{"id":666570,"date":"2026-05-26T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/666570\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:08:09","slug":"the-league-stops-paying-attention-to-you-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/666570\/","title":{"rendered":"“The League Stops Paying Attention To You” – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Team Glazer members and Raise The Flags co-stars.<\/p>\n

When the Raiders and Jets didn\u2019t get one prime time game on their 2026 schedules, Joe knew the NFL seriously turned a corner.<\/p>\n

Both teams have big fan bases, but TV dollars rules the league. And that includes keeping networks and streaming services happy spending billions on NFL rights.<\/p>\n

Owners want ratings numbers more than anything else. That drives the cash flow. A decade ago, the NFL insisted that every team get a prime time game. Why? Because it was good for growing the league and keeping every franchise relevant. That\u2019s out the window now.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Raiders and Jets, the Dolphins and Cardinals have no prime time games in 2026.<\/p>\n

Buccaneers insider\/legend\/preseason game analyst Rond\u00e9 Barber dove into the NFL ignoring teams during The Rond\u00e9 Barber Show<\/a>. He was adamant that no team wants to completely rebuild because it quickly falls into irrelevance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t really have time in the NFL anymore to, like, start over,\u201d Barber said. \u201cThe league stops paying attention to you when you do that. And we [in Tampa] don\u2019t want to be that. From an ownership perspective, you want people in the stands, you want people to be energized by your team.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026It\u2019s an absolute trap. You get into that situation and the league passes you by. Like it just says, \u2018Alright, next.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe heard Barber and wondered if was echoing things he\u2019s heard about the Bucs\u2019 interest in re-signing Baker Mayfield to a long-term contract. Keeping Mayfield might be viewed through that relevence lens in the bowels of One Buc Palace, as Mayfield certainly helps the keep the Bucs exciting.<\/p>\n

Joe\u2019s not saying Mayfield is unworthy of extension on merit, but the business side of things cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

Barber went on to say the Bucs are very relevant as they retool the roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a team that can make runs,\u201d Barber said. \u201cNow are they good enough to go be best in the NFC? That\u2019ll depend on how some of these young guys and some of the free agents take off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Glazer members and Raise The Flags co-stars. When the Raiders and Jets didn\u2019t get one prime time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[5961,5960,349,99,1824],"class_list":["post-666570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-bucs-message-boards","tag-bucs-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}