The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have quietly given away one of their 2026 uniform plans.
After a two-year absence, the team’s all-pewter color rush look appears poised to return, and the clearest clue might be sitting right on the Buccaneers’ Fanatics team store. Pewter jerseys, which were tough to find last year, are now back in circulation for Baker Mayfield, Bucky Irving and Emeka Egbuka.
That’s a notable shift from 2025, when Tampa Bay’s 50th anniversary season led to a heavy push of the jerseys the team actually wore throughout the year. Fans could easily buy the classic home and away uniforms, plus both versions of the creamsicle throwbacks.
The pewter jerseys were still around, but mostly as custom options or for a very small group of players. That made it look like the color rush set had fallen out of production.
This year tells a different story. The pewter jerseys are readily available, while the white creamsicle throwbacks have become far less common. Only Mayfield and Irving are listed in that colorway, which suggests the remaining stock is simply left over from last season’s run.
The change lines up with reporting from Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds, who said earlier this offseason that his sources expect the pewter color rush uniforms to come back this season, either in a preseason game or as a regular-season road alternate.
Tampa Bay still hasn’t released its official 2026 uniform schedule, but the jersey availability on the team store, combined with Reynolds’ reporting, makes the return of the pewter look seem all but certain. For a uniform that quickly won over fans after debuting in 2020, the wait appears to be nearly over.
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