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NFL releases preseason schedule.
Oh boy, time to make sure when your summer ends. The preseason schedule is set! Preseason schedule is set! We are somebody now!
Yes, the Joe typing here is crossing his fingers that when the NFL does go to an 18-game schedule, NFL chieftain Roger Goodell finally banishes NFL preseason games to the dustbin of history where they belong. Like yesterday.
The only thing those things are good for are injuries, right Jalen McMillan? Oh, and shortening veterans’ careers. The NFL brainwashing machine will have you believe without preseason games, the very foundation of the NFL will crumble before our eyes.
It’s. Just. Not. True.
Absolute, utter nonsense. Or as the Brits would say, “Rubbish!” Yet the NFL is the lone level of football that forces this tripe upon innocent Americans. How does college and high school football survive without preseason games?
(Yes, Joe knows in \*some\* states there are jamborees where teams will play two or three quarters of football before the regular season. This is not the case in all states, and yet football somehow survives. To this very day, even.)
Anyway, the NFL sent out an email yesterday touting the official preseason schedule. Here are the Bucs’ worthless preseason game dates and times:
Bucs at Jets, Friday, Aug. 14 Chiefs at Bucs, Saturday, Aug. 22
Bucs at Jags, Friday, Aug. 28
Set your calendars now!
Three days after the Tampa Bay Amazon Warehouse Workers tangle with the Jacksonville Short Order Cooks, is Cutdown Day where teams have to whittle their rosters down to 53 men by 4 p.m.
Oh, and for those victims of the NFL marketing machine who still believe a team cannot function without preseason games, Joe has an honest question for you:
How the hell did the Bucs ever win the Super Bowl for the 2020 season without one snap of preseason football?