The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying to buck their losing ways, and they will get a shot to let their frustrations out on a short week against the Atlanta Falcon

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers shed the “Yuccaneers” label decades ago. They went from 0-26 to two-time Super Bowl champions and currently are four-time defending NFC South champs.

Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins will start his fourth straight game on Thursday night, against a familiar foe in Tampa.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers are locked in a tight race for the NFC South and the division remains the best avenue for both teams to make the postseason. Here's where the Buccaneers sit in the NFC South and wild-card standings entering Thursday night's game against the Atlanta Falcons.

When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons meet under the prime-time lights this Thursday, the divisional stakes will be high, the margin for error thin, and the game likely decided by a handful of key individual battles.

Tonight we step into the Creamsicle era for a division battle. But the Buccaneers story started long before—relive the memorable celebration in Tampa Bay 48 years ago in Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football.

Mike Evans remains on the Buccaneers injury report. Could the star WR return on "Thursday Night Football" against the Falcons? The latest news: