Buccaneers Midseason Awards: MVP, breakout player and more

TAMPA, FL - SEPTEMBER 16: Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks off the field after winning a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Raymond James Stadium on September 16, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - SEPTEMBER 16: Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks off the field after winning a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Raymond James Stadium on September 16, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
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CHICAGO, IL – SEPTEMBER 30: Vinny Curry #97, Jason Pierre-Paul #90 and Gerald McCoy #93 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrate after stopping the Chicago Bears in the first quarter at Soldier Field on September 30, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – SEPTEMBER 30: Vinny Curry #97, Jason Pierre-Paul #90 and Gerald McCoy #93 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrate after stopping the Chicago Bears in the first quarter at Soldier Field on September 30, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

With Week 9 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 2018 season now upon us, it’s time for some midseason awards.

As is typically the case for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they won’t have any players brought on stage at the NFL’s annual award show.

They don’t have an MVP candidate, a rookie of the year candidate, breakout player of the year candidate, or a coach of the year candidate.

With that said, we can still hand out those awards to players exclusively on the Buccaneers. We’ll surely do it when the season wraps up, but why not check in on the status of those awards at the midseason point?

While the Bucs don’t have a pool of players worthy of league-wide awards, they still maintain some legitimate stars who are undoubtedly worthy of team-oriented accolades; there’s quite a bit of competition at several award spots. Starting with “breakout player of the year” we’ll work our way through six different categories before capping it off finally with the team’s MVP. Let’s get started!

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