Joe sure hopes Team Glazer looks at the Bucs’ last 10 losses, all by one score, and sees them as an indicator that the team is poorly coached rather than “this close” to turning things around with the current coaching staff.
Among those 10 losses, only four wins were sprinkled in between.
The half-full glass is half-empty when it leads to extended losing.
This year, the sad coaching is on the offensive side of the ball. Regardless, Todd Bowles is responsible for the entire team, the entire coaching staff, including the offensive coordinator he handpicked.
“Killer instinct?” Bowles has talked about that key team trait many times. The Bucs officially have been searching for it since the close of the 2024 season. Tonight, they couldn’t find it again after seizing momentum, tying the Bears late in front of a stunned Soldier Field crowd.
This afternoon, Joe watched the Panthers choke away a win against the Broncos in Charlotte. Carolina had no killer instinct and it cost them dearly in a one-score game. Trust Joe, no Panthers fan is uplifted by losing like that to a seven-win team.
Repetitive close losses are a sign of a bad club, because most NFL games are decided by one score. At some point, Joe has to think Bucs ownership will start realizing that.