{"id":319597,"date":"2026-06-25T17:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319597\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:20:15","slug":"former-bucs-hc-bruce-arians-has-bold-record-prediction-for-tampa-bay-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319597\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bucs HC Bruce Arians has bold record prediction for Tampa Bay in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">Bruce Arians is one of the most respected and beloved head coaches in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">He was at the helm in 2020, when the Bucs won their second Super Bowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">He is responsible for a complete culture change and helped lay the foundation for the winning organization that Tampa Bay has become in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">Arians is no longer roaming the Bucs sidelines, but he\u2019s still keeping a close eye on the team, and he\u2019s got high expectations for the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Arians thinks the Buccaneers are a playoff contender\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/WyBNJaAhSLg?t=2600&amp;si=mmNNfZZK56NHJ62e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In an appearance on the Pewter Report Podcast<\/a>, Arians talked about all things Bucs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">He touched on Baker Mayfield and Vita Vea\u2019s contract situations, the team\u2019s offseason roster additions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thepewterplank.com\/zac-robinson-is-already-bringing-one-major-change-to-buccaneers-offense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new offensive coordinator Zac Robinson.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">\u00a0A listener asked Arians to predict how the team would fare in terms of win total 2026, and he didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">\u201cI\u2019m saying over 10 [wins],\u201d said Arians. \u201cIf we stay healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">That\u2019s an important caveat. When healthy, the Bucs quietly boast one of the NFL\u2019s best rosters. If they weren\u2019t so decimated by injuries last season, they likely would\u2019ve surpassed 10 wins and cruised to another NFC South title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">If they have better fortune with the injury bug in 2026, Arians expects to see the Bucs return to the postseason. It\u2019s a pivotal year for the franchise, with Arians\u2019 hand-picked successor Todd Bowles on the hot seat, and a handful of key players including Mayfield entering contract years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">Whether or not Arians\u2019 prediction comes true will determine whether the organization goes all-in on this iteration of the team, or if they push the reset button and lay the foundation for a new era of Bucs football.!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow thepewterplank.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thepewterplank.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce Arians is one of the most respected and beloved head coaches in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history.\u00a0 He&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-319597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319597","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=319597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}