Some headlines just write themselves.

Like when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers demolished the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, the instantly-produced cover of the local paper, the Union-Tribune just said, "Bucs Win!" Or when a duck famously camped out on the Raymond James Stadium field during the action in a blowout win over Carolina, in which rookie sensation Bucky Irving accounted for 190 yards from scrimmage, the Tampa Bay Times declared that, "Everything's ducky for Bucky Irving."

This is not one of those times. The Buccaneers are currently on hiatus – at least the players and coaches are – as the NFL takes one last extended break before ramping back up for training camp later this month. That means a lot of temporarily dormant storylines. Really, this is the time of year you don't want your players making headlines, unless it's for a camp for kids or a contract extension or something like that.

Once the Bucs' get training camp going on July 23, there will be plenty to discuss. How is Josh Grizzard settling into his new role as offensive coordinator? How is the ball being distributed among the plethora of targets for Baker Mayfield? Does the edge rush rotation look more robust this year? How are all the young defensive backs being arranged?

There are plenty of question the Bucs will be looking to answer during training camp and the preseason. Hopefully those answers will be positive and clear as the team opens the regular season. Those headlines won't be written for a couple more months, but we're going to offer up a few examples of what we hope they will read as we continue our annual series of Roundtable discussions during the Fourth of July week.

Team Writer/Reporter Brianna Dix, Buccaneers.com Contributor Gabriel Kahaian and I are at the midway point in our weeklong series of debates. We've got one Roundtable lined up for each day this week, culminating in Independence Day on Friday, all dealing with some topic regarding the Buccaneers' upcoming season. Here's a full schedule of the week's topics:

Monday, June 30: Which Buccaneer will make the biggest leap in 2025?

Tuesday, July 1: What player would you steal from another NFC South roster?

Wednesday, July 2: What headline would you like to read at the end of the preseason?

Thursday, July 3: What specific statistical goal would you like to see the Bucs achieve in 2025?

Friday, July 4: Which Buccaneer will have the most surprising accomplishment in 2025?

The task here is simple. Write a headline that every Buccaneers fan would be happy to read on September 1, as the first week of the regular season begins. The three of us are not allowed to duplicate answers, so order can matter and we've been rotating through that order this week. It's my turn to go first (finally!), followed by Bri and then Gabe. So here we go!

Scott Smith: "Continuity Puts Bucs' Offense in Midseason Form"

An offense that produces at the level the Buccaneers did in 2024, with the fourth most points in the league and the only pairing of top-five rushing and passing rankings for any squad, is obviously going to prize continuity from one season to the next. Keeping the band mostly together in 2025 should allow the offense to start with a high floor and hopefully push its ceiling even higher.

In that regard, the offense didn't appear to start out very well for the '25 Bucs. Offensive Coordinator Liam Coen, who had presided over one of the best and most balanced attacks in team history, landed the head coach job in Jacksonville, putting the Buccaneers back into a search for a new coordinator for the third offseason in a row. They talked to a thorough list of candidates but eventually settled on the plan that would best serve that coveted continuity: Promoting from within and handing that responsibility over to former Pass Game Coordinator Josh Grizzard.

Expectations are high for Grizzard to both continue and expand on the successes of last season, but obviously he still has to prove himself as a first-time play-caller in the NFL. Meanwhile, Grizzard and the coaching staff also have to figure out how best to distribute the ball given the abundances of weapons that includes Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, Emeka Egbuka, Bucky Irving, Rachaad White, Cade Otton and others. That may the proverbial "good problem to have," but that doesn't mean it's easy to come up with the right answer.

The Buccaneers are returning all 11 starters on offense and virtually everybody who gained a yard for them last year (departed cornerback Tavierre Thomas had a two-yard loss on a fake punt, the only catch or carry missing from last year). That's particularly advantageous on the defensive line, where a unit that jelled into one of the league's best last year is intact and further building its chemistry.

The final variable to this is health. Teams have a lot of work to get done installing their playbooks in training camp and figuring out how best to construct a 53-man roster, but a goal of equal importance is getting through that period without any major injuries that will linger into the regular season. Injuries are inevitable in the NFL in general and in training camp in particular, but a relatively clean bill of health on September 1 would make my headline a lot more possible.

Brianna Dix: "Bucs' Defensive Line Generating Constant Pressure"

In 2024, the Buccaneers' defense generated the most unblocked pressures (64) and the 4th-quickest average time to pressure (2.59 seconds) in the NFL per Nex Gen Stats. The Bucs defense finished the regular season having recorded the 2nd-highest blitz rate (38.9%) and 8th-highest pressure rate (35.8%). The Bucs ranked seventh in the NFL with 46 sacks recorded last year, however, Todd Bowles stressed the need for additional pressure from four-man rushes, without dialed-up blitzes. Calijah Kancey led the way with 7.5 sacks in 2024, but Bowles wants to see more from the collective group.

Tampa Bay brought back Anthony Nelson and added free agent acquisition Haason Reddick to pair with Yaya Diaby, Chris Braswell, Jose Ramirez and fourth-round draft pick David Walker. The Bucs' menacing nose tackle Vita Vea finished second on the team with 7.0 in 2024 and Logan Hall nabbed 5.5. Expectations are high for the unit entering 2025 with key fixtures in place to wreak havoc on opponents. In many instances last season, the Bucs were collapsing the pocket and affecting the quarterback during progressions, but the group was not able to get the quarterback on the ground. This year, being able to finish and wrap-up the signal-caller will be paramount.

This would be a significant headline to read following training camp and the preseason. It would mean that throughout camp a variety of players are posting would-be sacks on Baker Mayfield, or various quarterbacks during joint practices and throughout the preseason slate of games. The front's ability to create pressure dictates the tone of the game and allows both the second and third levels of the defense to roam free and capitalize off errant or rushed throws caused by the Bucs' frontline.

Gabriel Kahaian: "Chris Godwin Cleared For Week One"

Before suffering an ankle injury in Week Seven against the Ravens, Chris Godwin was in the midst of one of the hottest starts of his career. He was leading the league in receptions, receiving touchdowns and yards after catch before a freak, late-game accident ended his season. Despite the weight of reality, Godwin could be seen saying "back to work" as he was carted off the field, a powerful example of the character and determination woven into his DNA. Though he had options in free agency, he ultimately signed a three-year, $66 million deal to stay in Tampa Bay. There is no exact timetable for his return, but if we were to learn Godwin was ready for Week One, I could not imagine a much better headline to jumpstart the Bucs' 50th season.

There is no need to go over how much of an impact Godwin has on this offense– we are talking about the franchise's all-time runner-up in receptions (579), receiving yards (7,266) and receiving touchdowns (39). Details on his recovery progress remain limited, but there is optimism surrounding his return. More clarity is expected once Training Camp gets underway. Todd Bowles mentioned back in May that the team was 'hopeful for Week One' and that if anyone could come back and play, "It would be Chris".

In the world where Godwin is not ready to go, the Bucs did use first-round draft capital on standout Ohio State receiver Emeka Egubka, who may be one of the most pro-ready prospects from this year's class. That being said, the team is better when Godwin is on the field. Watching him run out of the tunnel Week One in Atlanta would be a sight to behold.