Commanders Win Muddied Bucs’ Postseason Waters
December 23rd, 2024
After today’s games, the Bucs would need a mountain of help to qualify for the playoffs as a Wild Card team.
Washington and Green Bay, the current No. 6 and No. 7 seeds if the NFC playoffs began today, each have 10 wins while the Bucs have an 8-7 record with two games remaining on every team’s schedule.
Washington (10-5) hosts the Falcons on Sunday night and closes at Dallas. The Packers (10-4) host the sadsack Saints tonight and then close with the Vikings and Bears.
The Bucs’ only real prayer of a Wild Card entry would be Washington losing its final two games and the Bucs winning theirs. The Bucs own the key head-to-head tiebreaker on Washington.
So after the Bucs’ groin-stomp loss to the Cowboys last night, Tampa Bay’s best hope of the postseason is to win the NFC South. That means praying the Commanders beat the Falcons on Sunday night and the Bucs beating the Panthers and Saints to close the season, which would give the Bucs the division title.
This is what happens when you lose control of your own destiny as the Bucs did last night.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:13 am
This loss hurts but in retrospect it is so like a Todd Bowles’ coached team to get the yips at the worst times. People can complain all about the refs but in the end the game could have been won but the turnovers in the end doomed the Bucs. Bucs better hope Washington brings their A game next week and the Panthers are no slouch. This might be the game that get Bowles launched. The team was unprepared to start the game and now they are on the outside looking in.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:17 am
Bye playoffs thanks to White
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:17 am
Time for Toilet Bowles to be flushed. The entire defensive staff should be handing in their resignations after how wide *** open the middle of the field was tonight.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:21 am
Poorly coached team loses these kinda games we have no business losing this game coming in prepared and we were looking sloppy from the beginning having us play catch up Most of the game not able to get off the field on 3rd down. The pass rush. On existent and our corners suck‼️
Fire toilet Bowles already. Just tired of the mediocrity and making backups look like all pros. No way we lose this game with BA coaching 💯
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:22 am
Having watched the Bucs tonight against the cowboys that played their butts off I am confident they will win the final two. If they do that and at 10-7 don’t make the play offs the so be it. They will have still exceed expectations.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:27 am
Honestly why did we trade away our best cover corner before the season? We also cut our best pass rusher who was still recovering from an Achilles injury. Now we have next to no pressure from our ends and and our corners seemed to get burned every other drive. Everyone pounces on Bowles but Jason is responsible for the lack of talent on our D.
Also bench White, he literally does nothing special, yet eats up playing time.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:35 am
Its all good, just deal and calm down, we’re ok….say hello to your new HC Liam…and while we’re waiting, here comes the draft….all good
Kennard
Skattebo
Debo Williams
we got this next year, trust me….and i think Parsons would like to be a part of it, so go after him Jason.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:36 am
Btafelski, Davis was IMHO, a cap casuality and the Bucs dealt him for the 3rd rounder that became Jalen McMillan, he who got out muscled for the ball in the endzone tonight. Agreed on White, he might be a better blocking back than Bucky but that fumble should get him benched.
December 23rd, 2024 at 1:52 am
Agree with Ft Myers Buc Dave that next week may be the game that gets Todd Bowles launched. Face it Bowles is not a winner. We are what our record says we are and nothing more. We are mediocre at best. Focus on next weeks game. Panthers have gotten better and they have a bone to pik with this team.
December 23rd, 2024 at 2:15 am
We will destroy Carolina next week because the expectations are gone. We can’t handle pressure or the spotlight. Its acrefkection of our anti-social Emo head coach. He looks like he’s about to cry even when he’s smiling. Before Listening to Dungy and Bowles talk ball they should have had a red flashing warning to turn the volume up or wear hearing aides.
December 23rd, 2024 at 3:59 am
If you’re surprised a Todd Bowles coached team in control of its own destiny shat the bed on National tv then you haven’t been Bucs fan long but this fan base is bipolar so he’ll get a no confidence poll this week and next week he’ll be trending up again after a win. All I can do is hope the Glazers were embarrassed because Mike Evans looked like I feel
December 23rd, 2024 at 7:02 am
Dave pear here is your platform.
December 23rd, 2024 at 7:29 am
This team would go NO WHERE in the playoffs because the defense isn’t effective.
December 23rd, 2024 at 8:06 am
Groin stomp or curb stomp.
Joe has a thing for stomping…..
December 23rd, 2024 at 8:07 am
It should be noted that the Bucs defense, as bad as it looked, held the Cowboys to 3 points in the second half.
The offense (with plenty of “next man up”) had its chances.
December 23rd, 2024 at 8:12 am
IMHO, the time out taken before the end of the first half—leaving time on the clock for Dallas to kick that FG—should get more attention in the post mortem of this game
December 23rd, 2024 at 8:37 am
The Bucs shot at a wild card has been tenuous, at best, for the past several weeks. We have to win the Division to make the playoffs.
December 23rd, 2024 at 10:07 am
Mord who allowed the Cowboys to march down the field in 54 seconds? Don’t give a damn the defense gave up 23 points in the first half. A good defense would not let them get in field goal range. Dallas stopped us and we had MORE than 54 seconds!
December 23rd, 2024 at 11:33 am
No disagreement, DBS! I’m just saying the opportunities were there in the second half.