2023 NFL Power Rankings: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 4 roundup for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 13

Biggest issue on offense: Red zone scoring

The Buccaneers have managed to move the ball well, even with a ground game that's still trying to shake last year's league-worst ranking. But scoring in the red zone is their biggest problem right now; they scored only one touchdown on four red zone tries in Week 2 against the Bears. Through Weeks 1 and 2, their 33.33% red zone touchdown percentage is second to last in the league. -- Jenna Laine

NFL.com -- Rank: 20

With so many teams above them last week losing in Week 3, the Buccaneers actually rise despite a humbling game vs. Philadelphia. Mike Evans destroyed the Bears in Week 2, then let a would-be touchdown bounce off his hands on Monday night. Baker Mayfield's INT-less streak is over. Rachaad White lost a fumble and was taken down for a safety. Tampa Bay's offensive line was under siege all night. It was just one of those games. Mayfield battled, and the defense came up with some big stops in key spots, but the Bucs were actually a little fortunate the Eagles didn't hang 35-plus on them. Tampa might need to reevaluate the ground game a bit. White had no chance on a few runs, including the safety, and the offensive line has to shoulder some of this blame, but the Bucs are just not that efficient pounding the ball.

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2023 NFL Predictions: NFC South

Before the start of the season, we will post NFL division-by-division predictions for the 2023 NFL regular season and postseason.

Instead of projecting an outright winner and loser in all 272 regular-season games, we've assigned a win probability to each team in every game and totaled them up.

The four NFC South teams are projected to win the sixth-most games combined in our 2023 full-season projections.

See where the Buccaneers stand in our 2023 NFC South Predictions

2023 Fantasy Football Projections: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Our Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Baker Mayfield	544.1	338.7	3808.7	23.4	15.23	47.9	167.7	1.92	243.78
Kyle Trask	47.3	28.6	326.4	1.84	1.66	8.7	20.9	0.26	20.75

Baker Mayfield: After Tom Brady's (second) retirement, the Bucs find themselves in the unenviable position of having to start Mayfield, who beat out Kyle Trask but is on his fourth team in the past 18 months. The former No. 1 overall draft pick completed only 60% of his pass attempts in 2022 for 2,163 yards (6.5 Y/A), 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions over 12 games. While he's clearly undraftable in standard (one-QB) leagues, he downgrades the outlook for all of the team's pass catchers.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2023 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2023.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET) / Tickets
Week 1	Sun., Sep. 10	at Minnesota Vikings	W 20-17
Week 2	Sun., Sep. 17	vs. Chicago Bears	W 27-17
Week 3	Mon., Sep. 25	vs. Philadelphia Eagles	L 11-25
Week 4	Sun., Oct. 1	at New Orleans Saints	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 5		BYE
Week 6	Sun., Oct. 15	vs. Detroit Lions	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 22	vs. Atlanta Falcons	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 8	Thu., Oct. 26	at Buffalo Bills	8:15 PM / Tickets
Week 9	Sun., Nov. 5	at Houston Texans	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 10	Sun., Nov. 12	vs. Tennessee Titans	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 11	Sun., Nov. 19	at San Francisco 49ers	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 12	Sun., Nov. 26	at Indianapolis Colts	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 13	Sun., Dec. 3	vs. Carolina Panthers	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 14	Sun., Dec. 10	at Atlanta Falcons	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 15	Sun., Dec. 17	at Green Bay Packers	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 16	Sun., Dec. 24	vs. Jacksonville Jaguars	4:05 PM / Tickets
Week 17	Sun., Dec. 31	vs. New Orleans Saints	1:00 PM / Tickets
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 7	at Carolina Panthers	TBD / Tickets

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mock Draft Roundup 1.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, we will update our Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:

EDSFootball - Kevin Hanson (5/9)

3. Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

Maye is the leading challenger to Williams for the QB1 honor in 2024, and he is coming off a breakout true sophomore season (4,321 passing yards, 38 touchdowns and seven interceptions with 698 rushing yards and seven touchdowns). Baker Mayfield is on a one-year deal, and former second-round pick Kyle Trask has nine career pass attempts. If the Bucs are picking third overall in 2024, this pick will almost certainly be a quarterback.

CBS Sports - Josh Edwards (5/8)

6. JC Latham, OT, Alabama

Tampa Bay adds another massive offensive tackle to play with Tristan Wirfs.

ESPN - Todd McShay (5/4)

TRADE - 1. Caleb Williams, QB, USC

The Bucs are going into the 2023 season with Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask under center, but I don't think either is the long-term plan -- especially since Mayfield is on a cheap, one-year deal. Mayfield was last in QBR in 2022 (24.6), and Trask, a second-rounder in 2021, has thrown nine passes in the NFL. Williams is coming off a Heisman season, throwing for 4,537 yards in 2022. He has a good arm and excels at creating when things break down. He's an exceptional QB prospect and would be worth the move up from No. 5 to get him.

The Athletic - Dane Brugler (5/2)

4. Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

With 45 total touchdowns last season, Maye not only put himself on the NFL radar, but he also jumped near the top of the list. With his size, arm and athleticism, he has skills comparable to those of Justin Herbert.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 2023 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2023 NFL Draft picks selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
1	19	Calijah Kancey	DT	Pittsburgh
2	48	Cody Mauch	OT	North Dakota State
3	82	YaYa Diaby	EDGE	Louisville
5	153	SirVocea Dennis	LB	Pittsburgh
5	171	Payne Durham	TE	Purdue
6	181	Josh Hayes	DB	Kansas State
6	191	Trey Palmer	WR	Nebraska
6	196	Jose Ramirez	EDGE	Eastern Michigan

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