{"id":401497,"date":"2026-09-16T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401497\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:28:53","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-news-bucs-face-must-win-vs-browns-in-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401497\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers news: Bucs face must-win vs. Browns in Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are getting ready for their home opener as they take on the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Both the Browns and the Bucs are looking for their first win of the season after losing on the road to start the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Bucs Nation, how do you feel about the Buccaneers\u2019 chances against the Browns this weekend? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Buccaneers news<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving is a huge part of the team\u2019s offense. His eight carries for 45 yards and a touchdown, coupled with seven catches for 48 yards, made him the team\u2019s leader in all-purpose yards for the game. It\u2019s a sign of what\u2019s to come for the third-year pro this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Buccaneers showed a bit of how they plan to operate throughout the season by how they lined up in their Week 1 contest against the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Browns are having to make some changes to their roster after Week 1, including moving running back Dylan Sampson to injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Browns appear to be sticking with Deshaun Watson as their starting quarterback against the Buccaneers, despite struggling in the team\u2019s season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are getting ready for their home opener as they take on the Cleveland Browns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,2989,137,136],"class_list":["post-401497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","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\/401497","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=401497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}