Heat is on.
So the Bucs are staring at 0-4 right in the face, with team leadership now in the hands of an undrafted rookie quarterback with four snaps under his belt. He’s 0-for-1 passing with a pick.
Yikes.
At 0-4, the season would be all but doomed. The only hope if the Bucs get there with a loss today would be the garbage division they play in.
And at 0-4, does Team Glazer begin a coaching search? Remember: Joe was told by a very, very good authority years ago that in October 2013, Team Glazer already had reached out to lousy Lovie Smith to take over the Bucs the following January.
The Bucs, under then-Bucs commander Greg Schiano, started the season 0-8. The Bucs were 0-7 after their final game of October.
On his weekday show for the New York Post, popular sports radio and television personality Adam Schein said he believes if the Bucs don’t win today, they may go a long time before recording their first win of the 2026 season.
And Schein believes you can argue KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles may be the first coaching casualty of the year.
“Green Bay is the next game for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,” Schein began. “If the Bucs lose that game, when are they going to win?
“Like the Green Bay game this week is the most winnable game that they will have in quite some time. This schedule, when you combine the teams that the Bucs are playing, in addition to how Tampa has looked, I think there’s a very real chance that the first coach fired in the NFL is Todd Bowles.
“I don’t know how he survives this season. There was a case to can him after last year. I think, and there are others you could argue — Shane Steichen from the Colts quickly comes to mind — if you’re a betting man and you want to bet on people losing their job, I think Todd Bowles will be the first coach fired this NFL season.”
Joe would bet against that, despite the loud cries from fans. Team Glazer has never dismissed a coach midseason. Never. “This Joe” does not like betting against never.
And Joe isn’t confident the Bucs are about to go on a gruesome losing streak. Yes, the next three games are dicey. Today is against the rotten Packers. Then traveling on a short week to Dallas. But then, on extra rest, they have a home game against Pittsburgh in two weeks, a team that doesn’t look all that formidable.
After the Steelers game, the Bucs face two NFC South landfill rivals, the Stinking Panthers and the Dixie Chicks. Neither is the ’84 49ers.
Oh, for Joe to be a gecko on the wall in the Team Glazer suite at The Licht House this afternoon. What conversations could be going on?
“I think there’s a very good chance that the first coach fired in the NFL is Todd Bowles.”@adamschein looks into his crystal ball — and at the Bucs’ upcoming schedule — and sees a gloomy future ahead in Tampa.
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— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) October 3, 2026