GameDay Tampa Bay
August 22nd, 2026

Preseason Game 2

Chiefs at Bucs

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.

TV: WFLA-TV Channel 8 with Chucky, Rondé Barber and Jeff Dubrof.

Rebroadcast: WTTA-TV Channel 38 will rebroadcast the game Sunday at 10 a.m. NFL Network will rebroadcast the game Sunday at noon. and Tuesday at 3:30 a.m.

Streaming: Buccaneers.com, Bucs official app and NFL+. (Geographic restrictions apply. Subscription may be required).

Radio: Buccaneers Radio Network WXTB-FM 97.9 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region (Transmisiones de radio en español en WTMP-FM 96.1 y WMGG-AM 1470 en Tampa). Both English and Spanish radio broadcasts of Bucs games can be accessed via the Bucs official app. Additional stations throughout Florida on the Buccaneers Radio Network can be found here. The game will also be broadcast on SiriusXM Channel 225 (Buccaneers Radio Network feed).

Weather: Good beer drinkin’ weather! It’s Florida and it’s August. So ice up, son! Pack the beers, sunscreen and rain ponchos. Tailgating starts under sunny skies in the low 90s. That will soon change. By 5 p.n., here come the thunderstorms. By the time you get into The Licht House, rain chances will be 36 percent, per AccuWeather.com. Temperature at kickoff should be 88 degrees with a slight wind out of the west-southwest. At halftime, it ought to be 83 and by the time the game is over with, 82 degrees.

Odds: Per Hard Rock Bet, as of midnight, Bucs -4.5 (-115); over/under 37.5.

Outlook: Per KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles, most of the starters will play tonight but there are a few, dealing with injuries, that may not. Vita Vea is not expected to play any worthless preseason ball. Here is what Joe wants to see tonight: Rookie receiver Ted Hurst is really starting to tear up the Bucs defense. In practice. Joe would like to see that under the lights. Same with David Walker on defense. For the first couple of weeks of training camp, he lived in the Bucs’ backfield. Aside from one pass rush last week, the only way you knew he was on  the field was when Chucky and Ronde Barber, later in the week, called him out for loafing (as did Joe). Also tonight, Bucs fans should get their first sighting of first-round pick Rueben Bain. Dude is a beast. But remember who Bain is playing for. So many players in the front-seven are lassoed by their defensive coordinator, so if you don’t see Bain destroy anyone, remember who he is playing for. On defense, Joe is going to be laser-focused on the corners. That position for the Bucs is damn near criminally thin. Can anyone step up? Can Benjamin Morrison play an entire series and not fall apart? Honestly, there is only one position on the Bucs’ roster that keeps him up at night and that’s corner.