Projected Buccaneers TE1. Baker Mayfield is the quarterback.
Evans's targets have to go somewhere. Mauch's return is the personnel add. Wirfs' hamstring is the watch.
- ADP
- 18.10 (214)
- Target
- 19.01
- Move
- -3
- As of
- 2026-08-25
What changed
5 real changes. The rest held.
Play caller
Was 2025 Bucs staff
Now Zac Robinson calls (ex-Falcons OC, McVay tree)
Balanced, motion, 11 personnel. Baker has a prior Rams link.
Pass blocking
Was Wirfs / Goedeke; Mauch out all 2025 (knee)
Now LT Tristan Wirfs (working back from a hamstring in conditioning), LG Ben Bredeson, C Graham Barton, RG Cody Mauch (back from missing all of 2025), RT Luke Goedeke
Mauch's return is the personnel add. Wirfs' hamstring is the watch.
Run blocking
Was Mauch missing; Wirfs/Goedeke bookends
Now Mauch back at RG; Wirfs ramping from a hamstring
Interior help is Mauch. Wirfs being managed is the offset.
Pass catchers
Was Mike Evans as the WR1; Egbuka / Godwin / McMillan
Now Evans signed with San Francisco; new WR hierarchy
Evans's targets have to go somewhere.
Backfield
Was Bucky Irving
Now Irving is the higher board back; lead-back picture is a camp question
Lead-back picture is a camp question.
Continuity
Quarterback
Was Baker Mayfield
Now Baker Mayfield
Locked starter.
Head coach
Was Todd Bowles
Now Todd Bowles
Same HC.
Scheme & pace
Was 2025 Bucs
Now Robinson: above-average pace, heavy motion
McVay-tree without being a reboot.
Tight end
Was Cade Otton
Now Otton re-signed; McVay-tree TEs involved
No headline TE change.
Team environment
Was Bowles competitive NFC South
Now Same
Middle-to-positive scripts.
Vacated volume
- Targets
- —
- Carries
- —
- Red zone
- —
- Air yards
- —
- Mike Evans · WR1 · Targets and red-zone looks to San Francisco
Mike Evans is in San Francisco. That volume has to go somewhere.
Competition added
No meaningful new competition sourced.
This player
- Projected role
- Projected Buccaneers TE1. Baker Mayfield is the quarterback.
- Usage
- Pass-game tight end. Baker Mayfield is the quarterback.
- Injury
- No Week 1 absence reported as of August 20, 2026.
- Contract
- Not flagged as a 2026 hold-in.
- Camp
- Training camp underway as of August 2026. Week 1 is September.
Upside
Mauch's return is the personnel add. Wirfs' hamstring is the watch.
Downside
Evans's targets have to go somewhere.
Risks
- Most of this looks like last year. Watch for a quiet camp role change.low
Sources
No source URLs were returned with this brief.
Notes come from the 2026 coaching and roster board (team sites, NFL.com, ESPN, The Athletic). Hold is the default when ADP already has the news.