The Tampa Bay Buccaneers can scarcely buy a win at this critical juncture of the 2025 NFL season. Falling to Super Bowl contenders like the Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, and Buffalo Bills was bad enough, because it served as rather definitive proof to the rest of the football world that the Bucs are a couple of tiers below that hallowed ground.
But now, the Bucs can barely beat the stricken Arizona Cardinals and just lost a tough divisional matchup against the worst team in the NFC South, the New Orleans Saints. And with the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers (twice) looming ahead, the margin for error for the 7-6 Bucs is suddenly zero.