Todd Bowles’ Postgame One-Liner Was Not Funny
January 3rd, 2026
Joe did not appreciate Todd Bowles’ one-liner to close his interview tonight on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
Sadly, the Bucs are 8-9 and tied atop the NFC South with the Panthers. Both teams are waiting on the result of tomorrow’s Saints-Falcons game, which will determine the NFC South champion. If the Saints win, the Bucs host a playoff game next weekend. If the Falcons win, then it’s Carolina that will celebrate.
It’s hard to believe the Bucs are hanging on by a thread after a 6-2 start in the NFL’s worst division.
So Bucs players and fans hate the Saints, so does Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht.
New Orleans is a wretched organization, one that was happy to bounty hunt, which earned former Saints head coach Sean Payton a full one-year suspension. And the Saints nearly ended Chris Godwin’s career with a dirty hit in 2021, among other crimes against decency.
After tonight’s Bucs-Panthers game, a 16-14 Bucs win, team locker room radio reporter TJ “Go Away” Rives mentioned to Bowles that Tristan Wirfs said he simply cannot root for the Saints tomorrow.
Bowles replied, “Tell Tristan he better root for New Orleans.”
Haha, Coach, but nothing about that was funny.
Bowles could have taken the golden opportunity there to apologize to every Tampa Bay fan for helping put them in the ugly position of pulling for a Saints win after a historic Bucs collapse. Nope. Bowles seemed to think there’s a shred of amusement in all this.
Bucs officials too often forget that they ask fans to live and breathe Bucs football every single day. It’s a lot more than a game or entertainment to tens of thousands of people. Many spend money they don’t have on gear and games.
What might Joe tell Bowles about cracking a joke tied to the state of this season? Well, Joe might actually quote Bowles from a few weeks ago. “You gotta fuc*’n care enough where the sh*t hurts. Gotta fuc*’n mean something to you…. You can’t sugarcoat that sh*t. It was in-a-fuc*’n-excusable. And there’s no fuc*’n answer for it. No excuse for it.”
Joe feels terrible for the many fans, including Joe, that will be cheering for the Saints tomorrow. They don’t deserve it and it’s not funny.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:28 pm
Unfortunately, those with autism don’t manage humor very well.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:29 pm
It seems as if Coach Bowles has surrendered to the inevitable. His time at One Bucs Place is over. At most, he will have to go through the motions one more time.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:29 pm
I will not be cheering for the Saints tomorrow. I want no more Toad Bowels! Flush him! We’ll never be anything other than mediocre with him.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Just for this quote alone TB must be fired. It’s because of YOU, coach, and ONLY YOU, that we must root for the Saints tomorrow.
Oh and don’t think for a second the saints actually have a chance. Their top WR is out and we have a mini rivalry with them. They’ll likely tank so Carolina gets in because they hate us more.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:29 pm
If we get to the playoffs, I will feel the least excitement I’ve ever felt for us reaching the post season. Zero pride or excitement as I don’t think we will get a win and if we do then Bowles and his staff will believe they were vindicated so they won’t be fired. Just not feeling it. Sucks to look at the team and feel apathy like this.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:29 pm
Joe, I want a new coach as much as the next guy, but jeez you are a snowflake. This is a non story. Go to bed, drama queen.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Did we see anything tonight that would make u think this team is a playoff team I lvmybucs but I don’t see us winning in the first round. Lets see him crack a joke then.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:30 pm
3rd and 24 Coach Bowles owns that.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I still can’t get over the Falcons game up by 14 pts. What a train wreck that was. Coaching would have won that game.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:31 pm
It’s just so sad as a fan. 6-2 to complete collapse. 6-2 was the farce with the last minute wins. This organization has been bottom of the barrel the entire year when you look at it collectively. The teams that consistently are in contention have young offensive coordinator minded coaches leading the way. We had one in Liam Coen and let him walk. Fire BA, Fire Bowles. Licht is a good GM. The Tom Brady perfume has worn out to reveal the stink.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:35 pm
Bowles will be here next year either way.
So no matter who wins tomorrow, we fans all lose.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:35 pm
I won’t be rooting for the Saints tomorrow, but I’ll be rooting against the Falcons.
Bottom line, regardless of who wins tomorrow, Todd Bowles can not continue as the head coach after this season. Apparently it only took one win to fix his attitude towards losing.
#noconfidence
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:37 pm
I am very embarrassed to wear my Bucs gear, just angry about this team losing and unable to perform–just time to fire this loser.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:37 pm
If, you’re looking for a good joke, watch our special teams play. Excluding the kickers.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:37 pm
Fire Todd
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:38 pm
Can we root for a tie?
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:40 pm
So basically one bad team beat another bad team.
Nothing more, nothing less
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:40 pm
We have WAY too much against Todd Bowles to be this petty and lose credibility… I do like that Joe is more vocal this year. I was begging Joe to call for Bowles head the last two years, and he was too chicken too. He hid behind he does not select coaches.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:41 pm
I get it. I’m rooting for the saints but I also want a new coach regardless of how many games we win.
We need to push the score. This offense can score 35 points per game. This garbage game plan is awful.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:41 pm
Good lord, Joe. Lighten up. I listened to the interviews with both Wirfs and Bowles on the drive home and thought they were both funny. We sat in the rain for four hours and won. It ok to enjoy it.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:42 pm
Joe, I feel you. I’ve paid more than any reasonable should to see this team lose in Detroit (2x), have more orange jerseys than any sensible adult should own, have dipped into family vacati9n funds to travel and represent this club/my home town… but at this point, with an entire city calling for Bowles’s head and an inevitable firing eminent, I’m giving the guy a pass on a relatively benign comment. I don’t need to see someone with their head in the guillotine grovel to understand the stress they are experiencing. With that said, Mr. Licht could easily step up to a mic and apologize on behalf of his team’s current situation. Will he? Doubt it, because leaders lead
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:42 pm
Thank you Joe for bringing to the attention of the owners and head coach their very own words. That statement from Bowles was not a thoughtless dumb remark from an intelligent man. It was a blatant showing of his arrogance. I hope he is feeling false confidence regarding his job but I’m not so sure of that.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:48 pm
Toad, with a little gallows humor..
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:48 pm
Yeah I feel sick to my stomach rooting for the Saints…disgusting but I love my Bucs enough to make the sacrifice. It’s not a joke Todd…your 2025 defense is tho
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:50 pm
Does anyone really listen to anything Bowles says, anyway? It’s not what you say, it’s what you do, and Bowles COACHES SCARED. The odds of winning games in the NFL while playing not to lose are not high, not against a good opponent.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:52 pm
If people spend money on Bucs gear that can’t afford who’s fault is it?
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Seems crazy to root for the Saints only to get our as$kicked in the first round. But if it gets Bowles fired all the better.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:54 pm
I didn’t watch or listen but I did follow gamecast.
Why? Why today? Why at home? I’m perplexed at how the team could pull a rabbit from the hat after failing miserably for weeks.
And Bowles seems to make light of it.
Is this all just part of the kayfabe ?
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:54 pm
I echo a lot of the “shouldn’t have come to this” sentiments but it was a spontaneous comment. let’s not get too deep with it. Even if they make the playoffs and/or win games I still fire the entire staff and take a long look a the GM too. I wouldn’t have said that before but I am seeing a lot of holes on this team and this last victory, which was still a crap victory and made way more difficult than it should have been, is no reason not to look at the entire body of work. Played well in bad conditions but had that team by the throat and AGAIN made it hard on themselves. Morrison looked a lot better, Parrish did too except for that candy push against their reciever.
January 3rd, 2026 at 9:55 pm
I’m with @Frontfour, there’s enough legitimate things to be annoyed about. This isn’t one of them
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Todd Bowles isn’t going anywhere
Getting fired is his least worry
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:01 pm
U know what’s not funny…having the over total of 9.5 games with 1k on it…sitting at 6-2…and finish with 8 wins!!!
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:02 pm
Bowles is a dead man walking. A lame duck so to speak.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:05 pm
That was some emo writing I don’t expect from the Joes. Wow.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:06 pm
Makes me sick hearing they did their job today, and have to wait until tomorrow. If 8-9 record is your job than get a new one.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:06 pm
I don’t blame Todd Bowles.
I would be cracking jokes also
If he go, or if he stays, he still gets paid
There’s a lot to laugh to laugh about
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:09 pm
Lakeland Says:
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Todd Bowles isn’t going anywhere
Getting fired is his least worry
^^^^^
It’s beginning to look that way. The owners ineptly rode into a box canyon and have no way out.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:10 pm
This is a terrible reach….geesh.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:11 pm
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January 3rd, 2026 at 10:12 pm
Wanted to say no to BUCS making playoffs just so Bowels and his staff would get fired, but I couldn’t root against the BUCS
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:13 pm
Never forget Bowles called an all-out, Cover-0 blitz on the final defensive play, which resulted in Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford connecting with a wide-open Cooper Kupp for a 44-yard gain ending our playoffs run.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:14 pm
7-10 didn’t come.
But I’m Not rooting for falcons or saints.
It’s in God’s hands.
I don’t want a coach that quits on his players.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:15 pm
Jesus, what a nothing Burger. I kept reading and reading to wait what this horrible line was. And then I got there. And I wondered why an article was written about this. Still wondering
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:17 pm
A falcons win and 4 in a row by us and we’re Super Bowl champs!
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:20 pm
I am starting to sense that the owners will adhere to the old adage “When in doubt do nothing.”
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:21 pm
Analyzing humor is counterintuitive, but I’ll try, Joe. Why are you so offended by Bowles’s lighthearted response, but seem to be perfectly content with Wirf’s more contemptuous one about the Saints? Neither, to my mind, was funny ha-ha, but both were amusing, given the situation. Surely, it is in Wirf’s best interest that the Saints should win and he will be happier if they do. The humor is in the conflict that arises when one’s own happiness depends on the happiness of a rival. The joke is on our twisted human nature whose competitive instincts demand that we and our rivals cannot simultaneously he happy. For us to feel like winners, we demand that there be losers.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:28 pm
It almost appears like the team really didn’t want to win but had to win or else.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:32 pm
I have picked Atlanta in my pick’em pool so there is a good chance that New Orleans will win.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:39 pm
Mobucs Says:
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:21 pm
^^^^^
It seems to me the words are less important that the attitude.
In my mind Bowles has nothing to be lighthearted or amused about.
Unless, he knows he will keep his job. That is the height of arrogance.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:41 pm
Perhaps Bowles is thinking to himself; “You guys thought you had me. Well we’ll see who gets the last laugh.”
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:50 pm
If you spend money you don’t have and this is more than entertainment to you then you need to get a life
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:54 pm
F the saints i hope they tie f the rest of the nfl and their fans f them
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:54 pm
That was a good one liner coach !! 🤣. Extend this guy’s contract forever !!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Definitely NOT funny. If hypothetical, haha. If personal, sorry dude
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:56 pm
What a clown. Go join Shaun King at the buffet line.
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:56 pm
Pearl clutch much Joe???
January 3rd, 2026 at 11:04 pm
Oh f ck the righteous indignation!
As a Bucs fan, I WANT the Saints to beat the Falcons. I WANT the Bucs to make the playoffs. I’m a BUCS FAN for crying out loud!
Get over the Bowles one-liner.
He’s right.
Regardless of the f cked up circumstances.
I love you Joe, but THIS Todd thinks this post is ridiculous.
Don’t be the Karen of the NFC South.
January 3rd, 2026 at 11:25 pm
Coaching malpractice, no way this team only wins eight games.
I want Bowles gone he has collapsed, grizz goes as well
January 3rd, 2026 at 11:32 pm
Did an incel start writing at JBF?
January 3rd, 2026 at 11:57 pm
I’m happy that the Bucs found a way to win against a mediocre team today but I’m with Tristan , there’s no way you’ll catch me cheering for the Aints tomorrow.
The Bucs do not deserve a spot in the playoffs. They proved this with their lack of effort and lack of focus/intensity over the last 7 weeks.
Why don’t I want them to win the division again? It would be embarrassing to watch this team that cannot cover receivers or rush the quarterback or tackle in a one and done game. It is not just a defense/’special’ teams issue either. Somewhere on this coaching staff, somebody thinks that shutting the offense down after getting a ten point lead in the first quarter is a formula to win. Picture this team competing against a 12 and 4 team to go on…. You like that?
The Bucs do not deserve to win the division, neither does Carolina for that matter, but I’m a Bucs fan and Inspired Change is needed to end this error and improve. Too much has been squandered over the last 5 years. Fix it.
January 3rd, 2026 at 11:58 pm
Get a grip, Joe. A completely harmless remark by Bowles.
January 4th, 2026 at 12:04 am
10/10 saints will intentionally lose just to screw bucs
January 4th, 2026 at 12:11 am
My bookie has informed me that the Saints will win tomorrow !!! The gamblers want TB in the playoffs ( did you hot see the 2 blatantly bad calls against Carolina 1. Ripping off the Helmut and 2. Pass interference against the panthers ??? WE WILL BE THE #4 SEED IN THE NFC .
January 4th, 2026 at 12:32 am
Cleanhouse Says:
January 3rd, 2026 at 10:17 pm
A falcons win and 4 in a row by us and we’re Super Bowl champs!
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If that happened, half the people posting here would still be angry and yelling for Bowles to be fired.
January 4th, 2026 at 1:36 am
Hate to tell you but if this is more than just a game and more than just entertainment to you then that’s on you. There’s much more to life than football
January 4th, 2026 at 2:19 am
Esteban85 Says:
January 4th, 2026 at 1:36 am
Hate to tell you but if this is more than just a game and more than just entertainment to you then that’s on you. There’s much more to life than football
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Hit the bricks lady, this is a football website, not a sewing circle.
January 4th, 2026 at 4:48 am
Well Todd got his 30+ carries for the game against the Panthers finally. Sad thing is,that he will probably think he was right, and keep doing it if he comes back.
January 4th, 2026 at 5:28 am
I can’t stand Bowles at all as a head coach, but this is some pretty weak crap to get worked up over.
January 4th, 2026 at 7:01 am
like baker, I will be rooting for a tie. and I agree with Wirfs too: you can root for an outcome of a game without rooting for the players and organization that make up the wretched slimy saints.
January 4th, 2026 at 8:26 am
ChiBuc: You must be popular around the house come family vacation time, hahahaha
January 4th, 2026 at 9:27 am
I’m with Tristen. I hate the Saints even more than I hate the Falcons. Buc don’t deserve to e in the playoffs and the Glazers need to stew about that loss of Revenue thanks to the Bowel Movement who the rewarded with a contract extension.
January 4th, 2026 at 3:10 pm
SPOT ON, JOE
Where was the apology to fans, to Licht, and to the organization? Where’s the ownership as the HC?
Bowles mentor, Bill Parcels, would have chewed Bowles out for that comment.
Bowles is soft. He lacks professional integrity.