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David Walker waited 14 months for his first career sack
A torn ACL cost David Walker his entire rookie season. In an 0-2 start, his first career sack was one of the rare bright spots.
Mike Evans scored his first touchdown in someone else's colors
In Melbourne on September 10, Mike Evans caught a touchdown for the 49ers, not the Buccaneers, for the first time in his career.
Chris Godwin is now the last man standing from the old Bucs core
With Mike Evans in San Francisco and Lavonte David retired, Chris Godwin is the last player left from the old Tampa Bay core.
The ship and the cannons: the story behind the NFL's loudest stadium ritual
A 103-foot pirate ship, built in 71 days for $3 million, that fires seven times for a touchdown. The story of Buccaneer Cove and the one game the cannons went silent.
How the Buccaneers became Europe's team
A 1984 letter in a British magazine, a Manchester United takeover, three losses at Wembley, and a sold-out Sunday morning in Munich. How Tampa Bay built a fanbase an ocean away, one country at a time.
Jalon Daniels: from undrafted to QB2 in one summer
No team picked Jalon Daniels in the 2026 NFL Draft. Four months later the Kansas quarterback was Baker Mayfield's backup in Tampa.