Todd Bowles: Passing Game Must Improve
November 9th, 2026
Offense must man up.
Just what you and Joe have been thinking in recent days KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles finally said out loud last night after the gutless loss to the Bears.
A team isn’t going to get far running the ball 50-60 times a game. Sooner or later, a team must pass. And that time for the Bucs was last night.
The defense got five turnovers for the offense to cash in; the special teams got a blocked punt. And yet the Bucs offense was like it was stuck in quicksand.
Penalties, dropped passes, thrown interceptions. Just brutal.
Bowles said his must be fixed if the Bucs hope to take advantage of the wretched NFC South landfill.
“We’re not going to be able to run the ball all ballgame,” Bowles said. “We’re going to have to throw, we’re going to have to catch.
“We dropped some easy balls early on as well, that contributed to a lot of things. But we fought our way back into the ballgame and everybody’s got to contribute. …
“But we’ve got to do more. We’ve got to make less mistakes.”
If you expect changes by doing the same thing over and over, well, then that’s the definition of crazy.
Half the season is gone. Nine games. Joe’s just going to take a wild stab and say if Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson knew how to fix things, they would already be fixed.
If the Bucs are good with keeping Robinson (and punting on the season), then OK, be prepared for the SOS.
And maybe worse things will happen in two months. Joe senses if the powers that be are good with keeping Robinson and throwing the season away, then a housecleaning in mid-January is coming.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:01 am
Hey Joe – Can you bring back that “We are the best o-line team in the country”, article from a week ago today, so that we can comment on it?
November 9th, 2026 at 9:07 am
This headline is the most obvious thing anyone has said this week. Trade CG14 and acquire picks for the new GM.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:09 am
The two INT and 3rd down drops ruined us last night. Along with presnap penalties. Robinson gets a lot of heat, but I dont think he called a bad game. Not his fault Tez cant catch anything throw directly at him and that Baker stares down WRs. Or that our highly priced tackles cant count to seven without jumping. Just saying, he isn’t the only problem…
November 9th, 2026 at 9:10 am
ZR must go. All the penalties on offense this year says it all. I’ve never seen a pro offense look so wooden. He’s zapped his players of their natural talents. Promote someone else, it’s the only way to save the season.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:14 am
Bowles needs to stop deferring the coin toss. A strong opening drive with TD could,have changed v the dynamics,and prevented abandoning the run.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:15 am
I’d love for someone in the media to ask Licht or a Glazer what game or performance over the last 17 games from 2025 made them want to extend Baker…
It’s baffling you extend this guy who outside of one year with Liam Coen has looked barely mediocre
November 9th, 2026 at 9:18 am
“Bowles needs to stop deferring the coin toss. A strong opening drive with TD could,have changed v the dynamics,and prevented abandoning the run.”
You defer by default because no matter how the first half shakes out, you get to start the 2nd half with the ball in your hands which is very valuable whether you’re behind or ahead.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:21 am
The Bucs are done and I think so is Bowles. The offense stinks, including the multi million dollar QB. If you sack Robinson now who’s gonna call plays. The most frustrating part of all is inconsistency. The defense played like real contenders the past few weeks ago then the same crap, the defense gave up the game winning catch as they do 90% of the time in big games. So what do the Bucs do from now to the end of the season. I’ll be watching and reading to see what others are saying
November 9th, 2026 at 9:22 am
Turnovers by mayfield killed the game. End of story
November 9th, 2026 at 9:23 am
I’m all for moving on from our OC today, if not sometime before the end of the week. I think it will also send a message to the rest of the offense to stay in your stance or catch the frickin’ ball, because there are consequences. Who would be available to step in and be an actual upgrade at this point in the season?
November 9th, 2026 at 9:24 am
At this point. I would take Winston over mayfield right now if i had to choose a quarterback
November 9th, 2026 at 9:29 am
‘Radio’ Bowles with more of his insightful commentary. When is this putz getting shown the door?
November 9th, 2026 at 9:29 am
Winston couldn’t get I generational payday but baker could doesn’t at up. And I wanted Winston gone. But I’d take him back over baker also.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:30 am
Joe if you think firing Zac is the answer you’re kidding yourself. Zac had nothing to do with the bears taking the first two drives, and scoring. Firing Zac won’t fix Baker. It won’t stop Todd from settling for FGs. Trust me Joe, this team has more problems than Zac. But hey, everyone wanted Grizz gone, how did that turn out?
November 9th, 2026 at 9:31 am
Is Todd still the HC? Yes, then we are already finished for the season. He sucks.
We will never win anything meaningful as long as he’s still employed.
The guy can’t put a coherent sentence together and somehow keeps his job!
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Todd Bowles has created this culture. He is that man!
November 9th, 2026 at 9:31 am
This “wonderful” offensive line couldn’t pass block worth a damn for Mayfield all night. Bredeson looked like he was playing with a blindfold on in pass pro, and the others suffered from various degrees of being overwhelmed as well as unfocused and no discipline penalties.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:32 am
Here it comes…
“We gotta coach better, and we gotta play better.”
November 9th, 2026 at 9:35 am
Mayfield Stats 2026 through week 9.
3 TD passes / 4 interceptions / 6 total fumbles / 3 lost fumbles / QBR 32.4
Here is the kicker:
He is directly responsible for losing to Bengals, Browns, Bears, and counting.
He had nothing to do with wins against the Panthers & Falcons
November 9th, 2026 at 9:35 am
The game was a microcosm of the season .
The team wasn’t prepared to start it
November 9th, 2026 at 9:37 am
Ben Johnson must have watched old Kyle Pitts film when he dialed up that last pass to Loveland
November 9th, 2026 at 9:47 am
3 comments-
1. OC needs to improve real fast
2. What happened to Chris Godwin?
3. Caleb Williams is now Chris Collinsworth’s side chick.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:48 am
On the bright side… It’s getting closer and closer to a guarantee that Todd Bowles will be fired as head coach.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:49 am
Defense gave up 17 points and forced 5 turnovers.
We had a partially blocked punt.
The running game has been really good.
Where is the QB play? Baker has been awful and it’s depressing bc he just got paid.
November 9th, 2026 at 9:58 am
will have better luck against atlanta without bates at least
November 9th, 2026 at 10:06 am
Oh, p!ss off about Baker already. Like there isn’t all kinds of problems other than him on the offense. Honestly, other than, maybe Tez, he doesn’t have any real weapons at receiver. The other receivers are just there. Sad when Bucky and Kenny are getting more receiving yards than most of our receivers. The o-line got eaten alive last night, so they didn’t help with the passing game. Even on defense, we played pretty darn good. But no matter how good they played, they gotta be able to stop a team when they that final drive.
I’m not saying Baker played great, but he played good enough for us to eek out a win in that one. He has the whereabouts to run in that 2-pointer to tie the game, but the defense failed to do their job when it mattered. You can go back to the pick 6 all you want, but we were able to get back in a position to win at the end. And he could’ve played worse, throwing 4 picks like Caleb did.
November 9th, 2026 at 10:13 am
If the Bucs are serious about winning the south then they need to get a new OC now. The defense is playing to well to waste the season on a horrible offense. It’s obvious that Zac Robinson cant get the Bucs offense going. So what is the harm in trying someone else. Promote the quarterbacks coach or the offensive line coach to OC. It’s worth a shot to at least try and make something positive happen for the offense.
November 9th, 2026 at 10:19 am
Sorry, but if Todd was not aware before now then he has a bigger problem than I thought. Bakers key stats…4 sacks, 2 INTs, 0 TDs. I really don’t think all, if any of those sacks are on the O-line. That is ugly folks and it’s not all on Zac. I give him lots of credit for this anemic passing game as well though.
O linemen suddenly can’t get the snap count?!!! Come on dudes!
Do our WRs work on catching the ball during the season? Jugs machine, assistants tossing it at them, anything? Piss poor in a must win game.
Todd sometimes says things that make me think he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Geez!
Go Bucs!
November 9th, 2026 at 10:32 am
LOSE THE REST OF YOUR GAMES .KEEP RAY J EMPTY . FINALLY FIRE NOWLES AND THIS CRAP OFFENCE COACH THAT HE HIRED ! LETS START NEW ! CLEAN HOUSE . GO GET A HEAD COACH FROM A WINNING ORGANIZATION. GO TO THE BEST DIVISION IN THE N F L LOOK AT ALL THOSE TEAMS AND PICK A WINNER.! STOP HIRING CAST OFFS FROM LOSING TEAMS. ! THAT WAS GOT OFF LAST NIGHT. OFFENSES PURE C*** IN THE PASSING GAME.⁶
November 9th, 2026 at 10:41 am
Should we start Jaylon Daniels, from here on out???