the ball at an average of just 2.5 seconds, which makes it difficult for the defensive linemen to get to the QB. What compounds this issue is the soft cushion Bowles’ defensive backs and linebackers give off the line of scrimmage. Too many free releases without jamming, pressing or re-routing receivers and tight ends during the first five yards where contact is allowed has made for easy pitch-and-catch opportunities for opposing offenses.

Throw in plenty of missed tackles at the catch point, and Tampa Bay’s pass rush and pass coverage has been disjointed and given up way too many first downs. The defensive line must work better as a unit to collapse the pocket moving forward.

What Happened To Rueben Bain Jr.?

After plenty of offseason hype due to some viral videos from practice and a few dominant-looking reps in the preseason, Rueben Bain Jr. has been nearly invisible during the first two games of his rookie season. In hindsight, playing just six snaps in the preseason had Bain ill-prepared for Week 1 as he was dominated by Bengals right tackle Amarius Mims all game long. Bain had one tackle and didn’t log a single pressure.

It wasn’t much better in Week 2 where he notched a pair of quarterback pressures, but no other statistic against the Browns. Now there are whispers around the league that Bain could be a bust, but it’s way too early to bury a guy after just two games.

Perhaps he’s struggling with an AC sprain in his shoulder that occurred in joint practices in Jacksonville. Now Bain missed practice this week with a groin injury that will likely keep him out of action against the Vikings. Sitting down for a week, getting healthier and regrouping might be the best strategy for the Bucs rookie right now. Tampa Bay is deep at outside linebacker and the team will need Bain for the long haul.

Who’s The Biggest Disappointment Among Veterans?

This is a toss-up. Outside linebacker Yaya Diaby has four quarterback pressures and four tackles in two games. He’s a four-year veteran in a contract year and more is expected from him. So far it doesn’t look like Diaby’s pass rush has improved from a year ago. He complained that he felt like he was out there rushing by himself. This year he has plenty of new faces and the D-line is relatively healthy outside of Rueben Bain Jr.’s sudden groin injury. There are no more excuses for Diaby.

Calijah Kancey leads the team with seven pressures, but those have been the quietest pressures on Earth. Through two games the undersized defensive tackle has just one tackle and has not made much of an impact at all. The team picked up the fifth-year option on the former first-round pick, but there is no way Tampa Bay could justify keeping him next season at $14.475 million if he play does not improve – dramatically.

The best thing Kancey has done so far is to stay healthy. He is far from being the game-wrecker the Bucs envisioned he would be up front with his quickness and agility.

Yet the biggest disappointment so far has been nose tackle Vita Vea, who looks very ordinary at age 31 through the first two weeks of the season. That’s a huge problem because the Bucs just gave Vea a very extraordinary contract extension through 2027 that pays Vea an average of $27 million per year. Through two games Vea has one pressure and two tackles, which is pitiful production from a player who has been described as a game-wrecker.

Vea, who held out of training camp practices over a contract dispute, looks like a guy who watched camp rather than participate in it. Defensive linemen can slow down in their early 30s, and the Bucs knew this, which is why they opted to just sign him to a one-year extension. Yet that 2027 season is fully guaranteed, so if Vea is already cooked by the time he turns 32 next offseason there is no escape route for the Bucs until he becomes a free agent in 2028.

Vea needs to turn it on and play better immediately. Tampa Bay held all the leverage in hindsight and should have made Vea play out his contract year. Signing him to this early extension is already a clear mistake.

Is There A Bright Spot Up Front?

Possibly. David Walker, who was the training camp darling on defense with multiple pressures in practice and a sack each day, has flashed early. He played nine snaps on defense in Week 2 and recorded his first NFL sack on third down in the first half. With Rueben Bain Jr. expected to miss the Vikings game, Walker will get more snaps, which will only aid his rapid development.

The Bucs raised some eyebrows when they signed 31-year old defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson to a one-year, $10 million contract this offseason. Tampa Bay wanted a more nasty edge up front and Robinson has brought that to the table. He’s also been a pleasant surprise in terms of production. Through two games Robinson has the second-highest Pro Football Focus grade on Tampa Bay’s defense with a 77.5 grade, behind only Josiah Trotter’s 81.9.

Robinson has notched 10 tackles, two pressures and a sack so far. And he’s provided good leadership up front and to the defense as a whole despite not having a C on his chest.

FAB 4. Bucs In Coverage

Is The Cornerback Position The Biggest Surprise So Far?

Yes, without a doubt. Most observers saw two second-year players in Jacob Parrish and Benjamin Morrison and a rookie in Keionte Scott and pegged the cornerback position as the weak link on Todd Bowles defense this year. Throw in Zyon McCollum, who had a disappointing season last year, and the knock was a lack of experience and quality depth at cornerback.

But the cornerbacks have played exceptionally well, especially Morrison, who filled in for Parrish after he hurt his back in the first half of the season opener. We’ll see how this unit fares against Justin Jefferson and Matthew Golden over the next two weeks, but so far so good at cornerback for Tampa Bay. This unit, which has Ayden Garnes as a reserve, has exceeded expectations.

Why Is Alex Anzalone Playing So Bad, And Can He Rebound?

The worst free agent signing so far has been the player that the team can least afford to be a bust: inside linebacker Alex Anzalone. The veteran inside linebacker was expected to be a huge upgrade over Lavonte David, whose game had been declining over the last year at age 35. Yet Anzalone, who just turned 32, has been even worse than David was at his worst in 2025.

Anzalone, who was named a team captain and wears the green dot, has been misaligned at times, failed at coverage, which was supposed to be his strength, and missed four key tackles, including one that gave up a 55-yard touchdown to Denzel Boston and took out safeties Antoine Winfield Jr. and Tykee Smith on the play. Breiden Fehoko picks on Rueben Bain Jr. in the video clip below, but the real culprit on this successful QB keeper by Deshaun Watson is Anzalone, who takes an absolutely terrible angle on the play.

Can Anzalone play better? That remains to be seen, but if he doesn’t, he will hold Todd Bowles’ defense back until he’s replaced in the starting lineup by either SirVocea Dennis or Christian Rozeboom. Yikes.

Is Josiah Trotter The Best Player On Defense?

Yes – easily. The only thing holding this talented rookie back is a shoulder injury, which might cause him to miss this week’s game against Minnesota. Next question.

Why Aren’t The Safeties Making Plays?

Great question. Despite cashing in on a new deal averaging $21 million per year after a sensational 2023 season, Antoine Winfield Jr. has been ordinary and average over the last three years, including his underwhelming start to 2026. Winfield has 13 tackles and has yet to make a splash play this season, which is disappointing. He’s been outplayed so far by fellow safety Tykee Smith, who has nine tackles, three tackles for loss and a pass breakup.

There are far worse problems on Todd Bowles’ defense than the safeties. Yet if Winfield could return to form as the game-wrecker he was paid to be that would be ideal. And the Bucs would surely welcome a game-changing takeaway or two from Smith as well.

FAB 5. Coaching

Has Zac Robinson’s Play-Calling Been A Disappointment?

If Baker Mayfield connects on one or two of his deep shot incompletions in Sunday’s loss to Cleveland the Bucs might be 1-1 and Zac Robinson’s offense might not get as much criticism as it’s getting right now. The criticism, of course, is too many screen passes and swing passes either at or behind the line of scrimmage. There have been 23 such throws out of 62 total pass attempts, which is 37.1%.

Those completions have resulted in just 122 yards, which is not great and has the Bucs near the bottom of the league in yards per pass attempt at 6.4 yards.

I’m going to give Robinson more than two games before saying his play-calling has been disappointing. Tampa Bay has been very good on third downs with a 46.2% conversion percentage, which ranks ninth in the league. The problem has been in the red zone where the Bucs rank 28th with a 37.5% touchdown efficiency percentage.

Simply put, a few more Chase McLaughlin extra points instead of field goals and Tampa Bay is 2-0 because Robinson’s offense is good enough, especially running the ball where Tampa Bay is averaging 113 yards per game.

What’s The Biggest Issue With Todd Bowles Defense?

Do you have all day? In a nutshell, it’s miscommunications and coverage busts like it has been in years past, but now there are also some costly misalignments at the snap without Lavonte David at the helm. David knew Todd Bowles’ defense like the back of his hand whereas Alex Anzalone looks lost at times wearing the green dot.

Throw in an ineffective pass rush up front and soft zone coverage with plenty of cushion and free releases, and it’s no wonder the Bucs are one of the worst teams on third down, allowing a 48.2% conversion rate. Bowles’ play-calling has been suspect at times, and his players have let him down with missed tackles galore through the first two games.

The defense does not look well-coached at all, especially when a seven-year veteran and team captain like Antoine Winfield Jr. is leaving the tight end wide open in man coverage in Cover Zero to score the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Whether Bowles’ defense is too complex or he and his coaches fail to communicate the assignments to the players, Tampa Bay’s defense looks as bad as it did last year in just about every facet except for better coverage from the cornerbacks so far and a better job stopping the run.

How Is Danny Smith’s Special Teams Doing?

Well, the Bucs special teams aren’t costing the team losses like last year. New coordinator Danny Smith has the coverage units playing competently and we haven’t seen any blocked punts, field goals or extra points by the opponent yet. So that’s a good sign. Punter Riley Dixon hasn’t been as helter skelter as he was a year ago and Chase McLaughlin has been the Bucs’ best player through two games. McLaughlin has made all six of his field goals, including a 59-yarder, and all four of his extra points.

Now if the Bucs could only get their return game to be weaponized and maybe block a field goal or a punt for a change…

Are The Bucs Heading For Yet Another 3-Game Losing Streak?

It’s quite possible, and a three-game losing streak has been a staple under Todd Bowles. A loss to Minnesota on Sunday would give the Bucs a dubious 0-3 start, where historically, making the playoffs becomes nearly impossible.

It’s astonishing that in all four years of the Bowles era, this team has lost three games in a row at some point. Those losing streaks have taken what could have been good years – 2022 and 2025 – and made them bad 8-9 seasons. And it’s taken what could have been great years – 2023 and 2024 – and made them just good seasons with 9-8 and 10-7 records.

Should the Bucs start 0-3 it’s going to take a Herculean effort Bowles and this team to course-correct and eventually win the division. What’s more likely is the Buccaneers have another losing record and miss the playoffs, which finally prompts the Glazers to see the light at that point and fire Bowles after back-to-back losing seasons.

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