Bucs Played Bad; 49ers Played Worse
November 11th, 2024
Got lucky Sunday?
If you think about it, there is no way the Bucs should have had the lead in the fourth quarter yesterday.
San Francisco did its best to keep the Bucs in the game. Its defense almost tried to let the Bucs score late.
And still the Bucs found a way to lose.
NFL humorist Mike Tanier, a friend of JoeBucsFan.com, typing on his Substack page “Too Deep Zone,” noted the Bucs have lost all their stars on offense and still the 49ers couldn’t fully stop the Bucs.
The 49ers endured another droopy afternoon against a beatable NFC also-ran on Sunday: in this case, an opponent in a three-game tailspin, missing its Hall of Fame WR1 (Mike Evans), his perennial 1,000-yard rhythm guitarist (Chris Godwin) and, by the second quarter, its Pro Bowl left tackle (Tristan Wirfs suffered an MCL sprain).
What should have been a McCaffrey coronation jubilee became a nailbiter. The 49ers did all the dumb stuff that cost them games this year. They settled for six field goal attempts. They missed three of them. They were unable to stop a team with zero wide receivers from running the ball. The 49ers defense allowed the Buccaneers to tie the game on an epic penalty spree which screamed we have officially run out of all of our composure for the year.
Tanier is right. The 49ers were comically bad in the second half. With all of their missed field goals and horrible defensive penalties — if the Bucs did that on defense Bucs fans rightfully would have lit torches last night — it was if the 49ers took the Bucs on the moneyline.
(There was also fun on the 49ers bench when Deebo Samuel got into a hassle with 49ers long snapper Taybor Pepper before whacking Moody in the not-so-friendly fire. It almost looked like Moe belting Larry and Curly in a Three Stooges skit.)
So yeah the Bucs should have been rolled yesterday. Joe thinks it says a lot about the makeup of this team that even when an opponent opens the door for a win, the Bucs find a way to trip and fall on the front porch.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:00 pm
The clock is ticking, Jason. Give fans some hope. Make the move.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Just fire this clown already and get us a coach that knows how to adjust please.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:03 pm
Why are we crapping on the Niners? Last I checked a wins a win, and the Bucs didn’t win. Seems we should be more worried about taking care of our business on the field and less about how our opponents looked versus us WHILE WINNING.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:07 pm
Bowles outblundered them. They had so many. It did not matter. Todd, the Bus Station is thataway….Bucs, just do it like the Stanks. Make Coen interim.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:11 pm
Well Bucs are trotting radio out to cross his arms on the sidelines so there’s that
November 11th, 2024 at 1:17 pm
USA changed coaches. maybe Bucs will get a clue.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:26 pm
So you are saying in January there may be changes to the leader of the Bucs team? 🙂
November 11th, 2024 at 1:36 pm
If anyone thinks this team still has a playoff chance because of the easy schedule after the bye, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. I wouldn’t be surprised if we split with Carolina, lose to the Saints. I know we won’t beat the Chargers, and quite frankly would’nt shock me if we lose to the Cowboys, and Giants. It’s over for this season, and I have to believe it will be over for the Bowles era also.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:41 pm
bowles needs a quick fast bye week labotomy…
or squirt a bunch of jello into his head, thru his ears, with a turkey baster…
to instill versatile and creative thinking, and to make changes on the fly…
and if it doesn’t work we will all know his head is filled with blue raspberry colored gelatin, as he takes the mannequin challenge every sunday on the sidelines
November 11th, 2024 at 1:45 pm
When you play bad, you lean on your best players. Kittle and McCaffrey made great plays when needed. Bucky Irving got ignored.
November 11th, 2024 at 2:03 pm
I have nothing against Coach Bowles. I’ve supported him for 2 years. But as a DC, his Defense sincerely sucks. We can’t pass rush and we wait for the ball to get to the receiver before attempting to tackle them. And even then, we miss tackles.
I cringe every time the other team gets the ball because there is a 90% chance they score. Baker is trying. He scores. But we cannot stop a parked car. Its time fellow Buc fans. TOOD BOWLES MUST BE FIRED.
November 11th, 2024 at 2:41 pm
What a disaster of a season this has turned out to be after another promising start. DISGUSTED.
November 11th, 2024 at 2:46 pm
Bowles is a nice guy. He’s just not a winning head coach. His game management suffers because he doesn’t believe in timeouts, and his system on defense requires stars on each level to be good. The Bucs need a change and that means they need a new head coach. Simple as that.
November 11th, 2024 at 4:37 pm
zero pass rush. Baker is awesome. Why can’t you stick with the run game and one running back instead of splitting time with a guy who is nothing more than catch a few passes out of the backfield guy
November 11th, 2024 at 8:18 pm
adam from NY said:
“ squirt a bunch of jello into his head, thru his ears, with a turkey baster… “
To quote the drill sergeant from Forrest Gump, “You are a (doggoned) genius!”
(Sorry for using Dog’s name in vain)
That is fargin beautiful. Thank you for the belly laugh – and for offering Jason a stellar idea.