Humiliation Sets In
October 23rd, 2022
The truly saddest aspect to this Bucs football team that was kicked in the groin by the Panthers and their fourth-string quarterback today, 21-3, is that Tampa Bay truly is a soft football team.
Soft. Soft. Soft.
Nobody watches a Bucs game any longer and says, ‘Damn, the Bucs really punch teams in the mouth. They’re a physical and hungry group.’ And that’s so depressing.
As a Bucs fan for decades, Joe knows losing and suffering. But Joe also knows losing can be stomached a little bit if the team is fighting its ass off. But these Bucs are not.
They look like a bunch of checked out losers. There’s just no other way to say it. That’s the body language, the results and the only conclusion given all the talent on the roster and the stable of experienced coaches.
It’s not even Halloween and the Bucs just tanked a division game against a decimated roster.
Effort is a problem with this team. Hell, Todd Bowles said it himself using “toughness” instead of the “E” word.
Frankly, Joe is afraid to watch Bowles’ news conference today. If Bowles doesn’t reference terrible effort, then Joe might have stroke.
It’s not too much to expect a team to fight from the opening whistle, even without eight Pro Bowlers on the field.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Heartless. Gutless. Emotionless.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:01 pm
Get ‘em Joe! Pathetic effort today.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:01 pm
This team is trash with these inept coaches.
Fournette is terrible.
Worst game Donavon Smith has ever played.
Hainsey was hot garbage.
Welcome to the first losing record Brady has had in his career at this point.
Leftwich should be fired immediately.
Bowles should follow.
I’m embarrassed of this team.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:02 pm
Now I’m starting to get worried that Brady will retire before we can trade him. Glazers need to be on the phone with Brady, see what he’s thinking, and ask him to play along for now, don’t mention retirement, and the Bucs will get him shipped to Miami.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:02 pm
They need to make a shake up fire the coach The offenses of coordinator and today
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Bowles needs to be relieved of his duties tonight and Bruce and Jason know it in their guts. This is unacceptable
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Why does Joe keep giving Bowles breaks? Stop it. This is his team and his organization. He is the Top Dog, Captain, Boss. This fish is rotted from the head down.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Now a short week vs the Ravens yikes
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:04 pm
They take the personality of their head coach. These players are gutless. Bowles is an awful coach who’s a players coach and who the players probably don’t respect.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Couldn’t be happier for big mouth Devin White. If being out of position and giving up big plays were tracked like INTs, he’d be in the 30/Give Up 6 Club like someone he loves to criticize. That’s why players should keep other player’s names out of their mouths!!!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:05 pm
at the least you dump leftwich, and hopefully you can have BA pencil himself in as the OC for the rest of the year
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:05 pm
No effort at all, looked like they couldn’t care less about winning.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:05 pm
Fournette couldn’t make a little girl miss.
He lowers his shoulders 3 yards from contact EVERY PLAY.
White looks good for one play and they take him out.
I’m serious when I say Byron Leftwich is NOT a smart man.
Clean house!!!
This season is toast
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:05 pm
This is a perfect example of what happens when a team gives up on a HC. Period.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:05 pm
Joe says …
“Jason Licht must be in stunned disbelief at how his strong roster is being mishandled“
Really ??Like replacing suh for hicks and Logan hall ??
Replacing gronk with two rookies ??
Replacing marpet with a bad rookie??
Replacing JPP with JTS … really ?
Licht screw this up by not replacing leadership and great players.
Great players got replace by rookies
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:06 pm
As long as Leftwich and Bowles are still coaching, you won’t catch me wasting another 3 hours watching this sorry excuse for an NFL team. Arians not being the HC is 90% of the issue, and the other 10% is losing players like Gronk, AB, Marpet, Suh, JPP, Jenson, etc. They play soft because Bowles and Leftwich are soft incompetent coaches that clearly were using training wheels because of Grandaddy Arians. Fire them both. My mental health can’t take this anymore. They’ve checked out on this seasson so I will too ✌️
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:06 pm
They sound like a damn broken record. There’s no way in hell you should be losing to the panthers. Let’s see if the organization has any stones to fire this whole coaching staff.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:07 pm
Are you talking about our FIRST PLACE Bucs?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:07 pm
Brady is off also it’s not just Bowles!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:07 pm
And the only thing they can come up with is trading Vaughn?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:07 pm
Those of you unfortunate souls who pay to see this team play in person should stay away until changes are made. The only thing the Glazers will understand is an empty stadium Thursday night.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:08 pm
this has been a shockingly quick fall to “rock bottom”…
we were the “new america’s team” only a handful of weeks back…
omg another bowles “zombie talk” for the public and with the press…
we now have a “monotone team”…thanks bowles…
not a “twitch” to be found on this roster…
BA please save us
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:08 pm
Must feel proud we are winning the Division?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:08 pm
Been a Bucs fan my whole life and I haven’t been this embarrassed to be a Bucs fan in a long time. There was expectation and a spotlight on this Bucs team and they’re an embarrassment. The coaching staff is an absolute joke! Leftwich can kiss any head coaching job goodbye! Bowles won’t sniff a head coaching job after this season! Devin White free roams can stay in position! Had anyone seen Shaq Barrett?! Julio Jones stealing money! Does Goedeke got something on Bowles?! Goedeke did the worst LG in football!!! And Brady should just retire if he isn’t gonna practice on Wednesday and do podcasts on Monday and attend weddings on Fridays! This team lost to the two worst teams in football!!!!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:08 pm
Why even watch this disgrace of a team and have it ruin our weekends anymore. Fck the Bucs.
There’s no upside or feel good, it’s all pain and misery
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:09 pm
Things are so bad that the team pulled the live postgame press conferences (Bowles and Brady) while they were streaming. Never seen that before.
They’re probably afraid the wrong thing is going to be said before it can be edited.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:09 pm
Joe is another Midwest transfer yankee. Please stop.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:09 pm
Time to breakout the brown paper bags and wear them Thursday night.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:09 pm
The Glazers won’t fire the coaching staff, and we know why.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:09 pm
3 points. They scored 3 points. 3?!!!!!! Are you kidding me? Someone needs to come in and knock some skulls!!!!!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:10 pm
So for the first-place touters, so you think we can win the division and make a solid playoff run with a 4 win season?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:10 pm
Not a single guy on our team wore a jock strap today and they got kicked in the nuts by Superman all day.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:10 pm
Thanks Zwak. Brady doesn’t get a pass either. Instead of getting first downs when you need 3 yards he is trying to go big play over and over again. Luke Goedeke is god awful, why did he get back in the game?? This was a team loss all the way around.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:10 pm
Also I am starting to wonder how healthy godwin is.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:10 pm
I guess both Tom and Groningen saw last year where this team was heading after they won the SB… Tom tried to get out (but he couldn’t, so he came back) and Gronk is saying: “He’ll no, not coming back!!”
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:11 pm
Francisco… how many TD’s have we scored all year? So you think 3 points is that abnormal? It just means Succop didn’t have more chances.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
Actions.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
This is the worst team in franchise history. Read it again. Yes. Worse than 1976. Worse than Leeman Bennett. Worse than Lovie and Raheem.
Why? The talent is superior. It’s talent that is mailing it in. Including Brady. Yep. Read it again. Brady is half a$$ing it. One hops. Indecisive. Overthrows. Underthrows.
A pathetic group of millionaires.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
TOM BRADY GOT VACCINATED LAST YEAR,TRUMP TOLD HIM TO TAKE THE DEATH SHOT !!!!
FIRE BOWELS BRING ARIAN NATION BACK!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
@BillyBucco
That’s right. Lenny cannot make guys miss and has little wiggle to him. White is much better at both those things. That’s why he is breaking runs up the middle when Lenny is not.
Byron has to stop being so stubborn. We all love Lenny, but if the line sucks and there are no holes either 1) use White or else 2) use a lead back (Ko) to help open up holes for Lenny. When they used Ko with Lenny, it worked. And that’s about the only thing that worked for Lenny on the ground.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
Hey @Joe is Shaq Barrett still on the team?
Asking for a team
Was the players only meeting for fantasy football purposes only?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
Was scotty miller inactive? Where are these other wideouts behind godwin and evans? You figure they would get open somehow. A bunch of bodies doing nothing!!!!!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:12 pm
“Checked out losers”
Perfectly stated, Joe. These losers are not worth my family’s and I’s time.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:13 pm
TOM BRADY GOT VACCINATED LAST YEAR,TRUMP TOLD HIM TO TAKE THE DEATH SHOT !!!!
FIRE BOWELS BRING ARIAN BACK!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:14 pm
Bowles is trash. They need to get rid of him right now if they wanna salvage this season. He can take BL with him as well.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:14 pm
@Francisco
Godwin is not near 100%. That’s why the chemistry with him and Brady is off.
Godwin used to be one of Brady’s security blankets. But it’s not there now. It reminds me of when Gronk came back from injury last year. He lost a step, and Brady’s throws to him were off because of it. Same is happening with Godwin now.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:17 pm
I am surprised nobody is talking about this d-line is well. Vea is pathetic everyone on that line is pathetic.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Short week as well. Ravens might embarrass this team. Plz fire bowles and leftwich!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Props to Bill for pulling the plug on Brady !!! This is funny now and last week I made a promise if the Bucs didn’t play with urgency the first 1/2 I was done. Please God BLOW this team up WHITE, VEA, LVD, and others are so overrated and get something for them. Brady please RETIRE and take your drama somewhere else and 3-5 is coming soon
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:22 pm
Total embarrassment, i’m done wasting my time and money! I was booking to see Bucs-Bengals in Dec for my bday but nevermind! I’ll jus go Vegas or something…! SMMFH!!!
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:22 pm
Oh and Shaq.. was that players meeting a poker game
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Look, we got 2 good years out of Brady and we got a surprise championship. It’s over now, clean house and re-build. Todd Bowels was canned as the Jets HC because he was terrible so this really can’t be a shock. A good coordinator very often does not make a good HC.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:28 pm
@ Rod Munch Brady to San Fran for Jimmy G
Brady would go
SF is in win now mode
Bucs are in win in 2023 or 2024 mode
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:29 pm
New coach and Rogers coming next year?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:30 pm
Don’t look now, But Ayahuasca Rodgers and the Packers are playing almost as badly in Green Bay.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:33 pm
Francisco…. I think uninspired to play is the word you are looking for.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:37 pm
I don’t recall seeing a Buc’s defense get so repeatedly gashed by running plays!
WTF?
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:44 pm
Bowles ball. Worse thing that could’ve happened was winning those first two games with defense. Trying to fix what wasn’t broke.
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:50 pm
But they had a players only leadership step up meeting….
October 23rd, 2022 at 4:51 pm
What Mark said about Rodgers and the Pack. Their season has been a mirror image of the Bucs!
October 23rd, 2022 at 5:04 pm
Okay I think it’s time for Gisele to take the curse off Tom and the BUCS! And Is it Tod,plays are too predictable same players over and over week after to week,need to change plays and players as other teams can’t predict your evey move!they watch videos and keep knowing what you’re exactly going to do the next week, inspire change!
October 23rd, 2022 at 5:06 pm
disgraceful in every phase…period.. darden hates contact.. just sayn
October 23rd, 2022 at 5:45 pm
Shaq has been a joke since he got paid, Vea a joke since Suh left, White has been a joke since annointed the next up and coming, defensive scheme has been a joke since burnt by rams, Brady has been an ass-hat joke since he announced his retirement, Licht has been a joke since his lack of response to losing team leadership, Bowles has been a joke since the Jets, and Byron has always been a joke… I ain’t laughing
October 23rd, 2022 at 6:00 pm
As many fans said leading up to this game stop writing articles about how the Bucs are facing a weak team, clearly we are on the decline and this entire division could swap out head coaches it’s so bad
October 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
The Bucs do not look like the same team that played Week 1. Not sure what the problem is but among other things Brady has not looked himself for weeks.
October 23rd, 2022 at 6:59 pm
Agree with everybody. But don’t forget, Darden is still a lock for a 5-yard punt/kickoff return. That’s money in the bank.
October 23rd, 2022 at 7:55 pm
Hey you want to get Lenny running hard again? Have him play against his own teams D, guaranteed 150yds.
October 23rd, 2022 at 8:26 pm
Set in?!? Humiliation set in three games ago.
October 23rd, 2022 at 9:07 pm
This week and last week weren’t even shown down here in Ft Myers. We’re probably better off for it. Brady’s divorce from BA and from GB have clearly changed the mentality of this team. It’s just not the same, and I don’t know how it gets corrected. That being said, I’ll never bet against Tom. I think he’s going to still find a way to make it happen in the end.
October 23rd, 2022 at 9:59 pm
For 3 press conferences Bowles has said that the coaches need to do a better job. Well, where is it? Does anyone ever ask him what he has done to be better? NO, but I bet he couldn’t answer that, even. If he doesn’t know what he and his coaches need to do better how can he figure out what the team needs to do? I want to hear some concrete answers!
October 24th, 2022 at 12:22 am
we cannot run the ball . we got 45 yrds against a 1-5 team !!!!!
October 24th, 2022 at 8:06 am
The solution is in the building, no?
October 24th, 2022 at 11:36 am
Remember……..
‘who’ wanted Arians gone? (just a rumor tho – maybe not).
‘who’ complained about Arians changing game plans that had been worked on by Bowles and Brady during the week?
This is as much Brady’s offense as it is Bowles.
How often has Brady checked off or changed a play at the line of scrimmage?
idk, think rumors about Brady not wanting to come back are more truth than fiction. He may be the ‘GOAT’ but his play this year is anything but.
Lackluster performance by the Defense does not excuse the outright foul play of the offense.
And yes to comments about Darden – for gods sake, he’s awful.
what’s up with the secondary – all the injuries last year and now again this year? doesn’t matter how good you are – if they can’t stay on the field, find someone that can. Is it training or conditioning or coaching?
October 24th, 2022 at 11:39 am
my bad – I mean Leftwich when referring to Bowles