The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the featured team on HBO's Hard Knocks this summer for the first time.
Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times first reported Tuesday that "all indications" were the Buccaneers were chosen as the NFL team to be documented on the HBO and NFL Films series in 2017.
HBO confirmed the Buccaneers would be the featured team this year, and the season premiere will air on August 8.
The Buccaneers celebrated the Hard Knocks announcement on Twitter:
Quarterback Jameis Winston discussed being featured on Hard Knocks when it was still in the rumor phase on Monday, per Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times:
Greg AumanVideo: Jameis Winston likes that Hard Knocks would "show the whole world" what Bucs are, but wouldn't change his focus on football.