Primetime record makes one want to drink heavily.
Want to know why the Bucs may not get much respect from national hollering shows and stenographers? The keep shatting themselves before the eyes of the nation.
To be fair to those who work for national media outlets, it’s hard to take a team seriously that is damn near guaranteed to hang an “L” for all the country to see.
Eat a “W?” The Bucs puke an “L” it seems whenever they play at night.
Both Bucs coach Todd Bowles and Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield have awful records in primetime games.
When Bowles did time serving four years with the Jets, he had a 4-5 mark in primetime games, night games. With the Bucs his teams melt under the lights more often than not.
Bowles overall record in night games is 8-15. With the Bucs, Bowles is a disgraceful 4-10 in primetime games.
Mayfield, sadly, is worse. His overall record under the lights is 3-9, including 1-7 (!) with the Bucs. Though Mayfield’s lone win at night with the Bucs was a dominant playoff win over the Eagles.
So what does this mean? It means to Joe that along with playing better pass defense, the Bucs have to find a way to get their heads out of their arses when the klieglights of national television flip on.
If you can’t win on the big stages (often against quality opponents), why should those from big markets respect you?
