“We’re Close To Putting All Three Phases Together”
November 17th, 2025
Was progress made Sunday in the world of the Buccaneers? Absolutely. It’s as sure as the crisp on Joe’s fried haddock sandwich Saturday in downtown Buffalo.
Todd Bowles told a national audience today that he’s feeling confident.
“We’re close to putting all three phases together. We put a few more phases together yesterday,” Bowles said on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “We’ve just got to tie it all togethter. And I’m confident we’ll do that.”
Joe will play optimist, too. The Bucs’ offensive line is improving weekly, and backup guards Michael Jordan and Dan Feeney got the job done yesterday.
How many teams run the ball dominantly with backup guards, guys whose ceilings aren’t exactly high? And the Bucs also accomplished that with wide receivers and tight ends posing little threat yesterday. Those groups combined for only 128 yards receiving.
There was no stopping the Bucs’ run game yesterday, at least nobody on the opposing team.
As for the Bucs defense, Bowles got his turnover “phase” cooking with two interceptions. Tykee Smith and rookie Jacob Parrish are impressive young defensive backs. The punt game was good, too.
Bowles says the Bucs are close to putting offense, defense and special teams together. Should fans buy in?
November 17th, 2025 at 4:06 pm
Did Bowles see the same game I watched yesterday??
November 17th, 2025 at 4:10 pm
Drug test that man asap.
He’s watching a different game than the rest of us.
Completely out of his depth.
I guess after the Rams throttle us he’ll be over the top with enthusiasm.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:10 pm
WTF is he talking about? Absolutely delusional! Did he have a stroke during the game and forgot what happened?
November 17th, 2025 at 4:12 pm
We are not close at all, Oline is banged up.. WR core is shredded, special teams sucks. Lack of pass rushers.. Zyon sucks… AW3 has been disappointing more than he’s been good this year. OC is terrible, Todd Bowles drops dline into coverage and plays prevent defense.. his soft zone scheme is outdated.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Wow.
Delusional and stupid.
You can’t make this stuff up.
#FireBowles
November 17th, 2025 at 4:16 pm
At least we looked better than the Lions and Philly!!!
November 17th, 2025 at 4:16 pm
Bro, what? I get it, you cannot say “Yeah we suck”, but this is insulting.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:19 pm
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Anyone that believes this is out to lunch…smdh
November 17th, 2025 at 4:22 pm
Clueless Todd! Duh yup!
November 17th, 2025 at 4:22 pm
I never see a player take over on defense as the alpha male, Tykee anybody!! he’s putting his body and dedication on the line and Zyon just stands around watching (afraid to tackle)… Tykee needs to start calling people out on the field, it must drive him nuts watching Winfield and Zyon turning into a disasters!! Go Bucs
November 17th, 2025 at 4:23 pm
JFC.
This is why we’re going nowhere with Bowles as the HC. He thinks he’s coaching horseshoes instead of football…
Oh, but when we win a couple games in December against loser teams, everyone including the media will be singing his praises, before getting curb stomped in the wild card round…
Rinse and repeat next year!
November 17th, 2025 at 4:24 pm
Oh. My. God. WHO!? WHAT!? “CLOSE.” You have got to be kidding me. I am not sure this is the correct way, to spin this narrative, with THIS team, right now. They need ENERGY and TOUGHNESS. They’ve been ‘babied’ for far too long now.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:26 pm
FFS he has been saying this for three years. It is never going to happen, it is a lie so he can keep getting those paychecks. The all you can eat buffet at 2001 is not free
November 17th, 2025 at 4:26 pm
Ok I get it the O-line is doing well with Wirfs back healthy. Besides the one pick Mayfield was moving the offense without several important pieces. Here is the problem; The defense has always taken pride stopping the run…..not happening. Special teams have been an issue since the first game of the season and we’ve just finished week 10. There are bad games and then there are patterns!
November 17th, 2025 at 4:26 pm
When your team is 10 games into a season, that is a strange comment to make.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Team is struggling…..
But some of you “Fans” are the worst in the league – no contest. Embarrassing.
I wish the players and coaches could tell the press what they really think of the crowd around here. It would be enlightening to hear, I’d imagine. 🙁
November 17th, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Does Sirius pay him?
November 17th, 2025 at 4:32 pm
What exactly do we do well on defense or special teams???? Besides give up big plays lol
Dudes gotta be just either a straight liar or hes delusional. U can’t watch that and tell me youre seeing progress
November 17th, 2025 at 4:35 pm
Earth to Todd. Earth to Todd. Come in Todd????
Agree drug test is in order
November 17th, 2025 at 4:37 pm
7 years as coach and were close????
November 17th, 2025 at 4:38 pm
What world are we living in here? The bills have a terrible run defense the dolphins just tore them up the week before so I’m not so impressed with our run game. As for all three phases I say we have one phase yesterday the offense special teams was hideous and Todd bowles and his s*** defense was absolutely terrible.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:39 pm
Baghdad Todd!
November 17th, 2025 at 4:41 pm
We scored 32 points against a really good team and had them on the ropes until the 4th quarter starting our wide receivers 5, 6, and 7! Yes our defense was pretty bad but so is every team’s defense facing the Bills generally.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:43 pm
Saying it doesn’t make it so. Youve got to show it on Sunday. Fans have no reason to believe you will.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:44 pm
“ should fans buy in?”
Fans on this site are telling you F. no.
Stevie Wonder can see this team blows.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:47 pm
This guy is full of s(p)it! They aren’t close to putting anything together.
The run game looked great yesterday because the Bills run defense is god awful.
Good teams crush the Bucs and they struggle to beat the average ones.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:47 pm
Exactly st Pete Matt.
We also put up more points on both the lions and Philly in our respective games but sure, that means nothing.
I can tell that most that comment here are “tampa native” New Yorkers that started rooting for this team when they picked up Brady.
You girls can go have a seat now
November 17th, 2025 at 4:49 pm
Yeah but
No cigar
November 17th, 2025 at 4:55 pm
Lets see… 10 games in, for multiple games we’ve missed… LT1, LG1, RG1, RG2, RG3, RT1, RB1, WR1, WR2, WR4, DE1, EDGE2, EDGE3, CB1, CB2, CB4 … and we’re in 1st place, with a chance to get back some huge players, just as the schedule eases up dramatically.
But nah, screw that, GRRRR I’m mad, all is lost, the team is awful, fire everyone, cut everyone, move the team to London, GRRRR!!!!
November 17th, 2025 at 4:57 pm
At the Bucs present state, they are not particularly talented. Mike Evans and Irving makes all the difference in the world. The tight ends are the bottom of the league. The WR room at present state is meh, and if you somehow combined Sean Tucker and Rashaad White he still wouldn’t be half as good as half the Rb’s in the league. And let’s not let yesterday’s game by Sean fool us. The Bills run defense is embarrassingly bad. However, the NFL is bad with no powerhouses. Completely mediocre product. The Eagles are the only team where you say, YEAH – that roster looks like past superbowl champions. Good everywhere, and yet – even they are a complete eyesore to watch. Whoever wins the Super Bowl this yr will have the least impressive team/roster I could ever remember going back 40years. The 98 Broncos would beat this years Broncos team 80-0. I say this to say, the Bucs aren’t the e only unremarkable team. It’s every team frankly
November 17th, 2025 at 4:57 pm
Todd B. is delusional if he thinks Special Teams and Defense are close to being anything other than bad. At this point, the ceiling on these groups is mediocrity. Bucs have a long way to go to get that ceiling.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:57 pm
Todd Bowles should run for office.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:59 pm
Is he smoking crack?
We’re a joke – just watch what the Rams do on Sunday night.
This is actually funny.
November 17th, 2025 at 4:59 pm
Coaches will say whatever to cover their ass until they’re fired.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:03 pm
Yesterdays game is the worst I’ve seen, I thought I was watching the lost decade
November 17th, 2025 at 5:06 pm
time to put a couple real defenders on KO team
November 17th, 2025 at 5:10 pm
Gross
November 17th, 2025 at 5:11 pm
Joe … ‘Bowles says the Bucs are close to putting offense, defense and special teams together. Should fans buy in?’
I think the comments above pretty universally provide the answer: He11 NO. S/Ts took a MAJOR step backwards yesterday; yet again. Why Licht doesn’t insist that Bowles fire McGaughey is far beyond me. The same problems keep occurring over & over, and it’s obvious McGaughey has no idea how to fix it. Much prefer to see Keith Tandy take his spot.
And defensively there was no pass rush yesterday, NONE. We got ZERO sacks and ONE QB hit on Josh Allen. His accuracy yesterday was atrocious, yet he still completed 19-of-30 passes (63.3%) for 317 yards & 3 TDs (easy TDs at that). Our offense was far from perfect, but it did score 32 points. Ufortunately our ‘improving’ defense got 44 points dropped on their heads … in less than 25 minutes on the field. Sorry Todd, THAT was a disaster.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
I dont expect any changes in coaching, scheme, philosophy, gameplanning or personel decisions. We have seen the same things with Bowles as a HC and we have heard the same things after losses. We have heard the same things over and over again with nothing changing.
But WOW. If after the last 2 games the team is closer to bring all 3 phases together especially after giving up 44 and Bills starting at 50 after every kick then I must be in another reality. I must be in a parallel universe or somthing.
That is the worrying thing and we have seen it after every loss. We hear the same things that show the coaching stuff does not believe is something worng with the coaching, with the approach and with game management. A clear sign that nothing will change.
Go Bucs
November 17th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
Must get rid of Bowles.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:13 pm
Don’t believe your lying eyes folks. Everything is under control and we still have a great chance at a super bowl run. All the players that are playing scared and wanting the season to be over are going to become supermen. They are 100% united behind their head coach and have full confidence in his decision making. Mike Evans will be back and at 100% as will Godwin and Bucky. Winfield and Zyon will rededicate themselves. Dean has vowed to get back soon and get pick sixes. Bowles is in deep study with his advisor on what to do and when to do it. Everythang gonna be all right.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:13 pm
500 yds and 50 pts to the Rams if we lay the same egg we did yesterday
Todd reminds me so much of Lovie it’s scary
November 17th, 2025 at 5:23 pm
Let’s not forget all the stellar defensive coaches that are watching their careers slowly circle the drain. They will suddenly summon super human powers and get 200% from the players that have given up.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:24 pm
The title of this article gave me the best chuckle of the day. Thank you. They’re in no way ready to put it all together against playoff caliber teams. This porous defense reeks, and Lichts lack of willingness to trade a first round pick (which he stinks at) is a joke. Dallas and Parsons should have been on speed dial like Arians would have wanted.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:24 pm
Yeah Todd, when you’re in Lovie’s basement watching games?
November 17th, 2025 at 5:26 pm
Why isn’t he fired immediately for that statement.No one is accountable in the Bucs. Seriously no one thinks to get him examined?
November 17th, 2025 at 5:27 pm
Anybody remember Get Smart? “We missed it by that much”. ” Would you believe this much”?
November 17th, 2025 at 5:32 pm
I…, I have no words.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:34 pm
Team is now holding the, “nothing to see here line”, as directed by the coaches and captains.
Just because they say it and others repeat it does not make it so…. We KNOW what we SAW.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:35 pm
And….TBBF is close to being 25…….only missing it by 54 years……
Looks like we are wasting a very good QB with an awful defense and a disaster at ST.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Wtf looks like bowels needs to ask Winston where he got his LASIK done.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:42 pm
I thought at the end of the season last year after all we had seen it would have been the end of this era. Nope. Now here we are again. Every time they win a couple games recency bias blinds the fanbase and all is forgotten. “Licht for Ring of Honor!!!”. “Todd Bowles gets an extension!!!”. The problems this team has right now on the field and in the front office are exactly the same as they were in 2022. I suppose you can now say horrid special teams play has been added to the mix. There is zero reason to think this won’t continue into next season.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:44 pm
Epic Coach quote that the Joe’s can add to their list.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:44 pm
I watched the Chiefs-Broncos. Broncos do have all three phases clicking and walked away with a win and AFC first place.
Todd should watch that replay to see how it’s done…
November 17th, 2025 at 5:46 pm
Definition of insanity…and mediocrity…JL and Todd Bowels
What’s their respective records overall?
BOTH are LOSERS!!!!
November 17th, 2025 at 5:48 pm
I read the title and came straight to the comments. You all didnt disappoint. LMAO.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:49 pm
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
I love good laugh on a Monday!
November 17th, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Bowles. lol. That guy is delusional. Watching the Bucs is like my golf game. All three phases of the game never work at the same time. Bucs are like this.
How can this guy be a head coach ?
November 17th, 2025 at 5:51 pm
HC Grover Says:
November 17th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
Must get rid of Bowles.
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100%. Correct!
Anything less than getting rid of Bowles is putting lipstick on a pig.
I see that there’s still a few of you that think an adjustment here or there would help. WRONG. Bowles has got to go. All roads lead to Todd Bowles. Blaming the offense, blaming the defense, blaming special teams, as I have said before. Those things are all SYMPTOMS of the problem. There’s only one common denominator and that is Bowels. He must be fired.. It is long over due. That man is entirely incompetent as HC. The Glazers need to stop dithering and start the process of replacment NOW. They screwed up securing Coen so they better start now with the replacement process and not screw this one up.
There can be no half measures.
Anything less will not suffice!
**For those of you that are slow on the uptake this doesn’t mean necessarily that they must fire Bowles today.If they want to wait until the end of the season** Although for a few people around here it has to be spelled out.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:55 pm
Bucs lost the game with 7:32 remaining in the 4th qtr. We had been AHEAD 32-31 until Bills got a TD at the 4th qtr 9:07 point. Still LOTS of time left in the game though.
We got the ball at the Tampa 31-yd line after the Bills kicked off, ran for 2 yards then passed for 6 yards … now 3rd-and-2 at the Tampa 39 with 7:32 remaining, Baker passed to Shepard & it was incomplete. Bucs had done great running the ball prior to that on 3rd-and-short (especially Baker scrambling), but instead they dialed up a short pass (and we played to the Bills’ strength).
So now it’s 4th-and 2 at the Tampa 39 with 7:28 left. We’re behind 37-32 and the game’s on the line … AND WE PUNT. We lost the game on that 3rd down call, and again on that 4th down call. THAT’S ON COACHING. NOT GUTS, NO GLORY.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:57 pm
Let’s Diagnose: (Good/Mid/Bad)
O Line: Good
Run: Good
Pass: Mid
D Line: Mid
OLB: Bad
MLB: Good
DB: Good
ST KO/Punt: Bad
ST FG: Good
He’s not that far off. OLB and Special Teams have been HORRIBLE! Our WR are too injured. Unfortunately there’s no real fix for either.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:57 pm
This is the nuttiest piece I’ve encountered on this entertaining site.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:59 pm
All three phases? WTF Is he talking about? Kick coverage May have been the only thing worse than our pass defense. And both have been getting worse not better as the season has progressed. This team made no adjustments coming out of the bye week. They literally took a week off, like no need to do more work, were good.
November 17th, 2025 at 5:59 pm
Game was a kick in the 🥜. The defense looked horrible against a great quarterback. The kickoff coverage team was TURRIBLE.
That being said the offense played well enough that had Shepherd caught the ball on 3rd and 2 OR Bowles had gone for it on 4th and 2, the game would have likely come down to whoever had the ball last. It’s a Bucs Life!
November 17th, 2025 at 6:06 pm
There are 4 phases when you add coaching…
November 17th, 2025 at 6:07 pm
Do more people now understand why Liam Coen was smart to leave?
Who is the real Serpiente at one buc place talking with the forked tongue?
BOWLES.
NON F’ING STOP.
November 17th, 2025 at 6:11 pm
Ummm that is a petty bizarre statement. They cant play special teams to save their lives, the defense didn’t board the plane on Saturday heck the Defensive live doesn’t even know what Josh Allen looks like. They are force feeding Egbuka when there are backs that are actually wide open. We are going in the wrong direction IMO
November 17th, 2025 at 6:12 pm
Run your confidence poll now and anybody that checks confident box have drug tested along with Bowles.