Bucs May Have Pearl Harbored Their Playoff Chances
December 7th, 2025
Bucs playoff chances listing badly.
December 7, 2025. A day that may live in infamy.
It is a day the Bucs’ playoff chances may have exploded by a sudden, deliberate and dastardly attack by the slimy Saints.
You just watched this awful game. Which team wanted to win more? Was it the now three-win slimy Saints, who may have p!ssed away their chances to draft Fernando Mendoza by winning today?
Or was it the sad sack Bucs, a terribly overrated team by the way they have played the past five games, who now pretty much have to win no less than three of their final four games to win the sorry NFC South and make the playoffs for the fifth straight year?
The Bucs looked like the team playing for a draft pick today. Joe heard the same ol’ same ol’ in the locker room. Have to cut down on mistakes. Have to play smarter. Have to make plays.
Certainly, since the bye, and clearly since the Bucs lost to the Lions, the Bucs are not a good team. That’s the cold, harsh truth.
Good teams don’t get physically beat up by Detroit. Good teams don’t get boatraced by the Rams. Good teams don’t struggle to pull out a three-point win against the Cardinals. Good teams don’t lose a home game against a rookie quarterback and the three-win slimy Saints.
Will the Bucs in the next month find their Midway and recover from their Pearl Harbor and rally to get to the playoffs?
Or will the Bucs continue to crumble in the final four games, playing like they have the past six or seven weeks? Just like the bad team they play like now?
December 7th, 2025 at 5:06 pm
Gonna get a second belly button from the Panthers Joe
December 7th, 2025 at 5:07 pm
Let me guess…. ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY from Bowles.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:07 pm
If the Bucs miss the playoffs and keep Bowles then next year will be the same.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:08 pm
You hear the same thing in the locker room every week from the players because they never get any better. These guys have been in this same system for years and still can’t handle the plays correctly. Bowles is done! Send him on his way
December 7th, 2025 at 5:08 pm
Listen this is a football game. That is disrespectful to the men who lost this lives. Come on now.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Blow this team up!
…..the Bucs are beyond pathetic right now
December 7th, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Fully appropriate metaphor for what happened on the field today.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:09 pm
At this point its either Bowles goes or the fan faithful go.
Its hard enough to watch, let alone get excited about watching a collapse every week.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Playoffs….playofffs?
LoL
December 7th, 2025 at 5:09 pm
I can almost remember the days when Bowles would beat the bad teams and lose to the good ones. Now he can’t beat either. So for those of us that wanted Bowles to be consistent. Be careful what you wish for.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:10 pm
I told you the season was dunzo when they dropped to 6-4. The team came out of the bye and just gave up.
The defense is gutless and cowardly. Winfield is the most overpaid overrated underperforming player on the roster. Zyon is second right behind him. Light will prob offer both an extension lol.
FIRE TODD BOWLES. THERE IS NO OTHER ANSWER. WE ALWAYS BE UNDERACHIEVING LOSERS WITH HIM AT THE HELM.
The team has tuned him out and it’s obvious. Pretty much every single player on the roster has regressed under his leadership:
– worst red zone offense in the league
– worst special teams in the league
– bottom 3 red zone offense
– bottom 3 defense
– bottom 3 in penalties
What would be the point of even going to the playoffs? So we can get embarrassed and steamrolled by the Seahawks / Niners / Rams / Lions and just have a worse draft pick?
Season is dunzo. Wake tf up people.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:11 pm
Make the playoffs to do what exactly?
December 7th, 2025 at 5:11 pm
its over, we will not beat the panthers, and they will probably sweep us which kills any chance for the division. the way we looked today we won’t beat the falcons either
December 7th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
Can we feel a 4 game losing streak in the division coming 1 down 3 to go. How big of a crash do we need to get a new coach? Can 1 player play good?Fire over confident mistake prone clueless Bowles!
December 7th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
Watching the Bears and Packers and both those teams are playing like it’s do or die and need a win to make the playoffs. This team just ho hums it when it’s a must win. That’s on the coaches. Arians needs to come back and get some fire in these guys!
December 7th, 2025 at 5:12 pm
Every team who wasn’t a playoff team has pearl harbored their playoff chances. Four late plays early in the season made this a mirage. There’s basically a two win team with another out of date coach
December 7th, 2025 at 5:13 pm
Very inappropriate comparison Joe. Come on. One of the darkest days in US history and losing to the Saints? Get a grip.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Yes, psychologically, someone is wrong.
Grizz.
Bowles.
Awful.
Lincoln Riley please!
December 7th, 2025 at 5:14 pm
The idea the defense needs to give up 19 points or less a game for the team to win – if that’s the case – then the season is already over.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:14 pm
I’d fire Bowles in the rain just like Dungy! His team and defense is an embarrassment and shows NO signs of improving…they have platued and need an injection of new life!! And u cannot tell me an interim coach, say Larry Foote…Grizzard…the water boy could have the D playing any worse!! And before u say the Glazers have never pulled such move mid season, well there is a first time for everything
December 7th, 2025 at 5:15 pm
and we fired Dungy and Gruden and they had winning records
December 7th, 2025 at 5:15 pm
Come on
I dont want arians picking our next head coach too
December 7th, 2025 at 5:16 pm
Team isn’t close to a playoff caliber team. If losing out gets a new coaching staff in here, I’m all for it. Making the playoffs and losing in the first round likely changes nothing in the coaching staff. This is weekly unwatchable football.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:16 pm
I do believe they were 0 for 5 on 4th down , not good at all it really stinks. I love the Bucs but something got change.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:18 pm
This out of touch post doesn’t surprise me at all. Only a boomer with an inflated ego would think this was a good idea. It seeps into the writing.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Saints actually have a decent defense. Only the Bucs can make their offense look good.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Where is Bowles head cheerleader? Probably changing his name now.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:18 pm
We suck again!
December 7th, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Fire Todd
December 7th, 2025 at 5:20 pm
Typical shi$$$ radio team. 16 games under 500 as a HC. They will get smoked Thursday also. Time to go!!!!
Anyone see what coen is doing 🥴
December 7th, 2025 at 5:22 pm
Double digit loses might be on the horizon. If so where do you e line up on the draft Joe?
December 7th, 2025 at 5:23 pm
Easy answer. Bucs will crumble (like the topping on Todd’s apple pie).
December 7th, 2025 at 5:23 pm
Bad coaches, bad results.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:23 pm
BA needs to be finished too. This was his idea to begin with.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:26 pm
It is over. Toad MUST go!
December 7th, 2025 at 5:26 pm
Quick! Someone name me ONE game that we won this year because of good coaching. Not BS pulling a rabbit out of the hat miracle, but an actual win that can be notched into the HC belt. Now, Name a loss that can be attributed to poor coaching. Bet you didn’t have to think much for that answer! Every team we play can play toss and catch over the middle. They have for years. Our genius coach can’t solve the riddle. Bowles and his hand picked “ coaches” need to go if they can’t find a solution- which they can’t. Come on Glazers. Give the fans a Christmas present. ( You can wait until after Cousins throttles us on Thursday. Just so you have more ammunition to fight off the Todd believers.) A shamefull display of football today.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:27 pm
The dirty Birds are licking their chops to play this sad sack defense. The rookie edge guys will likely have multiple sacks. Robinson may have 150 yds
The Panthers on the road? 42-14 Panthers – a 7-8 record heading to Miami where a half decent coach with a bad qb is also licking his chops for a shot at Todd the Inept Guru
This team has completely checked out on Turd Bozo and we are looking at a Grudenesque collapse – look at the run game D and the attitude of the team – it screams WE NEED A NEW COACH!
December 7th, 2025 at 5:29 pm
Embarrassing. Our oline ain’t sh.. that middle of the field zone is wide open. SVD should just turn n run with his man he’s lined up with listen for the word “SWITCH!!”. Idk what he’s doing out there. Pretty sure Baker was supposed 2 hand the ball off but he told his teammates he was going 2 keep it on that 3rd or 4th down in the 2nd half. The old school QB keeper is open. These young guys see a lot of the QBO we line up under center so run a lil razzle dazzle damnit
December 7th, 2025 at 5:29 pm
It also might be the day the glazers bring Jason in and let him know to start the process of finding another HC. Which if done correctly could ale this day a positive eventually.
A lot of good pieces on this team
December 7th, 2025 at 5:30 pm
Doesn’t matter if they make the playoffs. They caNt beat bad teams. I like Baker, but without a decent OC might as well let him walk.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:33 pm
Even if the Bucs disn’t soil their slacks completely today…they were likely to lose to Atlanta and both games vs Carolina. Not to mention a team actually showing fight…the Dolphins in between Carolina games. 7-10 is a real possibility. Licht & Co. quickly reverting to when they actually had a worse recorded than the Domink Era/Error.
December 7th, 2025 at 5:42 pm
I want Jason Licht to be held accountable. Saving draft picks instead of getting this defense some help. He beats his chest every time one of his 6 round picks plays (they wouldn’t play for anyone else) meanwhile he sucks at the top of the draft where real game changers are drafted.
Also Baker is not an MVP, especially when Evan’s isn’t on the field. Every year he goes through long mid season slumps then gets hot just in time to get us just above .500
December 7th, 2025 at 5:44 pm
We actually still control our own destiny…….now what that destiny is….who knows.
December 7th, 2025 at 6:14 pm
Can anybody say GRUDEN, it could happen. Either way we need a new Coach. Bucs will not win again this season. Looking forward to next year with new coach..
PS i really hope i am wrong…………GO BUCS
December 7th, 2025 at 6:29 pm
Even if the Bucs do make it to the playoffs.. do you really want to see this team go one and done?? They barely beat the Cards and now beat by the pathetic Saints. I’m sure this Thursday primetime game, we are going to get embarrassed under the bright lights (per usual) by a not-so-great Falcons team (Do you like that?). Bowles has 100% lost the locker room! Fire Bowles!
December 7th, 2025 at 7:17 pm
Maybe? They have imploded
December 7th, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Playoffs? Wtf they just got they a$$ handed to them by one of the worst teams in the league playoffs that’s funny joe.
December 7th, 2025 at 7:57 pm
Finally you see what some of us have veen seeing for at least two years now. Seems like good OC masked his issues year after year. But not anymore. Fire his sorry ass.
December 7th, 2025 at 8:44 pm
This team is imploding. Todd cannot make them win, he will probably even let fellow lame duck coach Rah boat race his D this Thursday which should be the final nail in Todd’s coffin. If you own season tickets, call and say you will not renew if Bowles is back. Money is something that gets the Glazers’ attention.
December 8th, 2025 at 12:49 am
Happy Pearl Harbor Day Bowels!
December 8th, 2025 at 2:26 am
I know we are tied in records right now but honestly, the Panthers are a better team and will give a better challenge to the other NFC playoff teams.