More schedule news!
JoeBucsFan.com has learned the Bucs, [after heading to Atlanta for a Week 1 game](https://www.joebucsfan.com/2025/05/buccaneers-will-open-the-season-at-atlanta/), Tampa Bay will fly to Houston to face C.J. Stroud and the Texans on _Monday Night Football._
That’s right — back-to-back road games to kick off the 2025 season.
And what is the Bucs’ prize for that challenge? It’s a Week 3 home opener, Sunday, Sept. 21, against the Jets at The Licht House. That early Week 3 schedule reveal comes courtesy of the _New York Post._
Joe does not have times for these games. The official NFL schedule release is tonight at 8 p.m.
The Tampa Bay Rays have a home game against the Red Sox on Sept. 21 at Steinbrenner Field across the street from The Licht House. And the Rays use part of the Bucs’ parking lot. Does that mean a _Sunday Night Football_ game?