Buccaneers place left tackle Tristan Wirfs and slot receiver Chris Godwin on the PUP list to begin 2025 training camp

The optimism for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Super Bowl hopes rests on the re-signing of two players. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had themselves a good offseason with free agency, the draft and the ability to re-sign a host of their own players, general manager Jason Licht has gotten it done.

One was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and they did so in Detroit. There was another 15-2 team in the NFL last season. The Kansas City Chiefs won 15 of their first 16 games, but in one of those 15 wins the Buccaneers took them to overtime at Arrowhead Stadium.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said wide receiver Chris Godwin Jr. remains in high spirits amid his ankle injury.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on an incredible run over the past five seasons, with the franchise's second Super Bowl championship in 2020 and a record-tying

Many believed Shedeur Sanders would go in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft; however, the former Colorado quarterback slid all the way to the fifth round to the Cleveland Browns. Shedeur's older brother, Shilo, didn't hear his name called during the draft, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers decided to sign him as an undrafted free agent.

During a recent chat with Ira Kaufman of the JoeBucsFan website, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles was asked if there's a chance that Godwin could be cleared to play in Tampa Bay's regular-season opener at the division-rival Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 7.

We dive into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2025 NFL odds, review their offseason and preview their season from a betting perspective

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers received some bad news when they found out star left tackle Tristan Wirfs would be missing the season's debut, and potentially a decent chunk of time after that. Wirfs' inability to play will be leaving the Bucs with genuinely gigantic shoes to fill.