No Need To Hang Heads In Shame
September 30th, 2025
Reflecting on positive.
Yeah, that game Sunday sure gnaws at Joe. It was winnable. All the Bucs had to do is block on a punt.
You had one job!
But you know what? One loss isn’t going to kill the season. It would have been cool as hell to go up 4-0 with all these injuries. Wasn’t meant to be, unfortunately.
However, former Bucs defensive tackle and current BSPN personality and football analyst Booger McFarland isn’t too depressed over the loss. In fact, Booger seemed uplifted.
Nothing about the close loss Sunday tells Booger the Bucs should switch gears to full-blown draft mode.
Booger, however, left out one very important element: The Bucs went toe-to-toe without two starting offensive linemen, without Mike Evans and Calijah Kancey, and with Chris Godwin certainly rusty against the defending Super Bowl champs.
Joe isn’t sweating if the Bucs face the Eagles again this year sometime in January. So long as the Bucs are somewhat healthy.
September 30th, 2025 at 12:19 am
This reminds me of the last time we won the Super Bowl where that season we lost to the Saints twice and then had to face them in the playoffs and history was wrote. I can definitely see us facing the Eagles again in the playoffs. Bucs will be chomping at the bit. Go Bucs!
September 30th, 2025 at 12:25 am
Didn’t the eagles beat us in 2023 before we curb stomped them in the playoffs?
September 30th, 2025 at 12:27 am
If the Bucs are healthy come playoff time, there is no one they can’t beat.
In the NFC, the Rams would worry me most I think. Lions be up there and oddly, those are the 2 teams with immobile QBs. Daniels got us a bit last year but Bowles and co kill the run so well… be a shame if the injuries continue when working with a team like this.
September 30th, 2025 at 12:39 am
Eagles are a very good team – no doubt.
But I don’t believe they are a better team than the Bucs.
They were better on Sunday (mainly because of the early blocked punt/TD and the refs screwing us over multiple times – again!) – I think though if you play that same game (even with the same players) 10 times – the Bucs win at least 5 or 6 times out of 10.
They have the edge on defense (as long as the refs are ‘letting them play’) but the Bucs have a better offense – and a better QB. Special teams – well – the Bucs can’t possibly be this bad at ST all year….
I hope we do meet Philly in the playoffs! The Bucs can and will beat the Eagles given another opportunity this year (next year technically because it would be in January).
September 30th, 2025 at 1:49 am
OR Buc Says:
September 30th, 2025 at 12:25 am
Didn’t the eagles beat us in 2023 before we curb stomped them in the playoffs?
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Correct.
Also the Bucs lost to the Eagles in the regular season in 2002, and then shut down the Vet on the way to the SB.
It’s sort of like if you lose to the Saints – as we all know, the Bucs are 0-4 vs the Saints in the regular season when they win SBs.
But based on the schedule we need those Saints wins this year to just make the playoffs, so lets get to the SB AND beat the Saints, just to mix it up.
September 30th, 2025 at 2:26 am
No moral victories. Bucs came out flat and made critical errors even when they were playing better in the second half. Bucs went toe to toe with the Eagles and beat themselves. This game could wind up hurting us in playoffs seeding and we’ll have to beat them on the road. Same goes for the Seahawks and Niners. These big in conference games early shape the playoff picture later. Bucs need to win these.
September 30th, 2025 at 2:31 am
We’re ok….its one game and we’re down starters plus many playing injured. Need to fix some things, especially punting and ST….but we’ll get through.
September 30th, 2025 at 5:44 am
I’m not sure of the relevance of talking about any Bucs/Eagles games in the past for a preview of the future.
These two teams will change dramatically between now and the playoffs. Injuries are certain to continue to affect the teams as they have already. Obviously if one of those injuries is to Hurts or Baker it totally changes the dynamics.
Meanwhile who cares about last year or the year before much less the year before that?
On average, about 60-70% of an NFL team’s roster is retained year-to-year, meaning roughly 30-40% of players turn over annually.
1/3 roster turnover each year! Some years are more significant than other obviously depending on the draft and any FA acquistions like Reddick. Wasn’t he playing for the other side in some of those games?
The Bucs are on a roll when it comes to drafting. Parrish looks like a nice find of course EE made the draft, he has the talent to become generational like ME.
Sadly the DB selected ahead of Parrish, Morrison is nothing more at this point than an unproven Jamel Dean unable to get out of the training room and onto the field.
I remember this off season reading about Dean’s “great gamble” setting him up for a big payday next year. I think Dean has talent and appears to be a likeable human being but he has rolled snakeeyes with his bet for next season.
Can’t stay on the field for 4 games! Is it me or do many of those injuries and abscenses occur in the biggest games?
September 30th, 2025 at 6:06 am
Healthy or not in the playoffs the Bucs will be contenders. Cleanup the Special teams performance and the Bucs could have beaten the Phillies team.
The Bucs are proving most importantly to themselves they can win it all.
September 30th, 2025 at 6:42 am
yea its a moral victory post when all you consider is the bucs problems. what injuries did the eagles have to overcome. what hurdles did the eagles have to overcome.
fact is bucs got beat for various reasons. there is no shame in losing, but some of the play and preparation is questionable, obviously. they may or may not be in it down the road, nobody knows. lots can happen.
September 30th, 2025 at 6:45 am
“”Sadly the DB selected ahead of Parrish, Morrison is nothing more at this point than an unproven Jamel Dean unable to get out of the training room and onto the field.””
Just what we needed here another glass Tiger. Dude has not been healthy for a millisecond since he walked thru the door. 22 yrs old and has the body of an 80 yr old. Great pick Jason/Todd.
September 30th, 2025 at 7:36 am
stpetebucsfan Says:
September 30th, 2025 at 5:44 am
“I’m not sure of the relevance of talking about any Bucs/Eagles games in the past for a preview of the future.”
How about when they kept Dungy Bucs from a Superbowl because of a bad call? We got payback once…sure would be nice to own them again.
I would love to face them in the Championship game.
September 30th, 2025 at 7:36 am
I don’t think of this as a moral victory at all. A moral victory is when a lousy team plays a SB contender down to the wire on their way to a 4 win season.
This is just a loss. No need to sugar coat it but also no need to Chicken Little like this team is suddenly horrible. Two good teams play, one good team loses. Learn from it and move on.
Disappointedly optimistic
September 30th, 2025 at 7:58 am
“This is just a loss. No need to sugar coat it but also no need to Chicken Little like this team is suddenly horrible. Two good teams play, one good team loses. Learn from it and move on.“
Agreed. There’s a lot of selective sugar coating within this fan base, especially when it comes to our pedestrian offense. Critique the wrong player and you’ll get bombarded by riff raffs who are bigger fans of select players than it seems they are of the team itself
September 30th, 2025 at 8:05 am
no moral victories…
we cant let 1 loss turn to 3Ls….
imo, bucs should head to SEA later today and then practice wed,thurs,friday…walk thru on Saturday, belt to @$$ on Sunday!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!