“This Is Not Going To Happen Next Year”
March 26th, 2026
Baker Mayfield
The Bucs imploded last season, losing seven of nine games to finish 8-9 and send fans spiraling into rage.
That rage hit psychotic levels when Todd was retained, and then again when legendary Mike Evans, Mr. “I’m a Buc for Life,” punted on millions of Team Glazer dollars and opted to leave Tampa Bay for the 49ers.
But what was the Bucs’ 2025 meltdown like for players?
Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht offered a window into that world during his sitdown this week with the team’s official website.
“This team is really hungry right now,” Licht told Buccaneers.com. “And the way it ended last year, I think really lit a fire under a lot of players. I’ve had several of them telling me that they can’t wait until OTAs start (spring practices) to get out there.
And I had several of them after the season ended last year, texting or calling or whatever, saying, ‘This is not going to happen next year.’ I’m excited to see the energy and just the way they’re going to go about it and attack it this year.”
Joe loves hearing this, but it makes Joe wonder where the hunger Licht reference was after the Bucs lost on Thursday Night Football to the Falcons to drop their record to 7-7. Bowles broke from his public persona after the game and tore up the team in a profanity-laced rant to reporters — yet the players didn’t respond.
Ten days later, the Bucs lost to the middling Panthers and followed that up by losing to the tanking Dolphins, which had rookie backup seventh-round pick Quinn Ewers starting at quarterback.
Yes, teams can get re-energized and bounce back. The Bucs have a great chance to accomplish that with their offensive line returning healthy, many new assistant coaches in critical roles, and with what hopefully is a group of free agents with the right attitude.
However, several players and coaches remain from last season’s implosion. It will be critical for everyone associated with the Bucs to not tolerate an ounce of whatever virus infected the roster last season and was left untreated.
March 26th, 2026 at 12:59 pm
Pipe down Licht!!!!
arent you the same person who told us braswell was going to “shock the world” lol…
it’ll be much of the same if baker melts in DEC again…4games…4 4th quarter INTs….
shut up and sign licht!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!!
March 26th, 2026 at 1:00 pm
until bowles moves on there will not be enough change to the attitude of the team to change the outcome. maybe make the playoffs, first round exit, .500 record more or less in the worst division in the league.
thats it. thats all.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:01 pm
Same results, we still have #6 at QB, Stop kidding yourselves!
March 26th, 2026 at 1:11 pm
They will have a lot of new additions to the team this year
With that said, it probably will take a few games together, to really gel.
So, they self destruct again, it will probably be early in the season
But l think they rebound and get it together, and win some football games
I will have a better understanding of the direction of this team, after the draft
March 26th, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Zero faith in Bowles to do anything beyond .500 football.
Even when Coen had the offense scoring 29+ a game it only resulted in 10 wins.
Then there was that home playoff loss vs a rookie QB and zero punts forced.
Outside of hoping the rest of the NFC South is worse that us, we have no shot.
The day they fire Bowles I will have a party like it’s New Year’s Eve.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:27 pm
Sure…The way the defense QUIT last year is going to light a fire for the team this year…With THE SAME LOUSY COACH who will coach the same lousy defense. Licht is so full of SH!T.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:29 pm
Sone of these holdovers from last year squad
Won’t make it out of training camp
March 26th, 2026 at 1:32 pm
here’s what AC/DC-brain-addled not-ROH-worthy Fred-Flintstone-doppelganger Roberto-Aguayo-selecting Tom-Brady-hand-puppet Jason Licht didn’t tell you :
the players that called or texted or whatevered to him and said “This is not going to happen next year” are named Mike Evans, Lavonte David, and Logan Hall.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:39 pm
Licht says this:“This team is really hungry right now,”
yet last year we lost to all those teams, we just imploded, why would anybody think that would of changed??? Nothing changed, Bowles is still the head coach. F U Jason Licht.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:44 pm
You have Bucky Irving averaging 3.4 ypc again.
You can’t have Baker Mayfield running for his life
The only way to fix this is to improve run blocking, pass protection
And you can’t wait until the injuries start hitting
And go pluck an offensive lineman off another team practice squad
March 26th, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Remember back in the school days when you had a 2nd period teacher that was not a commanding figure and the class was a little out of control ? Everybody liked going to 2nd period. They loved that teacher. That teacher was respected but not feared. But 3rd period was a different story, that teacher had no tolerance for mischief and the entire class knew it and behaved. The kids liked the teacher and respected the teacher but dared not challenge that teacher. That 3rd period teacher for me was Mr. Black. He was a big man who had played pro football as an offensive lineman.
Bowles is a 2nd period head coach.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:47 pm
It doesn’t matter how great the offensive line was in 2024
A lot has changed since 2024
This is 2026
March 26th, 2026 at 1:50 pm
Go blow your smoke up somebody elses ass Jason Licht, you suck!!!!!!!!you kept Bowles and that is unforgiveable. Bucs get 4 wins for 2026. Moved on already, this team aint worth it. Licht, Glazers kept the worst coach in the league on the roster yet again, clearly they could not be bothered to make changes. Licht is now a joke as well as Glazers and todd bowles.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:51 pm
This team cant get out of its on way. Or be self motivated enough to not play like crap.
March 26th, 2026 at 1:52 pm
3 & 28, I’m still depressed!! Has anyone asked Jason what he thought !!! Go Bucs
March 26th, 2026 at 1:57 pm
It’s important to take notice to the funds that would have been allocated to Evans and David….why aren’t we making a move to improve the roster with nearly $25 million freed up?
It’s status quo with this team…..really won’t shock me if the entire thing is blown up next year. Mayfield will leave, as will other free agents and we’ll be in another 10 yrs of rebuild. We could trade for a player or two if we’re genuinely trying to contend now but that won’t happen. We’ll let Licht and Bowles swing/miss on draft pics for the d-line….it’s cheaper that way.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:05 pm
You can’t treat knee ligament tears. There’s only a ‘next year’ solution for those…
March 26th, 2026 at 2:05 pm
“Ten days later, the Bucs lost to the middling Panthers and followed that up by losing to the tanking Dolphins, which had rookie backup seventh-round pick Quinn Ewers starting at quarterback.”
We lost to teams we held to 23 & 20 points, by a grand total of 6 points combined.
That needs to be the directive for Z-Rob, point generation. Not gonna win many games averaging 11 points per half, or finishing games with >10 possessions while not even scoring 10 points.
AZ game could’ve easily gone the same way, had we not forced 2 turnovers.
That Miami game was terrible, we outgained them, but we also ended 2 of our last 3 drives, down 20-10, with a fumble and a pick.
Mike, Emeka, CG, & JMac were all available for these games btw, so what was the problem?
March 26th, 2026 at 2:06 pm
They also said last season that famous Todd mid season slump wasn’t gonna happen everyone saw how that turned out. Not buying what you are trying to sell dummies should have changed the coach at the top not fire people then promote the underlings with a couple new hires and claim dynamic change.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:08 pm
For all yall haters in the comments keep being negative while We kickin A** next year how bout that
March 26th, 2026 at 2:11 pm
It’s getting hard to listen to Licht. It’s to a point where you can’t take what he says seriously. The Bucs retained Todd Bowles and though he fired some of his assistant coaches on defense, Bowles promoted those assistants’ assistants. Can we really expect much to change? I’d rather hear my lawn guy’s opinion than Licht’s. On top of that, our off-season acquisitions have not exactly inspired confidence that the defense will improve. I suspect we’ll be a 6-8 win team at best in 2026.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:16 pm
Fred- the haters have good reason to hate this piece of garbage product they keep rolling out and telling us it’s great
March 26th, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Licht. Mr. No Credibilty
March 26th, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Joe … ‘HOWEVER, several players and coaches remain from last season’s implosion. It will be critical for everyone associated with the Bucs to not tolerate an ounce of whatever virus infected the roster last season and was left untreated.’
Two words that you pen Joe always get me to sit up & pay attention: BUT and HOWEVER. You started the 3rd para with BUT … ‘But what was the Bucs’ 2025 meltdown like for players?’
And that’s a great to question to ask. Unfortunately, I still can’t figure out what the answer is.
Your HOWEVER, however, points to those players who remain Bucs AFTER that implosion, and indicates that the Bucs shouldn’t tolerate whatever ‘virus’ caused that implosion (among those players I presume).
No names mentioned, but it’s got me wondering. Anything you can share from your meanderings behind the scene as to which players Bowles will be looking at more than some others? And if so, how’s our DEPTH in those position groups right now? IOW, will we have to tolerate their weaknesses dragging us down until we can find someone better to replace them?
March 26th, 2026 at 2:23 pm
We could go a long ways towards resolving the issues if we just hired a good defensive coordinator. Bowles has shown he cannot do this job while being a head coach. Not enough hours in the day. He cannot be fired (minority with a winning record) and if relieved of the defense decisions he might be even more successful as a head coach. It’s not fair to him or to the team to not address this issue. Just ask Mike Evans. He did not leave because of QB issues.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:24 pm
WBL we lost both our starting guards, that’s what happened.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:27 pm
Unfortunately the defense has not gotten better and drafted rookies making a difference in the starting lineup are small. This team is an OLB, ILB and 2 CBs from just getting to a mid level defense. But Licht is not going to spend the money or trade for good free agents.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:28 pm
Bring in Suh, Simeon Rice, and Derrick Brooks to fire up the front seven and coach them up.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Light loves spreading cheer and hopium. This is the equivalent of “Braswell is gonna shock the world!!”
March 26th, 2026 at 2:38 pm
The team and coaches did their jobs – one person, Baker Mayfield, did not and singlehandedly cost the Bucs the playoffs. That one person, Baker Mayfield, also ran off HOF’er Mike Evans, who couldn’t get further away from Baker, literally changing what coast they’re on.
If Bum Baker returns again next year, it doesn’t matter what the rest of the team does. Last year, if Baker was playing even at the level of a middling back-up QB, the Bucs finish the year with 11 or 12 wins and easily make the playoffs.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:39 pm
Warren Brooks Lynch … ‘We lost to teams we held to 23 & 20 points, by a grand total of 6 points combined.’
Excellent point WBL, and if our existing offense comes back for Training Camp healthy we’ll have solved half our problem right there (the coaching part still has to prove itself). Our offensive starters stayed reasonably healthy in 2024, and we finished by scoring 502 pts (29.5 PPG) with a 10-7 record. Our 2025 offensive starters didn’t stay healthy at all (including Baker) and we only scored 380 pts (22.4 PPG) for a 8-9 record.
I kinda doubt that we can hit 29.5 PPG again this year, but we can certainly improve over the 22.4 PPG from last year. Split the difference (3.5 PPG more) and let’s say we get to 26.0 PPG this year. Had we done that LAST year (scored 26 PPG), we would’ve (theoretically) won the 2nd Saints game, the 1st Carolina game & the Miami game, to give us an 11-6 record and a place in the playoffs. A better 26 PPG in those 3 games would’ve made a world of difference.
But as we all know, if pigs had wings, they could fly. And the pigs in those 3 games weren’t flying. Thankfully this is a new year.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:46 pm
I think it is becoming clearer as to who the negative players were…Dean and White to start and possibly Logan and izien. likely all about pay cuts and playing time.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:48 pm
Overall special team cost the Bucs at least 2 games
March 26th, 2026 at 2:49 pm
Yada Yada Yada…more pre season Bucbabble.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:50 pm
“WBL we lost both our starting guards, that’s what happened.”
Part of, but not all of the problem Pete.
Yes, we had personnel issues, but that doesn’t fully explain the performance issues we had no matter who was available.
We had some of our best rushing performances as a team, with Feeny & Jordan starting. Tucker had the 21 touches, 140 total yards and 3 TD day w/back up guards.
Seattle game, Haggard & Heck played the every offensive snap, offense looked fantastic.
Even the 2nd Falcons game, back up OGs all game.
So it’s gotta be something MORE, than just not having our starting guards.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:58 pm
It’s really not. Our guards were somewhat better run blockers than pass protectors. They were abysmal at the latter. That’s part of the reason we ran so much down the stretch. Huge limitations in the capabilities of our offensive linemen. It’s the guards. Watch every time Baker dropped back after Bredeson was gone too. There was constant and massive penetration by defensive tackles you simply don’t normally see with the excellent offensive line we typically have.
The difference was hugely obvious.
March 26th, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Defense Rules Says:
Split the difference (3.5 PPG more) and let’s say we get to 26.0 PPG this year. Had we done that LAST year (scored 26 PPG), we would’ve (theoretically) won the 2nd Saints game, the 1st Carolina game & the Miami game, to give us an 11-6 record and a place in the playoffs. A better 26 PPG in those 3 games would’ve made a world of difference.
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You mean Baker throwing for 122 yards and INT vs the Saints wasn’t cutting it? Throwing it at Otton’s feet on 4th and 4 to finish the game wasn’t getting it done?
Or Baker throwing for 145 yards in Carolina, with an awful INT on the final drive with the Bucs already in FG range wasn’t getting it done? On that INT, again, go watch the ALL22 and what you see are two wide open WRs on the right side of the field for big gains, and instead Baker tries to force it to Mike who was covered, and who had already cut up the field on the play (in fairness to Baker it was close, but Mike clearly had already taken a full step and cut upfield while Baker still had the ball in his hands – but missing the two wide open guys on the right for big gains was the huge sin on that play).
Or Baker going to Miami, in a must win game, and having his worst game as a Buc when you consider the opponent and situation. Baker got some garbage time stats at the end, when the Dolphins went to prevent, but he was absolutely awful and cost the Bucs that game.
And of course vs the Falcons, where Baker threw THE worst INT I’ve ever seen in the 4th quarter. I still have no idea how or why Baker throws that ball – it’s worst than anything I ever saw Winston do, since at least with Jameis you knew he was trying to make a play – the throw by Baker was incredibly stupid. Also Jameis never once threw a 4th quarter INT in a game where the Bucs were up by double digits and ended up losing the game. So congrats to Baker for doing something Winston never did. BUT, even worse than the INT, was on the last drive, when everyone in the world knew the Bucs defense wouldn’t hold if the Falcons got the ball back – and Baker missed as easy of a throw as there is, that would have given the Bucs a 1st down and they could have ran out the clock. That missed throw was even worse than the INT.
That’s 4 games, in a row, where Baker played beyond awful and cost the Bucs the game.
Even in week 18, the defense had to hold the Panthers to 14 points for the Bucs to win.
As I’ve pointed out, over the last 6 weeks of the year:
Bucs were 10th in points allowed, and 28th in scoring.
That’s why the Bucs missed the playoffs, and it’s why Evans bolted. It had zero to do with the coaching or the defense, it was 100% about knowing Baker is never going to win anything important, will always fail in the biggest situations.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Bucky Love … ‘He (ME13) did not leave because of QB issues’.
I disagree Bucky; I think that was a big part of it. Not the whole reason by any means, but still a big part of why Mike left.
Mike played in only 8 games last year: Games 1-3, then Game 7, then Games 14-17.
o Bucs won their first 3 games with Mike in there. He was targeted 28 times & caught 14 for 140 yds & 1 TD. Not very sterling, but we were winning. Mike was injured & missed next 3 games.
o Mike returned for the Detroit game and got beaten up. He was targeted 4 times with 0 catches. Because of the broken collarbone he missed the next 6 games.
o Mike returned for Games 14-17 (we lost the first 3 of those, then won the last one). ME13 was targeted 30 times & caught 16 for 228 yds & 2 TDs.
On the year, that had to be an extremely frustrating season for Mike Evans. Overall he was only targeted 62 times in 8 games (low for him), with only 30 catches (48.4% catch percentage) & 3 TDs. That’s the LOWEST catch percentage of his illustrious 12 year career, and his 3 TDs tied for his lowest. And just as bad, he only managed to get 368 total yards with an abysmal 5.9 Yards per Target.
Saying the Mike didn’t leave because of QB issues sounds like somewhat of a stretch. I think that was all part of his frustration with the 2025 season (Baker had his own problems with injuries as we all saw; and yes, it did affect his throwing). I don’t personally blame Mike for leaving, but at this point he’s just another player on another team. He chose to not finish out his career as a Buc. Adios.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:05 pm
“However, several players and coaches remain from last season’s implosion. It will be critical for everyone associated with the Bucs to not tolerate an ounce of whatever virus infected the roster last season and was left untreated.” – Joe
This is why I say there were various reasons for the implosion. You had the injuries, yes, and they played the biggest role…but then you had young players who were supposed to start as depth becoming starters, and they didn’t know how to handle things.
That’s why this year can be different. Rookies tend to take a step forward in their second year, especially if they got lots of playing experience.
And sine the end of the season, veterans have been reaching out to them, helping them adjust.
It SHOULD be a much better season.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:06 pm
Warren Brooks Lynch Says:
Seattle game, Haggard & Heck played the every offensive snap, offense looked fantastic.
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Again, I’ll point out that Seattle game, the Seahawks lost two of their starting DB’s, then lost a 3rd DB early in the game.
I was listening to all the Seahawks podcasts, and post game, because I enjoy nothing more than hearing hometown fans whine and cry after losing – and they played audio of Seattle’s DC answering questions about what happened. And he said after losing the DB’s, he resorted to a Todd Bowles style super soft zone defense – he also said something like it was the single biggest mistake he’s ever made coaching, and it would never happen again, basically even if they had injuries they would stick with their normal scheme instead of playing soft. They made good on that.
But basically, the injuries on the defensive side of the ball that game, basically cause a bunch of last min changes, and some bad calls where the Seahawks were playing it safe.
Baker played perhaps the best game of his career, and it was a really fun game to watch, and visuals with the uniforms was incredible, but it wasn’t like the Bucs beat the same Seahawks team that was in the SB. It still counts, and I say this to other Bucs fans – if I knew any Seahawks fans I’d trash them non-stop talking about how the Bucs dominated them – but it’s hard to pull many lessons from that game.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:08 pm
They were hungry after how the last 2 seasons ended as well.
Rinse and repeat… Bucs will be 3-1 outta the gates and by mid season every game vs teams with losing records will be a toss up.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:09 pm
Cleanhouse Says
“Fred- the haters have good reason to hate this piece of garbage product they keep rolling out and telling us it’s great”
Then freaking leave!
If you truly are not enjoying this team, then pick another one!
Sheesh…
March 26th, 2026 at 3:10 pm
“That’s part of the reason we ran so much down the stretch. Huge limitations in the capabilities of our offensive linemen. It’s the guards. Watch every time Baker dropped back after Bredeson was gone too.”
We ran a lot down the stretch, because after losing Mike our average depth of target(aDOT) in the time he was gone AND after he came back, was cut in half from 9.2 with leading up to the Detroit game, to 4.6 aDOT in the game after. We were scrambling trying to field a viable pass attack in his absence.
At one point after the bye, we were averaging something like 5 yards a touch on the ground while averaging a little over 5 yards per completion. The former is fantastic, the latter is lackluster.
So again, outside of guard play there were other things that hampered our perfomance. Like nobody this offseason is mentioning penalities either, especially offensively. I can think of a particular instance of an illegal man downfield penalty on Goedeke, that took a positive play back AND took us out of FG range.
So I agree, guard play helps with somethings, but our offensive struggles weren’t catalyzed solely on guard play.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:12 pm
Rod Munch … ‘That’s 4 games, in a row, where Baker played beyond awful and cost the Bucs the game.’
Oh Rod, your so incredibly predictable. I’ll be the first to say (after you, surely) that Baker had no business being out on the field for those games. And IF we’d had a better backup than Teddy the Terrible he wouldn’t have been. Bowles turned a blind eye to Baker’s injuries & it easily cost us 3-4 games. BUT … Todd mosr than likely felt that a 70-75% Baker was a lot better than a 100% Teddy.
I don’t have any doubt in my mind that Bowles would’ve loved to have had a starter-capable QB to plug in while Baker was hurting. He didn’t have that, and so he turned a blind eye as they say. It all comes back to the Bucs having terrible DEPTH in any number of position groups (QB being one). THAT’S not on Bowles; THAT’S on Licht. He’s the one who stocks the cupboard, not Bowles.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:12 pm
I’mo not worried about Rod Munch. He’ll be down on Baker until and unless Baker does well again. Making Mayfield earn props.
I get it. I’ll be doing the same thing…but just leaning to the positive more.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:15 pm
Oh Rod. Did poor little Mike get hims little feelings hurt? Poor little fella. Mike had perfect inside leverage and instead just wandered downfield like a jayvee freshman without a clue. Baker delivered the perfect pass, exactly where it needed to be, which they had probably practiced 100 times, and it was predictably picked. Sir Munchalot decided that NFL QBs never deliver a ball before the receiver has his head turned. Also 2 receivers “wide open” across the field. Wrong, dead wrong Muncher. The very first rule for throwing the football is Never throw the ball back across the field. Never! I wouldn’t be surprised if Baker said something that hurt Mikes tender butt. I’m sure Purdy will never say “What in the hell were you thinking, Mike? To the untrained eye it looked like Baker could have eaten that ball at the last second. But Baker executed that throw exactly how it had to be executed. The receiver didn’t execute the play and wasn’t where he was supposed to be. We can also talk about Goedecke false starting 4 times in the key drive in a late loss, and Rachaad White not picking up a blitz in another extremely important game and snap. I don’t care how good a football player you are if you can’t execute. There is a huge difference in the game of football between mental mistakes and physical mistakes. Tom Brady probably made less mental mistakes than any player I’ve seen. He also turned the ball over 100’s of times. 3 interceptions for Tom Terrific in the NFC championship game against the Packers in 2020. Those are physical mistakes. It’s the mental mistakes that get you beat. And I clearly remember both Mike and Rachaad making huge, boneheaded mental mistakes down the stretch. I could care less about the balls Mike stonehand butterfingered. But a hall of famer should not be making “mental” execution errors. We’re already a much better team than we were last year.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:23 pm
Defense Rules Says:
March 26th, 2026 at 3:12 pm
Rod Munch … ‘That’s 4 games, in a row, where Baker played beyond awful and cost the Bucs the game.’
Oh Rod, your so incredibly predictable. I’ll be the first to say (after you, surely) that Baker had no business being out on the field for those games.
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The issue is people pretending like the defense lost those 4-games in a row, and the dumb bumper stick talker about 3-28. If Baker isn’t terrible, the Bucs win at minimum 3 of those 4 games, and should have won all 4 – if they do so, they end the season going 6-0, and they’re one of the hottest teams in the NFL going into the playoffs in a year with no dominate playoff teams.
If you recall back, as Baker went into his typical year slump, that people claim is health related – I repeatedly said Baker should heat back up, and I’ll even deal with his terrible play so long as he heats up for the playoffs, since that’s when we need Baker to be hot, and then who knows what might happen.
But Baker didn’t heat up, he actually got worse, and worse, and worse.
My biggest issue, by far, is people pretending like that didn’t happen. Not saying you do that, just in general. If Baker was just playing at the level of a competent backup, the Bucs make the playoffs. If people said that, we could all get along. Instead they endless, mindlessly, retardedly, chant 3-28 as if that single play cost the Bucs the payoffs. Even if you want to make a case it cost the Bucs that game (it didn’t, Baker did), what about the 3 other games?
Anywho, if Baker is ‘healthy’ and can actually stay ‘healthy’ then the Bucs will be fine – they still won’t win anything meaningful but they can make the playoffs. But betting on Baker is a very risky thing to do – not that the Bucs have any choice.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Still waiting for the media types to dig into what happened in the Locker room at the Bye last season. Clearly Richard Sherman knew something. So did Gerald McCoy – saw his video. instead, there’s all this speculation with no one on the record. Very lazy.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:26 pm
Buccaneer Bonzai Says:
March 26th, 2026 at 3:12 pm
I’mo not worried about Rod Munch. He’ll be down on Baker until and unless Baker does well again. Making Mayfield earn props.
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As I noted to DF, I said during that mid-season slump I wasn’t too worried about how awful Baker was playing, he’d snap out of it, his previous two years he also went through a slump – but Baker never did snap out of it. He was terrible.
If people just said that, instead of idiotically saying 3-28, we could all be friends and get along.
I’m just balancing out the idiotic, moronic, non-stop dumb takes we hear over and over and over again here, that talk about how the Bucs are about to hand Baker $60M/year and how he was the real MVP last year, but the defense lost every game — as Baker was throwing for 122 yards and 144 yards and 4th quarter INTs in games were the Bucs were losing by a couple of points.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:26 pm
Munch you sound like a broken record singing off key.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:27 pm
The Bucs are gearing up to give Baker Mayfield 4 year, $224 Million
March 26th, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Rod. I just typed into AI- are QBs taught to not throw the ball across the field. AI said that a QB is taught “never” to throw the ball across the field! Then it said, verbatim, that Rule number 1 for throwing the football is to never throw the ball across the field. But since you’ve never played football you say stupid shlt like the guy was wide open. Why don’t you comment on something you know about?
March 26th, 2026 at 3:32 pm
You have to have a winning streak to have a collapse.
The Bucs will start losing straight out of the gate.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:33 pm
In 2013, Bucs, with Mike Glennon at QB, played a terrific 1st half vs Seahawks at Seattle and led 21-7 halftime.
They eventually lost a close game and Seahawks won the SB that year and Bucs finished with 4 wins on the year.
One excellent game in Seattle last year … 4 out of 5 terrible games last 5 games last year.
Stop with the “we beat Seahawks” nonsense.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Yawn.
Bowles is still here, so our ceiling is 8-9 wins max and the Panthers will prob win the division again.
March 26th, 2026 at 3:36 pm
Sweet! Where’d you read that?
March 26th, 2026 at 3:37 pm
Wait til this year! Wait til next year! Wait until Brady comes out of retirement to make the Bucs look competent.