Frontrunners
November 10th, 2024
Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
So we have officially reached the bye week. The Bucs are 4-6.
Other than calling the Bucs a bad team — you are what your record says you are — Joe thinks it is fair to judge what a team is through 10 games.
So in the spirit of looking at the Bucs prior to the bye week, Joe believes this team is a frontrunner. Meaning, they can’t get the job done from behind.
Oh, the Bucs can sometimes catch up. The game at Kansas City is proof of that. And, of course, it happened today against the 49ers when the Bucs took a lead in the fourth quarter.
It’s just when the Bucs do get back into the game, they can’t close the deal.
The Bucs are now 0-5 in games in which the opponent scores first.
Sunday, the Bucs trailed 10-0 before they began to wake up. It was clear the 49ers, both offensively and defensively, have more firepower, or at least they played with more determination and spark.
If not for 49ers kicker Jake Moody having a terrible day, this game wouldn’t have been close.
So with seven games left in the season, Joe thinks it’s more than fair to say the Bucs cannot win a game from behind. Thus, they are frontrunners.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:43 pm
?????
November 10th, 2024 at 4:44 pm
Frontrunners for the 1st draft pick
November 10th, 2024 at 4:45 pm
How about front runners for a new HC?
November 10th, 2024 at 4:46 pm
Think Joe blew a fuse not surprised with how uninspiring this team is playing same excuses from bowels nothing is getting better making the same mistakes every week soft zone disaster once again just wild.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:46 pm
For last place in the NFC south….
November 10th, 2024 at 4:47 pm
Like i said in a previous article.
We are 1 win better than the Panthers and the Saints after 10 games.
That says it all.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:47 pm
They stink away and they can’t win at home. No killer instinct, what is the common denominator? The head coach has been given enough opportunities and he continues to disappoint. By the way, we still don’t have a pass rush and we will not this year.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:49 pm
Why is Toilet Bowles still on the sideline. The defense has failed religiously for weeks
November 10th, 2024 at 4:50 pm
Too many injuries, too many players taking plays off and then getting exposed, a defense that is as porous of any defense that I have ever seen.
This comes down to conditioning and coaching. New coach, 2 weeks to fix a defense if it can be fixed and make the stretch run. Let Coen take it over and if he can not salvage it then he probably isn’t the guy for it.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:50 pm
Defense is a joke. Same thing every week. Wide open receivers all over the field. Game was better than I thought it would be but man those refs are trash like the defense.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:51 pm
Bowels is useless so I too hope it is for a new HC!
November 10th, 2024 at 4:54 pm
They needed two scores within approximately five minutes. That’s why, at the 12-minute mark, I was hoping for a long 5-7 minute touchdown drive, but they went three-and-out instead. Football is a game of inches, and timing comes down to seconds every week. Todd Bowles doesn’t seem to understand this, and I’m not sure Cohen does either, honestly. Both of them are capable of coaching their side of the ball—don’t @ me. Bowles has dealt with an absurd number of injuries on defense this year. Are they playing well? No. But given the injuries and deficiencies, they’re not performing as poorly as many suggest. Cohen has had just as many injuries and it doesn’t seem to be effecting his offense as much. I wonder why? Scheme to fit personal maybe???
If I wasn’t concerned about losing Cohen, I wouldn’t be in favor of firing Bowles, (firing a coach midseason doesn’t make you a better team) assuming he’d be willing to accept a demotion to defensive coordinator whi h is doubtful. He’s honestly a solid defensive corsinator, but he needs someone to overrule the soft coverage at the end of games, call timeouts when appropriate, and bring a MORE aggressive mindset that can also influence the offensive coordinator.
They needed a touchdown there to go up by four points, not just to tie the game. He played not to lose again… and once again, they lost.
Or was running the ball there Cohens call???
November 10th, 2024 at 4:55 pm
Only thing we can rely on is losses.
Lots and lots of losses.
At this point I’m getting used to it.
Let’s just plow through the next two and a half years of Bowles.
He’s going no where with the Glazers in charge.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:56 pm
I like Todd Bowles . I think the decision is simple. If he somehow gets this banged up team to the post season, he will return. Hard to fire a coach who goes 10-7. Truthfully, this game should’ve never been close. I’m thinking the timing between baker and the receivers on these short, hard cut routes will improve . Those short misses hurt. But, the niners are simply a more talented group. Undrafted free agent secondary doesn’t help. As a teacher for 34 years, I say what I would tell parents: “ I can only work with what you send me “.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:57 pm
It’s Mayfield’s fault.
November 10th, 2024 at 4:57 pm
Really struggling for material with this thread. Too bad you can’t whine about the refs today with so many calls going the Bucs way.
November 10th, 2024 at 5:06 pm
Plenty of blame to go around…:Offense stalls….defense soft…,coaching poor….,
November 10th, 2024 at 5:14 pm
It’s gonna be hilarious when the Giants and Panthers continue to expose Bowles defense.
November 10th, 2024 at 5:17 pm
The refs did just about put us in the end zone on that final drive.
November 10th, 2024 at 5:17 pm
The loss is frustrating but some of you hilariously dramatic.
Bucs are not even remotely close to front running for the 1st pick in the draft, or 4th place is this division.
Most likely we end up 9-8, finish 2nd in the South, and don’t make the playoffs.
Which is exactly what I said after the Ravens loss.
November 10th, 2024 at 5:24 pm
Todd bowles need to be let go. Bring back arians as interim Jc and then bring back gruden or get bellicheck or both. A waste of talent. Todd cant coach and our defense sucks. Turn the page.
November 10th, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Fire Bowels tonight!
November 10th, 2024 at 6:00 pm
This is a bad defense regardless of the injuries with no fix in sight and our HC is 3 years in picking his own players and system
Seriously doubt we win more than 3 games to finish the season
7-10 sounds about right and hopefully will get Todd booted to the curb
We are going nowhere with him at HC
November 10th, 2024 at 6:12 pm
Frontrunners in probably finishing below 500 and Frontrunners for a new HC. Ohh, and frontrunners in having one of the top 5 worst Defenses in the NFl. Thats what our Bucs are frontrunners in.
November 10th, 2024 at 6:48 pm
They will be 11-6 and playoff bound by the end of the season. Look who they are playing the rest of the way. The Bucs (by far) are better than any team they will face from here on out. I am definitely not losing hope yet. Keeping it real in Skibbereen, Ireland. Good night.
November 10th, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Buc fans have been here before.
More often than not.
November 10th, 2024 at 9:20 pm
Belicheck watch starts now
November 10th, 2024 at 9:23 pm
@Gipper lmao
Dude is playing as well as he can and is a bright spot along with this running game starting to show promise for the first time really since Doug Martin.
November 11th, 2024 at 6:52 am
This product is garbage. Straight up. Bowles does what Bowles does. Send him packing.