It seems that people finally start to come to the idea that the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay are a fairly good football team in 2025.
After consecutive division titles and appearances in qualifying series under Baker Mayfield, and after having maintained most of the list together, adding Haason Reddick in a free agency and having another solid trait, the BUCs are in business.
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Now we are not saying that they will be in conflict of the Super Bowl, but what about affirmations in the NFC?
Tyler Sullivan de CBS Sports, in his latest NFC classification, has the Bucs at No. 6, with the very beneficial Bay Packers (5) and Los Angeles Rams (4) in front of them.
“For a minute, it was that Tampa Bay was going to lose Chris Godwin, but it found a way to keep the star receiver with the second Lavonte David”, ” Sullivan wrote. “I loved the addition of Emeka Egbuka in the first round, giving Baker Mayfield another great power reception weapon. He also managed to approach the secondary of day 2 with the Benjamin Morrison corner of Our Lady and the Kansas State Corner Jacob Parrish.
The quarter of the commanders of Washington Jayden Daniels (5) greets the quarter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers Baker Mayfield (6). © Kim Klement NEITZEL-IMAGN
The Buccaneers will welcome praise to be a favorite in the NFC South, but it is the bare minimum for the Todd Bowles team.
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Having won an eliminatory match, then pushed the Strait Lions at the edge in 2023, and then followed this with a performance of one and did last season with a defeat against the Washington commanders, the accent is not on the regular season for Tampa Bay, but the playoffs.
And it is a big jump for a franchise that is not often mentioned in this way.
So, maybe the 2025 season is when we see the Buccaneers taking the next step in their evolution with Mayfield, and expectations will increase. Winning the division year after year is good, but players and fans want super bowls.
Bucs are not yet there, but they have a list capable of returning each team in nervous football, and it’s a good trait to have.
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