Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Buccaneers
W 23-20 at Falcons · Sep 7, 2025
Misery Index · Uneasy
Buccaneers fans celebrating the 23-20 win over Atlanta while side-eyeing the refs and bracing for the other shoe.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Y.Koo's 44-yarder sailing wide right is the only reason this week's card reads as a win, and the fanbase knows it. B.Mayfield's 25-yard strike to E.Egbuka with a minute left was the kind of throw that earns the "future HOF" hyperbole in the threads, but it came one play after M.Penix had walked into the end zone untouched. A 1-0 start that felt a lot more like a coin flip.
What fans said
“WHAT A FUCKING GAME HOLY MOLY”
u/spideralex90▲ 334joy
“WINFIELD SAVED OUR ASSS”
u/BucsFan11▲ 120joy
“1-0 baby. Nothing else matters”
u/Altruistic_Finger669▲ 105joy
“Two future HOF wide receivers on the same team. Chills.”
u/NevermoreSEA▲ 96joy
“I just fell to my knees in a wal mart”
u/zoozoo216▲ 70joy
“If you don't like that, you don't like Buc's football baby!”
u/FloridaScaresMe▲ 70joy
14 more
“WE’RE SO BACK”
u/AquariusAction▲ 42joy
“Fire the cannons!!!”
u/Singledoubt88▲ 35joy
“Raheem was over there like fucking wormtongue whispering into the ref's ears every play”
u/DroidC▲ 42rage
“Guys don't celebrate yet, the refs can still overturn this after the first snap next game.”
u/DerisiveGibe▲ 141frustration
“What a shit show from the refs, disgusting”
u/surrenderedtothevoid▲ 36rage
“The announcers telling that Penix story of him not wanting to cheer for his hometown Bucs because they weren’t good in the 2000’s says a lot about him. Fuck that guy”
u/Bfrank_▲ 35rage
“Absolutely fixed. Refs all in for the falcons. Disgusting to watch the bias.”
u/_Choicesallday▲ 23rage
“FUCK THE FALCONS. EMEKA EGBUKA IS A BAD MAN”
u/Minimum_Switch4237▲ 22rage
“To the referee that keeps throwing flags on the Bucs, your moms a hoe”
u/Shutupbabyiknowitt▲ 21rage
“Fire Todd Bowles right now. This is unbearable and it’s every single game.”
u/DDSBadger▲ 15rage
“Yeah I expect them to score when you give them 100 chances. Fuck the NFL at this point”
u/QuiGonColdGin▲ 17rage
“EMEKA IS THE GOAT AND DESPITE THE REFS WE ARE 1-0 LFG”
u/HighlyBaked0▲ 40pride
“Bucs football is back bitches”
u/Altruistic_Finger669▲ 40joy
“That late hit on Baker has me fuming. If that was Mahomes those players would be in Guantanamo Bay by now”
u/mthibodeau99▲ 23rage