{"id":431283,"date":"2026-10-18T14:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431283\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:42:21","slug":"gameday-tampa-bay-joebucsfan-com-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431283\/","title":{"rendered":"GameDay Tampa Bay &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224367 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/steelers-chick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Game 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Steelers at Bucs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kickoff: 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Andrew Catalon, Logan Ryan and AJ Ross.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Streaming: Paramount+, NFL+. (Geographic restrictions may apply; subscription may be required).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Radio: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buccaneers.com\/fans\/listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Buccaneers Radio Network<\/a> WXTB-FM 97.9 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region with Tony Castricone, Dave Moore and Jay Recher. (Transmisiones de radio en espa\u00f1ol en WTMP-FM 96.1 y WMGG-AM 1470 en Tampa, con Santiago Gram\u00e1tica y Martin Gram\u00e1tica.). Additional stations throughout Florida carrying the game on the Buccaneers Radio Network can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buccaneers.com\/fans\/listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">be found here<\/a>. The game will also be broadcast on SiriusXM Channel 195 (Buccaneers Radio Network feed).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Weather: Fall has arrived in Tampa Bay this weekend, but is the arrival maybe three days too early for the Bucs? Drama queen Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is notorious for gagging in warm-weather games, especially in Tampa. But the kickoff temperature will be in the 70s. Not exactly hot, especially for us Floridians. That\u2019s just about jacket weather. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/us\/tampa-international-airport-area\/33607\/hourly-weather-forecast\/3593069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AccuWeather.com<\/a>, tailgaters might need a jacket, with temperatures around 70. That will warm up to 77 at kickoff.\u00a0 Look for the temperature to push to 80 in the third quarter and begin to lower to 79 by the end of the game. All under partly cloudy skies. It is supposed to be breezy with a steady 13 mph wind out of the north-northeast so that might throw a curveball into KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles\u2019 favorite offensive weapon: The field goal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Odds: Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardrock.bet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hard Rock Bet<\/a>, as of midnight, Bucs +2.5 (-105); over\/under 39.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Referees: Land Clark and his gang will work today\u2019s game. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/betting\/nfl-referee-assignments-penalty-trends-betting-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sharp Football Analysis<\/a>, historically, Clark\u2019s outfit oversees low-scoring games with the edge going to road teams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Injuries: <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-409222 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/injury-report-1016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"351\"   \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Outlook: \u00a0On one hand, \u201cthis Joe\u201d really believes the Bucs can go on a run and win two or three of the four games. Then Joe looks at the standings and wonders how it is remotely logical for a 1-4 team to con itself it still has legit playoff aspirations. Ah, welcome to the NFC South landfill. But for the Bucs to get back in the thick of things \u2014 they\u2019re only out of first place by one game in the win column; the Stinking Panthers lead l with a 2-2- mark. For the Bucs to do this, they must find a way to beat the mighty Steelers today. Joe would have to consume about half the lukewarm Miller Lite sold in The Licht House to twist how a team still in the running for a playoff berth has a 1-5 record. If the Bucs lose today, the Bucs would have to go 7-4 the rest of the way just to get to 8-9. Joe is not confident they can pull that off. The Joe typing here thinks the Bucs could pull off a win today. Drama queen Aaron Rodgers has never played well in Tampa. And he has it in his head that there are turf monsters that reside on the field that come after his feet whenever he plays here. Rodgers has a 2-3 record in Tampa and traditionally doesn\u2019t excel in warm-weather cities. The only time the Packers offense scored more than 21 points with Rodgers barking signals was when Rodgers and Green Bay lost to Josh Freeman and the Bucs 38-28. To have hope for meaningful football in January, the Bucs must win. That\u2019s all you need to know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fun facts: KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles has never beaten an AFC North team as Bucs coach (0-7). \u2026 Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers had three touchdown passes and no picks in Week 5. He became the fourth quarterback in NFL history with 90 games of at least three touchdown passes. He and Kirk Cousins are the only quarterbacks this season to throw three touchdown passes in three straight games. \u2026 RB Jaylen Warren had a career-high 188 scrimmage yards (101 rushing, career-high 87 receiving yards) and two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) last week. Warren became the the sixth player in NFL history and first in 40 years with an 80-yard touchdown catch and a 50-yard touchdown run. Looks for his 12 straight road game with at least 50 scrimmage yards. \u2026 WR DK Metcalf aims for his third straight game against the Bucs with six catches and 70 receiving yards. \u2026 TE Pat Freiermuth had his third career game with two touchdown catches last week. He is tied for first with most touchdown catches by a tight end this season (four). \u2026 OLB T.J. Watt aims for his third straight road game with a sack and his sixth straight road game with a tackle for loss. Watt, who the Bucs passed on to select O.J. Howard in the in the 2017 NFL draft, has 36 sacks and 39 tackles for loss in 38 games against NFC opponents. \u2026 LB Patrick Queen has five or more tackles in 4 of 5 games this season. \u2026 DT Cam Heyward had his first sack of the season last week. He now has 93 sacks in his career. In his last three games against the Bucs, Heyward has two sacks. Looks for his fourth-straight game against the Bucs with a tackle for loss. \u2026 CB Asante Samuel, Jr. had a career-high four passes defensed last week and is looking for his fifth-straight game with a pass defensed. Samuel leads the AFC with seven passes defensed in 2026. \u2026 Bucs QB Jalon Daniels completed 19 of 25 attempts (76 percent) for 189 yards and a touchdown in a win over Dallas in Week 5. Daniels is looking for his third touchdown pass in as many starts. \u2026 RB Bucky Irving led the Bucs with a career-high 165 rushing yards and a touchdown both on the ground and receiving in Week 5. Bucky had the best Week 5 of any back in the league. \u2026 WR Emeka Egbuka had his first career rushing touchdown against Dallas. \u2026 WR Chris Godwin has 631 receptions for 7,805 receiving yards and 41 touchdown catches in 125 career games. Godwin has six catches for 95 yards in his last game against Pittsburgh. \u2026 WR Tez Johnson had a career-high 64 receiving yards in the win over Dallas. \u2026 OLB David Walker has two sacks in his last three games. \u2026 LB Josiah Trotter totaled seven tackles and a tackle for loss in Week 5. Looks for his fifth game in a row with at least five tackles. Trotter ranks fourth among all rookies through five games with 39 tackles. \u2026 OLB YaYa Diaby had his first career pick in Week 5. \u2026 CB Jacob Parrish led the Bucs with 9 tackles and had a career-high four passes defended in Week 4 against the Packers. Parrish looks for his third game in a row with two passes defended and his fourth straight game with at least five tackles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Breaking down the primetime win with Rond\u00e9 Barber \ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWBXZYqtdW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FWBXZYqtdW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Buccaneers\/status\/2110478249868587303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">When you get beat at home on national streaming by Jalon Daniels and Tez Johnson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3TmkkJQy0G\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3TmkkJQy0G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JoeBucsFan (@JoeBucsFan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBucsFan\/status\/2110020893330039169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Game 6 Steelers at Bucs Kickoff: 1 p.m. TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Andrew Catalon, Logan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10998,10997,135,2964,137,136],"class_list":["post-431283","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\/431283","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=431283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}