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Happy 4th of July to everyone! I hope you get to kick back and have fun celebrating America's 250th birthday. Stay safe.
We are now smack dab in the middle of a dead zone when it comes to NFL news. OTAs and minicamps are over. We still have a few weeks to go before training camps start.
Perhaps a few of the high-profile free agents still available will find new teams for 2026 before training camps begin. Unless that happens, expect slow news cycles in the coming weeks.
However, sports journalism never stops. It's one of the true 24 hours a day/365 days a year professions.
What to write about when there's not much going on?
I know. I can try my hand at being the fashion police.
Well, technically, Jacob Robinson and the staff of The Athletic are the fashion police. They put together a great piece where they chose the best and worst uniforms in the history of each of the 32 NFL teams. It's definitely worth a full read.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered the NFL as an expansion team in 1976. Through five decades as an NFL franchise, the Bucs have gone through a ton of different uniform designs. There have been a few that are classics, while others looked like something a six-year-old would make (I know because I have a six-year-old).
Let's see what the good folks over at The Athletic think have been the Bucs' best and worst looks over the past 50 years.
Robinson was the one charged with making the call for the Bucs' best and worst uniform designs.
His choice for the best is a classic look worn by some of the best players to ever play for Tampa.
"The classic red jersey and the unique pewter pants are a perfect match for a team called the Buccaneers. The Creamsicles are a strong throwback colorway, but these home red uniforms are much easier to look at across a full season. Modern uniforms are fine, but the pants don’t match the pewter of old."
I like Robinson's choice. It's impossible to look at those red jerseys and not think about a young Derrick Brooks or Warren Sapp wreaking havoc on the field. These were the unis the team wore as it marched to its first-ever championship, winning Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders.
Tampa stopped wearing those classic uniforms after the 2013 season. According to Robinson, the team replaced its best-ever uniforms with its worst.
"Something is off here. It feels like they were designed by an underpaid and understaffed corporate committee. No sense of joy anywhere to be found."
Yuck. No disagreement here.
While I really like the 1997-2013 red jerseys, I have always been a sucker for the Creamsicle uniforms. I think they pop and are very original; no other franchise has anything like them.
It's hard to argue against the "alarm clocks" being the worst. They look like something a team would wear in an obscure video game that nobody has ever played. The current uniforms the Bucs have are a monumental improvement.
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We are now smack dab in the middle of a dead zone when it comes to NFL news. OTAs and minicamps are over. We still have a few weeks to go before training camps start.
Perhaps a few of the high-profile free agents still available will find new teams for 2026 before training camps begin. Unless that happens, expect slow news cycles in the coming weeks.
However, sports journalism never stops. It's one of the true 24 hours a day/365 days a year professions.
What to write about when there's not much going on?
I know. I can try my hand at being the fashion police.
Well, technically, Jacob Robinson and the staff of The Athletic are the fashion police. They put together a great piece where they chose the best and worst uniforms in the history of each of the 32 NFL teams. It's definitely worth a full read.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered the NFL as an expansion team in 1976. Through five decades as an NFL franchise, the Bucs have gone through a ton of different uniform designs. There have been a few that are classics, while others looked like something a six-year-old would make (I know because I have a six-year-old).
Let's see what the good folks over at The Athletic think have been the Bucs' best and worst looks over the past 50 years.
The Best
Robinson was the one charged with making the call for the Bucs' best and worst uniform designs.
His choice for the best is a classic look worn by some of the best players to ever play for Tampa.
Best: Late 90s home red (1997-2013)
"The classic red jersey and the unique pewter pants are a perfect match for a team called the Buccaneers. The Creamsicles are a strong throwback colorway, but these home red uniforms are much easier to look at across a full season. Modern uniforms are fine, but the pants don’t match the pewter of old."
I like Robinson's choice. It's impossible to look at those red jerseys and not think about a young Derrick Brooks or Warren Sapp wreaking havoc on the field. These were the unis the team wore as it marched to its first-ever championship, winning Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders.
The Worst
Tampa stopped wearing those classic uniforms after the 2013 season. According to Robinson, the team replaced its best-ever uniforms with its worst.
Worst: ‘Alarm Clock’ uniforms (2014-2020)
"Something is off here. It feels like they were designed by an underpaid and understaffed corporate committee. No sense of joy anywhere to be found."
Yuck. No disagreement here.
Final Thoughts
While I really like the 1997-2013 red jerseys, I have always been a sucker for the Creamsicle uniforms. I think they pop and are very original; no other franchise has anything like them.
It's hard to argue against the "alarm clocks" being the worst. They look like something a team would wear in an obscure video game that nobody has ever played. The current uniforms the Bucs have are a monumental improvement.
Join our ROUNDTABLE community! It's free to join. Share your thoughts, engage with our Roundtable writers, and chat with fellow members. Download the free Roundtable APP, and stay even more connected!
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