The 8-6 Bucs will be wrapping up their 2024 regular season road slate on Sunday night in primetime, matching up with the 6-8 Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Tampa Bay is looking for its fifth straight win, which would see the team finish 6-2 on the road. It would also serve as another step toward an NFC South title four-peat.

The Bucs once again enter the weekend as division leaders, with a Magic Number to clinch the NFC South of three. The Falcons play the Giants earlier Sunday, so they could put some pressure on Todd Bowles and Co. with a win. But an Atlanta loss — while unlikely — would take Tampa Bay’s Magic Number down to two ahead of the Sunday Night Football Game at Dallas. In that scenario, a Buccaneer win over the Cowboys would then set up a win-and-in opportunity for Bowles’ team next Sunday against the Panthers.

Bucs WR Mike Evans Photo by: USA Today

Even with a Falcons win over the Giants, a Bucs win over the Cowboys would set up a potential clinching scenario in Week 17, as Tampa Bay would be able to win the division with a win over Carolina and an Atlanta loss to Washington on Sunday night. In any case, the Bucs just need to keep winning.

As usual, there are other storylines to follow in this Week 16 game at Jerry World, and that’s the reason we’re here right now. As we do every week here on PewterReport.com, it’s now time to take a look at what else is on the line during this week’s game. Of course, we’re talking about some of the records and milestones that some Bucs are moving toward.

Last week, Cade Otton surpassed Cameron Brate for the fifth-most single-season receptions by a tight end in Bucs history, while Mike Evans surpassed Antonio Brown for 25th-most receiving yards in NFL history and moved ahead of Roddy White for 40th-most receptions in league history. Evans also recorded his 23rd career multi-receiving touchdown game, which is the seventh-most in NFL history. Baker Mayfield surpassed 30 touchdown passes for the first time in his career, too, getting to 32 with a four-touchdown day.

Here’s where everything stands heading into Week 16:

Baker Mayfield

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield – Photo by: USA Today

Mayfield needs one rushing touchdown to tie Doug Williams (4 in 1980 and 1981) and Josh Freeman (4 in 2011) for fourth-most by a Bucs quarterback in a single season.

Mayfield is also one passing touchdown away from tying Jameis Winston (33 in 2019) for third-most single-season passing touchdowns in franchise history. Two passing scores would obviously have him alone in third place all-time. His next touchdown pass will also tie him with Steve DeBerg (61) for eighth-most in team history.

With three passing touchdowns against the Cowboys, Mayfield would tie Tom Brady (8 in 2021) for the most games with 3+ passing touchdowns in a single season in team history.

Mike Evans

Evans is set to play his 166th game as a Buc, leaving him 18 away from passing Paul Gruber (183) for fifth-most in franchise history.

With two more receptions, Evans will pass Shannon Sharpe (815) for 37th-most in NFL history.

Evans needs one total touchdown to tie — and two to pass — Tim Brown and Don Hutson (105) for 21st-most total touchdowns in league history. He is four total touchdowns away from tying Derrick Henry (108) for 20th-most, though Henry is obviously still active and adding to his total.

Evans needs 251 more yards to reach 1,000 for the 11th consecutive season, which would tie Jerry Rice for the longest streak of 1,000-yard receiving seasons in NFL history.

Rachaad White

White is one total touchdown away from tying Leonard Fournette and Reggie Cobb (22) for seventh-most touchdowns from scrimmage by a running back in Bucs history.

White is 13 receiving yards away from passing Charles Sims (1,190) for sixth-most by a running back in team history.

Bucky Irving

Bucs RB Bucky Irving – Photo by: USA Today

Irving needs one rushing touchdown to tie Errict Rhett and Lars Tate (7) for second-most rushing touchdowns by a rookie running back in Tampa Bay history.

The rookie is 76 scrimmage yards away from passing Michael Clayton (1,223 in 2004) for fourth-most by a rookie in team history, while 112 more scrimmage yards will move him ahead of Cadillac Williams (1,259 in 2005) for third-most.

Irving is also 127 rushing yards away from passing Warrick Dunn (978 in 1997) for fifth-most by a rookie in team history.

Irving is only 148 rushing yards away from becoming the Bucs’ first 1,000-yard rusher since Doug Martin in 2015.

Cade Otton

If Otton is able to suit up on Sunday, he’ll have a chance to reach some milestones himself. He needs four more receptions to pass Jackie Harris (62 in 1995) for fourth-most single-season receptions by a tight end in franchise history. Eight more receptions would move him ahead of Kellen Winslow (66 in 2010) for third-most.

Otton is also only four receiving yards away from passing Rob Gronkowski (1,425) for eighth-most by a tight end in team history.

Will Gholston

Bucs DL Vita Vea, Greg Gaines and Will Gholston Photo by: USA Today

Gholston is set to play his 184th game with the Bucs, passing Paul Gruber (183) for fifth-most in franchise history. He will now be seven away from passing Dave Moore (190) for fourth-most.

Vita Vea

Vea is still 4.0 sacks away from passing Jason Pierre-Paul and Brad Culpepper (33.0) for ninth-most in franchise history.

Lavonte David

David will play his 196th game as a Buc on Sunday. That’s the third-most in team history, and he trails only Derrick Brooks (224) and Ronde Barber (241). He’s 195 games in right now, and he’s still doing this at a high level.

With 1.5 sacks last week, David tied David Logan (39.0) for sixth-most in franchise history. He needs a half-sack to pass him, and then his focus will shift to reaching the top five. Shaq Barrett (45.0) would be next in David’s sights.

David is five passes defensed away from passing Carlton Davis III (73) for fourth-most in team history.

Jamel Dean

Dean now needs four passes defensed to pass Aqib Talib (54) for seventh-most in Bucs history.