{"id":188684,"date":"2026-03-12T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:48:08","slug":"what-are-the-buccaneers-doing-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188684\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Buccaneers Doing? – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tWhat Are The Buccaneers Doing?
\nMarch 12th, 2026 <\/p>\n

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Decisions.<\/p>\n

Joe thinks if you gave Bucs coaches and suits a shot of truth serum, they would agree:<\/p>\n

The Bucs are a worse team right now, on the morning of March 12, 2026, than they were at noon Monday.<\/p>\n

Just a brief summation that doesn\u2019t include the backup quarterback swap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bucs lost:
* Hall of Fame receiver<\/a>.
* No. 1 cornerback<\/a>.
* Starting defensive lineman<\/a>, not great, but solid.<\/p>\n

Bucs gained:
* Veteran starting inside linebacker<\/a> with a great attitude and good coverage skills.
*Backup but very skilled running back<\/a> and special teams player.
* An OK yet versatile starting defensive lineman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, in the coming days, the Bucs may also lose a Hall of Fame linebacker to retirement and a backup running back (Rachaad White) who might be as good or better than the new one the Bucs signed.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Bucs shot their shot with beastly edge rusher Trey Hendrickson but failed to seal the deal<\/a>, likely in part because the Bucs are no longer a postseason threat.<\/p>\n

This has been as bad of a free agency start as \u201cthis Joe\u201d can remember. It\u2019s about who the Bucs lost without signing an impact player to replace them. So, no, Joe cannot say with a straight face after two days of legal tampering and a day of free agency the Bucs are a better team.<\/p>\n

But the defending NFC South champions sure got better.<\/p>\n

Ira Kaufman Addresses All Layers Of The Mike Evans Departure (The Obvious & The Hidden), New Signings, Todd Bowles Bashing, And Much More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What Are The Buccaneers Doing? March 12th, 2026 Decisions. Joe thinks if you gave Bucs coaches and suits…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10998,10997,135,2964,137,136],"class_list":["post-188684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bucs-message-boards","tag-bucs-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}