Buck stops with Todd Bowles.
So ESPN is having fun with words with their NFL beat reporters this week.
And Bucs beat reporter for ESPN, Jenna Laine, believes four letters is more appropriate.
The editors at ESPN tasked their reporters to come up with four words that describe the team they cover. Laine had [an interesting take](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50109845/nfl-power-rankings-week-5-teams-first-month-recap#tb) on that assignment.
> A four-letter word might be more appropriate than a four-word phrase here — that’s the brutally honest truth for a team that has completely failed. The Bucs’ offensive struggles from last season have worsened, both with and without injured quarterback Baker Mayfield (dislocated right thumb). Despite being a top-five defense in offensive points scored (seven touchdowns allowed in four games) and yardage (282.75), the Bucs have allowed 40 points off turnovers (most in the league). It’s all about those turnovers.
So what were the four words, not letters, that Laine chose?
> “The offense is broken.”
That’s no lie. Not only has the offense been stuck in a rut since Week 1, it’s getting worse. Since Week 1, the Bucs have scored fewer and fewer points every game!
If this continues tomorrow night when the Bucs visit the Cowboys, and the Bucs lose, it would not shock Joe whatsoever if, with a mini-bye week, Zac Robinson could get tossed off the pirate ship as a scapegoat.
Not that he isn’t guilty, but if the Bucs go to 0-5 to stretch their dismal record dating back to last year at 2-12, people are going to start trying to save their arses and KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles could run Robinson in a last-ditch effort to keep his gig for the 2027 season.