CBS: Bucs May Challenge The Eagles
March 26th, 2025
“Tenth in the NFC?”
The Bucs have been to the playoffs five straight seasons. That’s four consecutive NFC South titles after winning a Super Bowl.
Additionally, the Bucs are 6-1 against the reigning Super Bowl champs in their last seven meetings. And the Bucs are one of the few teams that can stop the dreaded Philly tush-push.
Yet the Bucs are down the totem pole of teams that may challenge the Eagles as kings of the NFC? Well, that is the way Cody Benjamin of CBS sees it. Benjamin works for the same outfit that thinks the Bucs are the 10th-best team in the NFC, behind the hemorrhaging-talent 49ers and the bungling Bears.
Can you imagine?
Benjamin ranked teams that can beat the Eagles in tiers and put the Bucs in the second tier he calls “honorable mention.”
… Maybe it’s time we start giving Baker Mayfield some legitimate respect, now that he’s thrown a combined 69 (!) touchdowns in two seasons with the Bucs. Yes, he’s also gutsy in a dangerous way, with 26 picks over that same span. But he elevated an injury-riddled lineup in 2024, and if Chris Godwin can stay on the field this time, maybe they can steal the NFC South yet again.
Yeah, sure, why not? A four-peat NFC South winner with an NFL record-setting offense that won 10 games returns everyone on that side of the ball and added a stud pass rusher — yeah, maybe the Bucs could “steal” the division.
Man, if the Giants or Commandos pulled off what the Bucs have done this decade, we’d never hear the end of it.
The Bucs? Yick! They’re from Florida. In the NASCAR division. Ew, it’s humid.
(Joe has never heard people whine about humidity like folks from the northeast. Not only is it good for the skin, it’s good beer-drinkin’ weather!)