Todd Bowles.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles just stared straight ahead at nobody. He couldn’t believe what he just saw. His defense got five turnovers and the Bucs still lost.
All because the offense is unadulterated chicken s(p)it.
“That’s a good question,” Todd Bowles said softly, almost in a murmur, staring into the abyss, shaking his head softly back and forth. He really had no answer.
> “We’ve got to capitalize on them. We’ve got to capitalize on them. We’ve got to score points. We can’t keep giving them the ball back. We have to be better on third downs.”
On the Buccaneers Radio Network postgame coverage, team reporter Jay Recher asked Bowles about the sputtering offense not taking advantage of the five turnovers the defense forced (_five_!).
Bowles cited false start penalties as a major culprit for the dismal offense. And he did not leave his quarterback out of the equation for the putrid offense. Asked about Baker Mayfield’s pick-six, Bowles said, “He had his mind made up. He should have gone somewhere else \[with the pass\].”
Joe hasn’t seen Bowles this despondent too many times. Joe wonders if Bowles is thinking about making a change at offensive coordinator on the way home tonight.
If he doesn’t, someone higher up the Bucs’ food chain should.