Coming off their first Week 1 loss since 2020, the Bucs will be looking to bounce back Sunday afternoon when they return to Raymond James Stadium to host the Browns in their 2026 home opener. At 0-1, Tampa Bay can hardly afford to lose this one, especially at home and against an 0-1 Cleveland team with far less talent on its roster.

The Bucs saw that five-year streak of season-opening wins end in Cincinnati last week with a disappointing 33-27 loss to the Bengals. So, that obviously means they can’t start 2-0 for the fifth time in five seasons under Todd Bowles and sixth time in six seasons overall. But the fact remains that Tampa Bay hasn’t lost a Week 2 game since 2016 and hasn’t started 0-2 since 2014.

Those are streaks that this team needs to keep intact come Sunday with Cleveland in town, especially with a tough schedule ahead — one that features visits from the Vikings and Packers and a Thursday night road game against the Cowboys.

The victory, as usual, comes first and foremost for the Bucs. But there will be other storylines to follow for Tampa Bay in this one, and that’s the reason we’re here right now. Like we do every week here on PewterReport.com, let’s dive into the records and milestones that some key Bucs are chasing in the upcoming game.

Last week, Baker Mayfield passed Vinny Testaverde for the fourth-most completions in franchise history, while rookie inside linebacker Josiah Trotter became the first player in NFL history to record a pick-six and a sack in his debut (since sacks became an official stat in 1982). Trotter also became the first player to record 10+ tackles, 2+ tackles for loss, an interception and a sack in a debut.

Now, let’s see where things stand heading into Week 2.

Bucs Record Watch: Week 2 vs. Browns

Baker Mayfield

With two passing touchdowns against his former team Sunday afternoon, Mayfield will tie Tom Brady (31) for the second-most games with multiple touchdown passes in franchise history.

Three touchdown passes against the Browns would give Mayfield 200 in his career (regular season only). He would become the 16th quarterback in NFL history to reach that mark in 125 games or fewer.

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield – Photo by: IMAGN Images

With a win against the Browns, Mayfield would tie Jameis Winston (28) for the fourth-most wins by a starting quarterback in team history.

Mayfield is only 196 passing yards away from moving ahead of Doug Williams (12,648) for the sixth-most in franchise history.

And on the topic of yardage, Mayfield needs 250 passing yards to pass Josh Freeman (23) for the third-most 250-yard passing games in Bucs history. With a 300-yard game, he would tie Vinny Testaverde (12) for the third-most 300-yard passing games of any Buccaneer quarterback.

If Mayfield finishes Sunday’s contest with a passer rating of 90.0 or higher, he’ll tie Jameis Winston (34) for the most games of any Bucs quarterback with a rating of 90.0+.

Finally, with eight completions, Mayfield will pass Josh Freeman (1,144) for the third-most in team history.

Chris Godwin Jr.

Godwin is still four touchdowns shy of passing James Wilder (46) for the third-most touchdowns from scrimmage in franchise history.

Bucs WR Chris Godwin – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

Godwin is also nine points away from passing James Wilder (276) for the 10th-most points scored in team history.

Sunday marks Godwin’s 122nd game with the Bucs, tying him with John Cannon for the 20th-most in franchise history.

Cade Otton

Otton remains one receiving touchdown away from passing Calvin Magee and Alex Smith (11) for the seventh-most touchdowns by a tight end in team history. That score would also pull him into a tie for the sixth-most.

With nine more receptions, Otton will have the third-most by a tight end in Buccaneer history.

Vita Vea

Vea is 4.5 sacks away from passing David Logan (39.0) for the seventh-most in team history.

This will mark Vea’s 114th game with Tampa Bay, tying him with Scot Brantley for the 27th-most in franchise history.

Anthony Nelson

Sunday will be Nelson’s 109th game with the team, tying him with George Yarno for the 35th-most in Bucs history.

Josiah Trotter

With a sack in Sunday’s game, Trotter would join Santana Dotson (1992) as the only players in Bucs history to record a sack in each of their first two career games.

An interception in Week 2 would make Trotter the first player in team history with interceptions in back-to-back games to start a career.

Bucs ILB Josiah Trotter – Photo by: IMAGN Images via Reuters Connect

Notching a sack and an interception again this week, however unlikely that might be, would make Trotter the first player in NFL history to record a sack and a pick in two straight games to start a career (since sacks became an official stat in 1982).

With 12 tackles against the Browns, Trotter would pass Derrick Brooks (21 in 2001) for the fifth-most tackles of any Buccaneer through two games of a season. With 14, he’d pass Barrett Ruud (23 in 2007) for the fourth-most, while 15 would move him ahead of Kwon Alexander (24 in 2016) for the third-most. He needs 17 to pass Brooks (26 in 2000) and Devin White (26 in 2020) for the most through two games of a season in franchise history.

Zyon McCollum

McCollum is three passes defensed away from moving ahead of Simeon Rice (37) for the 12th-most in team history. He would, at that point, tie teammate Antoine Winfield Jr., who enters Week 2 with 38 career passes defensed, which is good for 11th-most in team history.

Antoine Winfield Jr.

Winfield is still 10.5 sacks away from passing Ronde Barber (28.0) for the most by a defensive back in Bucs history and the second-most by any defensive back in NFL history.

With one more forced fumble, Winfield would tie David Logan and Broderick Thomas (13) for the ninth-most in team history.

Another fumble recovery would see Winfield move ahead of Lee Roy Selmon (10) for the fourth-most ever by a Tampa Bay defender and tie him with Cecil Johnson and John Cannon (11) for the third-most.

Winfield needs one interception to reach 10 for his career. That would make him the 16th defensive back in NFL history (since sacks became an official stat in 1982, at least) to record 500+ tackles, 15+ sacks and 10+ interceptions. He would join Bill Bates, Dave Duerson, Rodney Harrison, Derwin James Jr. and Adrian Wilson as the only defensive backs to do so in their first seven seasons.

Winfield heads into Sunday four passes defensed away from passing Brent Grimes (41) for the 10th-most in franchise history.

Chase McLaughlin

McLaughlin is only two field goals away from passing Donald Igwebuike (94) for the fifth-most in Bucs history.

Bucs K Chase McLaughlin – Photo by: USA Today

McLaughlin is also only 16 points away from passing Igwebuike (416) for the seventh-most in franchise history.

Todd Bowles

Bowles is one win away from passing his predecessor, Bruce Arians (36), for the fourth-most wins all-time among Bucs head coaches (regular season + playoffs).

Jason Licht

If the Bucs beat the Browns, it’ll be Licht’s 100th victory the team’s general manager (including the playoffs). He would become the first general manager in team history to reach that 100-win mark.