{"id":271078,"date":"2026-05-14T16:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271078\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:46:20","slug":"bucs-to-appear-in-a-big-national-spotlight-in-first-leak-ahead-of-2026-nfl-schedule-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271078\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs to appear in a big national spotlight in first leak ahead of 2026 NFL schedule release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears as though Tampa Bay will have the eyes of the nation on them mid-season when they head up to the Windy City. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/USATSI_15040496-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280 size-1280 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  data-hero=\"atoz-hero\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOct 8, 2020; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers nose tackle Vita Vea (50) sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles (9) during the third quarter at Soldier Field.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Dinovo-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, like the rest of the league, will have their 2026 NFL schedules released to the public by the league on Thursday night.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, for those looking for some early nuggets, the Bucs finally had one slip through the cracks in advance of the reveal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to WFLA Sports reporter Aileen Hnatiuk, the Bucs will be on Sunday Night Football in Week 9 against the Chicago Bears. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Bucs<\/a> will be visiting the Chicago Bears on November 8th for Sunday Night Football in Week 9, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aileen Hnatiuk (@AileenHnatiuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AileenHnatiuk\/status\/2054736624966144391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to put the game on primetime is a logical one.  Baker Mayfield vs. the resurgent Bears and Caleb Williams should draw some eyeballs and be an entertaining matchup. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the Bucs, they might have dodged a little bit of a weather bullet in the process with this placement. Sunday, November 8, is basically the midpoint of the season. And while it should be somewhat cold in Chicago that night, it\u2019s at least not mid-to-late-December cold that it could have been, when the temperatures could hit true brutal Chicago winter marks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll find out the rest of the Bucs\u2019 schedule tonight at 8:00 pm ET, when the full schedule will be revealed on the NFL Network and ESPN2. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/USATSI_28330328-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"query-card-horizontal__category is-style-eyebrow\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-news\/bucs-gm-jason-licht-reveals-personal-mistake-that-has-fueled-teams-secrecy-on-his-watch-eagles-release-of-jeremiah-trotter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBucs GM Jason Licht reveals personal mistake that has fueled team\u2019s secrecy on his watch\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-body-small\">Licht was a part of a tough-look situation in Philadelphia that helped mold his current philosophy on maintaining sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears as though Tampa Bay will have the eyes of the nation on them mid-season when they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[115787,26337,116179,135,2964,2989,137,136],"class_list":["post-271078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-2026-nfl-schedule-release","tag-nfl-news","tag-nfl-schedule-release","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271078","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=271078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}