“Tampa’s, It’s Over”
October 6th, 2026
Peter King.
The Buccaneers’ season is over, declared a titan of NFL media, a guy who used to get all kinds of special access at One Buc Palace, including while Todd Bowles was there.
Like most accomplished media types, Peter King retired from his long career with Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports (among others) but couldn’t stop bloviating about the NFL on a big stage.
King is a weekly analyst on the popular Let’s Go! podcast with Matt Stafford, Drew Brees and Jim Gray. (Joe listens on SiriusXM.) It was there, on Monday, when King declared the Bucs are toast. “Tampa’s [season,] it’s over.”
Interestingly, King talked about how he doesn’t think the Texans are cooked at 0-4, and he had thoughts about how the 0-4 Chargers could proceed in a lost season. But the Bucs? “Over.”
It’s possible King is feeling good about the Bucs’ struggles under Bowles. It was King who picked the Bucs to win two games in 2023, and he wasn’t happy with the response he got from Tampa Bay faithful. Of course, the Bucs won 9 games and a playoff game that season, which made King look bad.