The Bucs’ schedule seemingly has 75 percent of everyone who truly knows the team drooling with delight.
Take 2023 & 2024 Bucs running back Chase Edmonds. He wants to keep playing after missing last season with a unique knee issue, but he’s also jumping into media, even co-hosting _Good Morning Football_ recently.
Edmonds sat down for [The Sick Podcast — Pirate Parlay](https://thesickpodcast.com/podcast/pirate-parlay-tampa-bay-buccaneers/) and shared how bullish he is in the Bucs for the 2024 season.
“Twelve wins,” Edmonds said. “Maybe they lose at Houston on the road Monday night. Ok. Maybe they lose to Philly. Maybe they’re 2-2. And maybe they lose at the Lions. … Week 13 to 18, again, if they play their right ball, they can literally go 6-0. … I don’t see how they can’t win 12 games.”
Edmonds went on to explain how he thinks only the Lions and Philadelphia are teams better than Tampa Bay in the NFC.
Joe could agree with the notion that the Bucs are the third-best team in the NFC, though it’s hard in May to think they’re better than Washington.
History (not spin) says the third-best team in the NFC finishes with 12 wins. Still, it’s tough now for Joe to see the Bucs as a 12-win team.
There’s so much unknown with new playcaller Josh Grizzard and Joe does get stuck on the Bucs trailing 19-13 last season in the fourth quarter of a Week 18 game against the half-tanking Saints. It was a must-win at home. How did the Bucs let that happen?