Not everyone is riding the Buccaneers’ bandwagon, though it is almost a standing-room only ride.
FS1 blubberer Colin Cowherd isn’t doing jumping jacks for Tampa Bay. He’s not down on the Bucs; he just thinks at least a dozen teams are better.
In what Cowherd called his final rankings segment before opening day, he declared his top-10 teams as follows in the graphic:
Then Cowherd explained the Chargers and Bengals round out his top-12. He didn’t go any further.
For those doing the NFC math, Cowherd believes six teams are better than the Bucs. And four of those are on Tampa Bay’s 2025 schedule. Only seven teams make the playoffs from the conference.
The Bucs’ Week 5 game at Seattle is one Joe knows a lot of fans are chalking up as a certain “W.” Joe would wave a caution flag.
The Bucs have the Eagles at home in Week 4. Hopefully, the Bucs don’t emerge from that game battered and desperate for a road win 3,100 miles away. That’s a bad combination.