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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Dumb and dumber.

It’s hard to win in the National Football League when you play sloppy and you coach stupid. The Bucs were guilty of both infractions Sunday in a 23-20 loss at Carolina that cost them a 96 percent chance to make the postseason.

Instead, the Panthers find themselves on top of the NFC South at 8-7 while the Bucs fell to 7-8 with their sixth setback in the past seven weeks. Unless Tampa Bay stumbles next week at Miami while Carolina upsets Seattle, the Bucs can still extend their playoff streak to six consecutive seasons by downing the Panthers at home in the regular-season finale.

Predictably, the Bucs don’t make things easy. [read more]

An diehard optimist might say the Bucs straightened out their horrific and undisciplined special teams unit that was hurting the team early this season.

Joe can’t say that. Just look at what happened today before the final Bucs drive. [read more]

“That’s the math, Mr. Glazer.”

Playoffs? Playoffs! Playoffs??

Yes, the Bucs (7-8) can still win their fifth consecutive NFC South title after losing today to the Panthers in Charlotte. What a country! [read more]

“Ed, now you know what burning money smells like.”

Unless Bucs coach Todd Bowles ordered offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard not to throw the ball or Grizzard and Bowles were so scared Baker Mayfield would lose the game, there is no way to explain the passing stats of the Bucs today. [read more]

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Baker Mayfield appeared on the Buccaneers Radio Network after the game and explained what he thought happened on the game-ending (season-ending?) interception late in the loss to the Stinking Panthers. [read more]

Why, Josh?

Joe needs to know, and Bucs fans deserve to know. The Bucs need to come clean on this. [read more]

#Fail.

All year long, Bucs fans as well as Bucs types from suits all the way down to the towel boys, pined for when the Bucs got Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan back healthy. [read more]

After unleashing a profanity-laced tirade 10 days ago after the loss to the Falcons, Bucs head coach Todd Bowles was much more chill and upbeat after today’s loss at Carolina. [read more]

Team Glazer huddles with Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht.

Have the Buccaneers become the worst team in the NFC South after losing to all three division foes over the past three games and after the slimy Saints won their third consecutive game this afternoon? It’s a legitimate argument, maybe even an easy one.

Yes, the arrow is pointing down. [read more]

The current mess is worse than Jon Gruden crapping the bed and finishing 9-7 after starting the 2008 season 9-3.

That got Chucky fired a few weeks after the final whistle. [read more]

What a game!

Man, the Bucs continue to torture their fans.

Being a Tampa Bay fan has become painful. [read more]

It’s time for the nonsense to end. Simple as that.

Comment all game long below. Please be nice! It’s easy.

Stick with Joe all afternoon for plenty out of this gotta-have-it game against the Panthers.

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Joe really has enjoyed watching the Raise The Flags documentary on Amazon Prime. It’s a new 10-part series on the 50-year history of the Bucs, minus a lot of impactful happenings. But Joe is not complaining. It’s a very informative and entertaining watch. [read more]

After the Bucs got torched by Kirk “Todd Bowles Can’t Stop Me” Cousins 10 days ago, Joe is so happy to be seeing a quarterback today that is mortal against a Bowles defense. [read more]