Can the Buccanners win at Raymond James Stadium?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are pretty good for a 2-5 team.

That sentence will undoubtedly elicit some eye rolls from a fanbase that, after four division titles and a Super Bowl championship this decade, has grown accustomed to winning and is still reeling from 2025's epic collapse that led to the Carolina Panthers taking the NFC South at 8-9.

But eye rolls and all, the Bucs are better than one would think given their record.

Tampa's point differential is +11, 13 points above the next-highest NFC South team (the Atlanta Falcons) and 2 points better than any team in the NFC East (the Dallas Cowboys).

Tampa's five losses have been by one possession and for a combined 27 points.

The Bucs just beat the first-place Panthers on the road by 30, and two weeks prior, got another big road win over the Cowboys by eight.

On the road, Tampa is a winning team, with a 2-1 record and the only loss being to Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals by six points.

"I feel like on the road, man, we've been playing our best ball," defensive end David Walker said on the Bucs Players' Table (SiriusXM) earlier this week.

At home? For some reason, it's been a different story.

Tampa is 0-4, with the most recent loss being the most painful.

The Bucs had no reason not to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers Oct. 18, leading 16-3 going into the fourth quarter.

But the Steelers pulled it out in overtime, sending the Bucs to 1-5 and crushing the good vibes generated by the previous week's win over the Cowboys.

Walker acknowledged that the Bucs regressed from the Cowboys game to the Steelers game, and credited coach Todd Bowles' "keep the standard mentality.

The 26-year-old also credited the team's veteran players.

"Man, we have some good leaders in the room," he said.

One player in particular that Walker mentioned was veteran defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson.

"He's on our head every day about the little stuff," he said. "About like when we do red zone Friday at practice, 'Don't let him in the end zone!' Like those things carry over."

Indeed, they do.

The Bucs know they aren't going to win every game by 30 points, and heck, might not win another game by that margin for another year or two (their last win by 30 or more was in December 2024, ironically also over Carolina).

But they also know that they're as good as anybody in the NFC South, and will have plenty of chances to prove it over the rest of the season.

The Bucs have 10 games left, and five of them are against NFC South foes, starting with Sunday against the Falcons at Raymond James.

We'll find out soon enough if the Bucs can win at home.