Finding ways to win.

Joe has decided to document highlights of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians captured when he coached Arizona during the inaugural season of “All or Nothing,” a “Hard Knocks”-like miniseries by NFL Films that follows a pro or college team throughout a season and is exclusive to Amazon Prime. Joe hopes these highlights will help Bucs fans learn what to expect from the 12th coach in franchise history. This series of posts will appear periodically until the days leading up to the draft later this month.

December football in these parts is losing football. But for Bruce Arians and his 2015 Cardinals, it was winning December football that propelled them to the playoffs.

In an episode of “All or Nothing,” the “Hard Knocks”-like, NFL Films-produced miniseries which chronicles the 2015 season of the Cardinals, Arians stresses the importance of winning football in December.

(The Bucs in the post-Chucky era are a shameful 11-33 in December games and have never had a winning record in the month of December since Chucky was jettisoned. There has been a whole lot of quit in the Bucs in December with players’ minds on Christmas shopping and after-season tropical getaways.)

“December football. Last year we were 9-2 the same day. 9-2,” Arians begins with his players right after a practice as the Cardinals embark on their December stretch run. “We didn’t win enough games [last year]. One of the problems is your body starts to get beat up. That can’t be an excuse. We have to be taking care of ourselves. You have to get it done so it don’t catch up with you.”

The first December game for the Cardinals is the Rams. In his pregame speech before a game at St. Louis, Arians had little to say except to continue his theme.

“December football: Focus and finish every single play,” Arians said softly. “Every minute of the game.”

Before a first-half possession, Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer tells Arians, “All we need to do is run it right at them.” Arians looks right at Palmer and nods his head in agreement, telling his quarterback, “I know.” The Cardinals do just that except on the final play of the drive when David Johnson catches a short pass in traffic from Palmer for a touchdown. Arians approves.

“That’s the way to finish a motherf*cking drive, 96 yards!”

The Cardinals win easily 27-3. But Arians’ biggest thrill? With Cardinals president Michael Bidwill on the sidelines dressed to the nines as if he’s returning to the courtroom where he was a federal prosecutor before taking over the family business, Larry Fitzgerald dumps a bucket of water on Bidwill to celebrate the win. Arians roars and doubles over laughing.

Quick turnaround for Arians. The Cardinals next host the Vikings on Thursday Night Football. In a presser after practice prior to playing the Vikings, Arians was asked about Thursday night football games. He basically said it’s a necessary evil.

“I’m tired of b!tching about them because they aren’t going away.”

But Arians barked later. With a chance to put away the Vikings with a first down on the Vikings-2, the Cardinals got stuffed on first down, Palmer got sacked on second down (“Are you f*cking kidding me?”) and a third down pass fell incomplete.

Arians gave hisoffense have a tongue-lashing.

“That’s f*cking bullsh!t!” Arians hollered at no one in particular, swinging a fist in the air. “I’m going to tear their @ss up!”

And he does when the offense gets to the sidelines.

“You ought to be embarrassed!” Arians screams at his offense, now on the bench. “That was so f*cking pitiful! Are they doing something special or are they just kicking our @ss?”

Offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin speaks up, tight end “Troy [Niklas] got cross-faced.”

Arians reacts, “So we are getting @ss kicked?” Arians prowls down the sideline and pleads with his players, “Let’s go, rise up! Get more physical!”

The Cardinals comply. With the Vikings driving on what looked to be a game-tying or winning drive trailing 23-20, Dwight Freeney tomahawk chops Teddy Bridewater forcing a fumble Calais Campbell recovers to seal the win.

As Arians comes off the field, he is met by his old boss Bill Cowher, who was working the game for CBS. The two warmly embrace and Cowher tells Arians that good teams find a way to win just like the way the Cardinals won.

Something Arians needs to change that around these parts. If anything, the Bucs find ways to lose.

Regularly.