Bucs Lose, And Lose Two Players (At Least)
December 7th, 2025
Left guard Ben Bredeson.
The Bucs paid an even higher price for today’s crushing loss to the slimy Saints.
Out went edge rusher Haason Reddick with an ankle injury (again), but he re-entered the game to resume his reign on non-terror. Starting left guard Ben Bredeson also left in the first half with a knee injury and did not return. It didn’t look promising. SirVocea Dennis limped off the field.
Yeah, Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan will be back soon. That’ll happen “very very” soon if you believe the words of Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht on the team’s pregame radio show, but that impact won’t be huge without an offensive line.
Starting left tackle Tristan Wirfs sat out today’s game with an oblique injury. Undrafted rookie Ben Chukwuma made his first career start.
This poorly-performing Bucs team getting healthy is very likely its only shot to land in the postseason..
December 7th, 2025 at 4:27 pm
Todd Bowles should respect himself, the fans of the Buccaneers organization, his players, and the NFL as a whole. He should admit he has no clue what he’s doing and retire after that performance. I’m off the Todd Bowles FIRE wagon and on the “he should recognize how poor he is at this and just quit” train.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:27 pm
Fire Bowles
December 7th, 2025 at 4:27 pm
How come the trainer isn’ responsible for any of this?
December 7th, 2025 at 4:27 pm
wow we’re not gonna finish out 11-6 like i predicted
December 7th, 2025 at 4:28 pm
Bowels is definitely the problem
December 7th, 2025 at 4:28 pm
I said lose to the Panthers lol not the saints
Never the saints
December 7th, 2025 at 4:28 pm
Oh well…at this pont….what difference does it make Joe? We just lost to the Stanks.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
this was a big time up the wazoo loss…………..at home
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
teams made a tissue paper
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Joe Bowles will never take this team to the promise land ever you know it I know it every fan knows it. The Bucs made one the biggest mistakes in franchise history letting Liam walk
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Joe says, “Sadly, the Bucs are not a good team.” That’s it in a nut shell. Players, coaching, play calling, just an all around bad team. I wanted to be optimistic about the season, but now I’m just realistic. They’re not a good team. They were pretty good during their 5-1 run, but that’s totally evaporated. Egbuka dropping passes, defense can’t get anyone off the field on 3rd downs, kickoff coverage abysmal. We’ve just come to expect so much more out of this team. Damn!
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
A win is a win?
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
A win is a win? Bucs have won once since the bye. They’re out coached, out played and out executed every week.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Bredeson is just a guy. Jordan will be fine.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Let’s be realistic here. Who cares if we limp into the playoffs. Anybody can see that we will be one and done if we do get in. Toad Bowels is inept and has been exposed. Can’t put any lipstick on this pig
December 7th, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Who cares, always an excuse for this team and coach. 4 years this D looks lost all the time. Time to get rid of these coaches!
December 7th, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Dandy Dan Merideth
Turn out the light… the parties over
1/2 the bandwagon won’t know what that means
December 7th, 2025 at 4:30 pm
How is a win a win? We lost to the saints, the worst team in football.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:31 pm
Soft like Todd’s belly
December 7th, 2025 at 4:31 pm
Props to my fellow posters Aqualung and Hodad.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:31 pm
ben bredeson has had a very good season as well…it’s like he’s the overlooked guy on the line…dude has played well…
i can’t even comment on the reddick situation, other than he should turn in his facility card
December 7th, 2025 at 4:32 pm
Gotta call it like it is…..
Bowles has to go….
GO BUCS
December 7th, 2025 at 4:32 pm
Arrogance killed this team. Thought they were good enough & didn’t need help. Bowles & Light are both at fault.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:32 pm
They had plenty chances to win but they trew them all away. They ended up boxed in to the BOWLESZONE.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:33 pm
Come on guys, sing along with me. I Have become Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd. Its an appropriate requiem for our sorry Bucs.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:33 pm
Bowels now SUCKS even as DC!….
MOVE ON FROM HIM!
December 7th, 2025 at 4:33 pm
We will win division and win 2 playoff games.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:34 pm
Chuk didn’t look bad. Bowles definitely playing for his job if he wasn’t before. I figure he’ll need to win division and a WC game to keep coaching. This team doesn’t look like it can beat anybody right now.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:34 pm
The only positive I take from this game is Chukwuma. Dudes only been playing football for what 2 1/2 years. He didn’t shat the bed today.
Burn the rest down.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:34 pm
Lose
The
Coach
Now
December 7th, 2025 at 4:35 pm
I’m fine with 9-8 now. Second place schedule next year. Swing for a top notch coach. Reunite baker with with Lincoln Riley .
December 7th, 2025 at 4:35 pm
Yes and no heat mentioned for Jason Licht. The front 7 are rotational players at best. Licht is not as good as he cracked up to br
December 7th, 2025 at 4:36 pm
I don’t have long term interest in baker, baker, bad decision maker
December 7th, 2025 at 4:36 pm
Let’s clarify, the Bucs actually have a nice collection of talent but the usage and coaching is atrocious
Why do we have Heck and then we throw the UDFA out there? Where is Haggard? We ran the ball much better with him in there, we keep rolling with Feeney and Jordan and both are not good. The play-calling is bush league
Let’s throw 4 yards behind the line on 4th n 1 or just run the same single back up the gut 5 times in a row – Grizz doesn’t set up his plays and is kind of childish with the basic nature of how he calls his game- he has already been figured out –
We made a monumental mistake letting Coen go, it is time to blow up the staff
December 7th, 2025 at 4:36 pm
Mike Evans will come back to save us… yeah, right. He will play receiver, edge rusher and special teams.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:36 pm
GET RID OF TODD
December 7th, 2025 at 4:37 pm
What do you guys expect. All year round
All WR hurt.
Oline destroyed
Secondary. Rookies. Benched.
LB. Old. No coverage skills. Hurt.
Rb. Hurt.
No pash rushers.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:37 pm
Time for you to change the bong watwr dude
December 7th, 2025 at 4:37 pm
I rescheduled a colonoscopy for this? Luckily, I recorded the cross-country sewing preliminaries on espn 7b.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:39 pm
Fire Todd, not the cannons.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:39 pm
Fire Todd today. No way this team is going to the playoffs.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Joe I have a simple request for you to put up a poll
Who should be fired
A. Whole staff
B. Todd bowles
C. Jason licht
4. Keep the coaches
I would like to know what the results we be and I think it be good for Jason to see this.
He’s either going to go down with bowles and lose his 4 million dollar salary every year or he will cut anchor.
Another potential poll
Who would you rather have as your head coach?
A. Jon Gruden
B. Bill bilacheck
C. Todd bowles
D. New Young coach
December 7th, 2025 at 4:41 pm
I tried to get behind Baker but I don’t think he get us to a Superbowl because everything has to be perfect. Still rooting for him but I don’t he can
December 7th, 2025 at 4:41 pm
Well, unforunately, I predicted this one. This was a division game and we are sad in even more areas than I thought . I also said if they did lose the season is done and yes the season is done. Counsins will be all pro next week. The Bucs may not win another game this year. Well we no longer have to wonder what is with this team. They are BAD, sad but true. Licht missed the boat on getting defensive talent and Bowles obviously did not help.
Yep this will go down as the season that could have been.
Turn out the lights
December 7th, 2025 at 4:44 pm
Don’t matter if the offense gets healthy when you got a crappy OC and your defensive scheme is pure garbage…..
Evans & McMillan need to fake injuries and stay FARRRRRRR away from participating in this crapshow!!
If Licht doesn’t fire Bowles then he should be fired as well.
I’m done!! Don’t care anymore if nothing changes..
December 7th, 2025 at 4:47 pm
A win is a win Joe. But unfortunately, we lost!
December 7th, 2025 at 4:50 pm
Did you say a win is a win? Leaving the game and pretty sure it was an L
December 7th, 2025 at 4:51 pm
Love the bucs but im fine with them losing all the games if it gets bowles fired ! Cant take another year of this crap ! This is on bowles and light there players ,there draft choices there coaching . Its bad ,very ,very ,bad ! Look at the Jaguars, look at the Panthers, we are the yucs all over again with this bunch ! SAW a lot of empty seats . We need more to send the glazer boys the message !
December 7th, 2025 at 4:51 pm
BOWLES HAS TO BE FIRED! LICHT SHOULD BE FIRED AS WELL!
December 7th, 2025 at 4:52 pm
Are we ready to pay Baker $50 mil a season next year?
December 7th, 2025 at 4:55 pm
Baker yes, Bowls no. Bucs are done lets tank for picks
December 7th, 2025 at 4:56 pm
Man, I’m soooo glad I didn’t watch this i would have wanted to probably throw my TV out the door. SAD THING? The only thing that will push the Glazers to Make a MAJOR CHANGE?????(LICHT AND ESPECIALLY BOWLES?????) IS AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE STOP RENEWING THEIR SEASON TICKETS, BOYCOTT GAMES ETC. $$$$ lost is the only thing that will get their attention. ALSO, MANAGEMENT HAS TO STOP USING THE TAMPA BAY RAYS MODEL FOR running this team, TAKE SOME CHANCES SOMEHOW STOP TRYING TO THINK THAT DOING NOTHING BUT USING DRAFTPICKS WILL get you to the promised land!!! Take a chance on some free agents sometimes, just make sure they’re a proven commodity.
December 7th, 2025 at 4:59 pm
Bucs keep getting worse. Attendance is bad.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:01 pm
The talent on this team has been overestimated.We need way more talent , that’s all there is to it..
December 7th, 2025 at 5:06 pm
Joe says this: A win is a win, but this poorly-performing Bucs team getting healthy is very likely its only shot to land in the postseason.. ******** still talking postseason–wow wtf for????? we ain’t able to beat the Saints–let that sink in
December 7th, 2025 at 5:06 pm
To the Glazer family. The first thing you have to do to realize you have a problem is admit you have one. The Bucs have a head coaching problem. Forget how bad the defense is playing and look at his decision making. I lost track of how many times we went for it on 4’th down around mid field. I always thought when you have miserable conditions you play more of a field position game, especially when every time you go for it you get stuffed. It’s still legal to punt the ball Bowles.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:07 pm
“only shot to land in the post season”? Have you seen the Panthers play lately? Canales has those guys dialed in. We have to play them twice. They will be well rested coming off their bye. At least this will finally rid us of the inept Toilet Bowles.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:08 pm
Fire Todd
December 7th, 2025 at 5:08 pm
Hopefully if Evans comes back this year he can make all the coaching decisions during the game.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
Bucs might not have a top five roster, but they had more than enough talent to beat the Saints. That Saints QB played lights out, but we still should’ve won. Bucs just didn’t show up and were ill-prepared.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Joe the ending to this story is indicating it was written at half time, with an ugly win in mind. Fire the intern.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:15 pm
Shoutout to the other 83 people that saw this coming in this morning’s poll.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:17 pm
We will win out all of our remaining games and win the Super Bowls. I guarantee it.
Just playing a few of these losses to drive up the odds. So the Glazers can make some money when the line chose the bugs as a underdogg.
Cheers
Toddler J Bowls
Hall of Fame Coach Class of 2033f
December 7th, 2025 at 5:19 pm
The Glazers don’t even talk to the press or ever acknowledge there’s issues. No accountability from the top down in this organization.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:22 pm
Nice to see Chukwuma play well. No more of the Heck experience.
Oh, and we are merely tied with the Panthers. Lets see what happens Thursday.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:24 pm
Have to wonder where Winfield is. More long breakaway plays this time by a rookie QB. This defense is putrid.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:37 pm
Bredeson hurt. What a surprise.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:40 pm
You guys who are calling for Licht to go and/or complaining that the team doesn’t have talent clearly don’t know what the F*** you are talking about. Licht is known around the league as being ONE OF THE BEST GMs. He has drafted unbelievably good players in later rounds. Sterling Shepard and Tez Johnson- for instance – aren’t #1 or #2 WRs, but they CLEARLY outplay their 7th round draft pick and unsigned free agent pedigree.
How many times over the first 5 weeks did we see Baker hit an open receiver with a great pass? A lot. But since week 5 or so, I’m watching Baker drop back, scan….scan..:scan….and finally try and thread the ball or a covered WR. Do you guys think WRs who are getting open for 5 weeks all of a sudden lose quickness or forget routes? No. Teams watch film and adjust. Clearly our coordinator can’t
We have loads of talent on offense. Hell, Evans is a #1WR…but Godwin, Ebuka, and McMillan are #2s on many other teams. We have a stable of great receivers and 3 good RBs. Our O-line – when healthy- is excellent. We have some studs on the D-line as well. Our LB corps is a little weak but the talent in the secondary is decent. Although im Pretty sure our training staff should be fired because someone on it has Munchausen by proxy: no excuse for a RB to be out 8 weeks with a shoulder injury
90% of the problem is coaching. They need to fire Bowles- he brings nothing. He is not a “culture guy” like Vrabel or Campbell, and he is not a “Scheme guy” like Payton, Shannahan or McVae. Bucs have underperformed since Bowles took over.
Second- fire the O coordinator. He was “the guy left in the building” after the last 2 left.
But anyone who knows anything about the game and has been watching this team for the last 3 years can see that the issue isn’t talent, ownership or General management- all are tops league wide. It is our coaching and coordination. All the talent in the world can’t help you if your defense is out of position and WRs are running into coverage
December 7th, 2025 at 5:56 pm
Most of these guys are soft, like the HC.
December 7th, 2025 at 10:08 pm
Does that come with an egg roll
December 7th, 2025 at 11:09 pm
Who replaces Bowles after the season? Have to be smart or Baker will leave and we don’t want to see another decade of darkness
December 7th, 2025 at 11:19 pm
Coach Bowles has taken the Bucs to the Playoffs every year he has been head Coach.
He has won the NFC South Championship every year he has coached the team.
Are you guys really stupid enough to think he will be fired?
Lmao.
No Coach in the league has a better record of winning his division.
No one.
What a bunch of entitled crybabies.
Injuries have ravaged the team.BUT WE ARE STILL TIED FOR FIRST PLACE.
What has become obvious is that we need a Defensive Coordinator.
If we beat the Panther both games. We will win the division.
If not, we won’t.
Obviously we’ve learned that we can’t count on old Wide Receivers or old linebackers.
And we have to get a pass rusher
Easy fixes.
Health is a huge factor in team success. We have been unlucky this year.
It’s that simple