“Ed, is it time to reboot?”
This summer, Joe’s good friend and NFL columnist/humorist Mike Tanier had an interesting Bucs take.
Tanier believed the Bucs were still trying to run it back to the Super Bowl but someone forgot to tell them that the team only had four starters left from that glorious Super Bowl victory in January 2021.
Well, there was one another leftover from that Super Bowl win, the defensive coordinator who is now the head coach, KitKat-eating Todd Bowles.
Watching the Bucs this season, Tanier believes hitting the reset button on the roster is long overdue with a terrible offense and now a hurt starting quarterback and an 0-3 record.
Collapsed last November. Lost Mike Evans and Lavonte David in the offseason. Extended fumbly/bumbly Baker Mayfield because they didn’t have any better ideas, and have now lost Mayfield to a thumb injury. Offense is turnover-happy and lacks focus. Defense looks like nine guys running three different schemes while two others call their agents. It’s past time to rebuild.
The only thing saving the Bucs is a decent defense. Now that Bowles seems to have capitulated and claims leading sacker David Walker needs more snaps, hopefully Bowles has seen the light when it comes to needing an edge rush.
But is it too late?