Maybe This Is Why Bucs Fans Want To Pile On Todd Bowles
February 1st, 2026
Frustrates gamblers.
Joe has typed the following and likely will again. It’s astounding how unpopular Bucs coach Todd Bowles is.
Oh, Joe understands why folks are frustrated with Bowles. But the venom very much surprises Joe. It’s worse for Bowles than it was for a truly dreadful coach like lousy Lovie Smith.
(The only two things Joe thought Lovie got right was bringing AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht to town and green-lighting the Bucs drafting America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.)
Joe noticed that no team in the NFL was worse covering the spread in 2025 than the Bucs. Separate a man involuntarily from his money and sparks fly. Gambling, eerr, wagering, is becoming more and more popular across the land. And Joe added two-and-two after seeing the spread data on the Bucs.
No wonder there is such a tsunami against Bowles.
It reminded Joe of an episode of the popular “Pardon My Take” podcast. It was early in the football season and PFT Commenter said about Penn State, “I don’t know much about Penn State.” Then, off the microphone, Joe heard PFT Commenter’s co-host Big Cat holler in disgust, “THEY DON’T COVER!”
So when Joe read how the Bucs were the absolute worst team in the NFL covering the spread (5-12), some of the Bowles hate added up.
(Interestingly, in seasons when Bowles ended up firing his offensive coordinator, the Bucs had the worst record against the spread: 2022 and 2025).
Is that where some (much?) of the anger comes from?
February 1st, 2026 at 12:09 am
All my future bets looked great when Bucs were 6 and 2….
Division…Loss
9.5 wins over…Loss
NFC winner…Loss
So, I get it…
February 1st, 2026 at 12:16 am
I don’t like him cuz he sucks at Defense. And Head coaching.And just coaching in general .
That lazy, pathetic, scared to tackle unit that he runs is a disgrace to the heritage of Defense in Tampa.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:36 am
I don’t wager. My issue is his consistently horrible defenses.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:44 am
It’s pretty simple. Those Lovie teams had zero expectations, so nobody was shocked when they were bad. With Bowles’ Bucs, the Super Bowl window is short, the roster is stacked with talent, and yet they keep underperforming year after year. That’s why the anger is louder. Expectations change everything.
Fire his ass to the sun.
I didn’t know you guys go soft in the offseason btw.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:46 am
Nope. The anger comes from watching him throw his team under the bus. Watching his defense continue to left rookies and backups carve us up. Watching him drop OLBs into coverage. Watching him blitz DBs from 10 yards back. Kicking for touchbacks rather than address the coverage. “Winning” a division so bad his record wouldn’t have won any other division.
He’s an average coach. His defense is stale. Even his “tirade” put me to sleep.
He committed the NFLs greatest sin. He’s boring. And the owners love him for some reason.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:49 am
The absolute WORST things to happen to football are gambling and fantasy football.
Gambling is kind of obvious – nothing good comes from it.
Fantasy Football erodes support for teams, and focuses on individual performances instead.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:52 am
I missed winning 600 to 1700 by one game, six different times on parlays this past season, actually picked against us one time, and that was one of those tickets, but philly ultimately made it lose. I put 20 on us winning the division and 10 on the SB. Im still up from winning over 2000 total a few years ago, so its no biggie. I usually dont bet more than 20 to 40 when i play. I won a total of 170 this year, lost about 300, but hit a little over 500 on the slots….so im still playing with house money.
Its todds scheme and his stupid decisions as a dc and hc for me.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:55 am
Jason Litch love and stacked talent ^^^
I dont see that at all. All the talent left. JPP, Marpet, Carlton Davis, Devin White, Suh, Shaq.
At every single position mentioned they got significantly worse, not just a little.
Yall see talent? Cause I see a team over performing with no talent. Baker is not Josh Allen, hes not Drake Maye, hes not Jayden Daniels or CJ Stroud even.
Team is mid at best with talent.
Yet they’ve won divisions because the comp was terrible in the South.
When Bowles had the pieces, his defense helped win a superbowl.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:04 am
Not covering the spread is not the reason why we don’t want Todd as the coach any longer. Here is the reason for the venom as you call it.
In 2026 Todd’s defense will suck. We all know it. It is seriously holding this team back. He is too stubborn to hand over the DC duty to anyone else. The defensive players we currently have would be better under a different coach. Any DC that doesn’t have Vita Vea dropping back into coverage would be an upgrade over Todd.
Seriously why do we have a defensive minded head coach if all he can produce is the 26th ranked defense?
Add in all the questionable decisions he has made here such as not calling a time out against the Commanders or punting against Buffalo this year.
The guy is in over his head.
No one cares that he is a nice guy.
When Sean McVay started showing mercy to Todd after half time it was clear. We do not have a legitimate head coach. I’ve never seen anyone call off the dogs like that before. It was pathetic.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:06 am
Licht’s weaknesses are his drafting of defensive players and every position on offense other than WR and OL.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:06 am
The NFL wouldn’t be nearly as popular without fantasy DFS and gambling
The officiating, the lack of hitting, poor fundamentals and constant injuries from lack of real practice
The product is borderline unwatchable without a vested interest either as a fan or skin in the game
February 1st, 2026 at 1:09 am
(cont’d) It’s a difficult task for any coach to maintain success in such a situation.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:12 am
I figured out after the Pats game thst the key to success was to bet against Todd Bowles and it paid off, even the 2 wins did not cover the spread and individual props on Pitts and Cousins paid off. The national wise guys gave the Bucs too much credit and you msde coin if you bet against Bowles. That will not happen this season in all likelihood.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:17 am
Joe won a nice chunk of change doing the same. It was too easy (predictable), man. LOL 🙂
February 1st, 2026 at 1:20 am
The anger comes from the fact that this guy is basically a .400 head coach over many many years in the NFL. 1-3 in the postseason.
He doesn’t take accountability for his own bad coaching and then he blames the players saying the coaches have done everything they can do. Pathetic.
Also, 3rd and 28
February 1st, 2026 at 1:23 am
More likely it’s his skin color. So disappointing.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:27 am
I don’t bet…
Simple example: If the Bucs have an amazing OC, they have hidden the defense incompetence and won in spite of DCs woes….
Once the Bucs got an average OC, the DC (and HC) could not live up to his bogus ‘guru’ nickname at this point… IBS is a horrible DC, horrible HC and a large part of the problem and NOT the solution… Much like that one guy most of us has had to work with that is a slacker and brings NO worth to the team YET the boss want fire his sorry tail!
February 1st, 2026 at 1:40 am
I don’t wager. I hate that he’s unemotional, stubborn, and his defense is pathetic. He doesn’t make adjustments. He’s bad at clock management, just an old head that the game has passed by.
February 1st, 2026 at 3:28 am
I quit betting after the Jets game. I had us over 43.5 and winning by 7. One minute to go, up 26-20 so I have the over covered. We’re lining up the short field goal to go up 29-20 and I’m ready to take my 1100 bucks and eat me a steak. They blocked that little field goal and ran down and took the lead 27-26. Thankfully we won 29-27 thanks to some Baker magic but my plus 1100 bucks turned into my minus 300 bucks. That’s a 1400 swing for us country boys. I decided my gambling days were over. I’m thinking I made the right decision.
February 1st, 2026 at 4:31 am
Yeah no… if anything, he makes betting easier because we almost always know the outcomes with him in charge (hint: it never involves blowing out another team, for starters…).
The Todd Bowles-Bucs are the true definition of “it’s hard to win in the NFL.” This is our team slogan and mindset, apparently.
No a$$ kicking, no logic, no common sense; just the acceptance of self-made difficulty, especially when it doesn’t have to be.
February 1st, 2026 at 4:51 am
@REDZONE 100% true. The walk thru practices all week is a joke and for the most of the other teams are guilty of that as well, NFL is so soft now and gambling SHOULD NOT be integrated into the NFL period. But the greedy bastards can’t help themselves moth to a light blub.
February 1st, 2026 at 5:27 am
He wasted Brady’s last year and I’d rather drink bleach than watch his defense give less effort than me at a vegetable only buffet
February 1st, 2026 at 5:28 am
You just had to go there, didn’t you Stpetematt. Pull the race card when you have nothing else. Tell us about all the wonderful things Todd brings to the team. Tell us how great his defense is. Will you start with mediocre, at best? Tony Dungy is revered for turning the Bucs around. Does he just have a nice tan? Or is mediocre right up your alley?
February 1st, 2026 at 5:51 am
I don’t gamble and I know a poorly coached football team when I see one!
February 1st, 2026 at 5:54 am
No, us fans pile on because Bowles doesn’t have a pulse during games. What he presumes is stoicism at its important best is simply a bad form of leadership which costs us games.
Is Todd Bowles in the Superbowl next weekend? No. Vrabel? Yes. What’s the difference in their energy output during games. Vrabel motivates. Bowles demotivates. No energy. No ass-chewing the refs. No high-fiving players. No ass-chewing players.
It…costs…games.
That’s why our confidence in Bowles is at an all-time low.
Grow a pulse, Toddy. Grow a pulse.
February 1st, 2026 at 6:27 am
Nope, its because he’s the most consistently “blah” coach in the NFL. Zero feel for the game. He’s like luke warm oatmeal.
February 1st, 2026 at 6:50 am
The anger for most stems from the end of the 2021 playoff game vs the Rams. It has just grown from there.
February 1st, 2026 at 6:59 am
There are a lot of reoccurring issues and patterns from Bowles. Generally I dont think the team is prepared well evidence by the primetime record which annnoys the hell out of me and the fact they lose too often to back up QBs. He shoots this team in the foot too often and is slow to make decislons everyone can see that need to be made
February 1st, 2026 at 7:19 am
Nothing personal. For all the reasons above, he sucks. That’s why he is rejected.
February 1st, 2026 at 7:32 am
Gambling… because home ownership is way overrated!
February 1st, 2026 at 7:37 am
Joe , I bet on betting site & i won’t say the name of the only one I use so I am not advertising it on your site but a few things .
Not once has the spread affected the way I bet & that’s including the bucs . In football I like player props and sometimes over/under points . The spread does not affect my hate for toilet todd . I think you are spot on with this article but just not for me in particular . I had a growing dislike for todd ever since his azz called cover zero . My hate for him is more on the defensive coordination , not so much as head coach . My god you can name 10 different situations where his defence has been trash but I’ll just say look at the entire body of his work on the defense over these last 4 years . That alone tells you all you need to know on why most can’t stand the guy !
February 1st, 2026 at 7:40 am
The reason is simple. He can’t do the job.
February 1st, 2026 at 7:42 am
My anger comes from losing to backup QB’s! Ok I get that we are a little short on talent especially up front on the defense. There is no excuse to lose to Quinn Ewers, Cousins & Tyler Shough. Its embarrassing!! The Bucs were pretty much tied for last in defensive scoring & red zone scoring. Teams with less talent at least played hard.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:00 am
Thats the only reaaon i like bowels. I know who to bet on.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:19 am
The worst gamblers are the Glazers by not ending the insane
RINSE AND REPEAT DEFENSE
February 1st, 2026 at 8:22 am
Ifwelinkyouwon; hit it right on the head, if the team was garbage the coaches blend into the overall bad perception…but when ur close to winning it all and go to the playoffs, and the thing that’s holding the team back from going further is the coaches, then the frustration becomes elevated! The winning window is small in the NFL, and fans dont want to see it close without a real legit chance. It’s the same thing that happen with Dungy…good team and he couldn’t get us over the hump…ipso facto, he was fired! But Blows was kept, in lays the immense frustration and anger…simple
February 1st, 2026 at 8:26 am
Gambling is a sign of weakness. I do not do it. I worked my tail off to get my money.
The only time I gambled was on my 21st birthday on a horse race (I won). Never again…well…there were a couple lotto tickets when I was much younger. I’ve considered buying a ticket the times the prize passed a billion, but didn’t.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:26 am
We’re not frustrated because of gambling. We’re frustrated that we’re going to have to watch another year of this awful, awful defense in action. Todd has proven that he is not adjusting the scheme to fit the players strengths, in addition, he’s not getting the most out of the players. We had 1 freaking pro bowler on defense this year. Pathetic! Todd’s got to go!
February 1st, 2026 at 8:27 am
Wow. That’s a reach Joe. How about it’s because he’s not very good at his job? It sure doesn’t hurt your page views though now does it?
For the record I don’t gamble but I play a ton of fantasy football.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:36 am
I didn’t care for Lovie either. I thought he was a terrible hire at the time, too, but Lovie came in when this team had real issues and no where near the same level of talent. Bowles was born on 3rd base. He was given the job thanks to Arians. It totally reminds me of Ryan Day at Ohio State. All the talent in the world, but consistently outcoached when playing equal talent. If there was any real competition in the NFCS the last few years we all know what the record would have been. The O has consiatently saved his job, except this last year, yet the 1st year OC got fired, not the guy with years and years of experience at DC? This franchise became a good ole boys club and its nothing more than excuses and blaming from the top for self preservation. This is why we can’t stand this guy, JL and the Glazers for allowing this BS to happen.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:43 am
Why the hate?
Because he was installed/gifted the job and didn’t actually earn it?
Because he was a lousy head coach in NY, and he’s been no better here? A guy who is too stubborn to adapt? Read some of the articles criticizing him as the Jets head coach – you could take those same articles, switch out “Jets” for “Bucs” and “NY” for “Tampa Bay” and the article would remain accurate.
His ceiling is mediocre.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:52 am
I think the hate of Bowels comes from:
🏈 His lack of emotion on the sidelines was the first thing fans hated. It didn’t bother me so much because I loved Dungy and he was the same way.
🏈 His mistakes. As a veteran coach he should not be making them. Such as clock management.
🏈 Lack of adjustments during games.
🏈 His Defense sucks. I was impressed that he was willing to set aside addressing for defense in the draft up until last year. As a defensive head coach, that probably went against his instincts, but it was the right way to build the team. But…the way he runs his secondary drives me crazy.
🏈 The players turned on him. This is what got me the most. So long as he kept the players supporting him, I felt he was ‘good enough’ to keep. After all, the players have to buy in. But when he threw them under the buss in that presser, that was a turning point. A few players stayed loyal, but enough turned on him that they stopped winning.
🏈 Injuries. Do I think the team would have gone at least two games into the playoffs if they were not plagued by injuries? I do. But two key injuries were all on him: Baker Mayfield and Jalen McMillan (I think).
First, it was Bowles directive that Teddy Bridgewater be signed. Teddy was directly responsible for Jalen McMillan getting injured (if I remember right). Second, because Teddy is so bad, Mayfield could not take any games off…which resulted in further injuries.
The rest of the injuries were not on him, but the Mayfield thing was pretty major.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:56 am
Bowels is the epitome of the Petre Principle
.500 Forever
Excuses 4 Ever
February 1st, 2026 at 9:01 am
StormyInFl Says:
February 1st, 2026 at 8:43 am
“Why the hate?
Because he was installed/gifted the job and didn’t actually earn it?”
A fairly valid point, but he certainly earned the right to keep it until after last season…and if someone were to say we would win another ring in 2026/2027 on the condition Bowles stays anothere 3-4 years, I would happily accept the deal.
The Bucs accepting it is the first time led to a ring.
February 1st, 2026 at 9:01 am
No, the heat comes from the fact. That is a terrible head football coach. There is no way this amount of fans is wrong. Quite honestly what they’re doing to the fans, It’s disgusting.
February 1st, 2026 at 9:08 am
I think the reason Bowles is so unpopular is that this team has a lot of talent and has consistently underachieved under Bowles. He’s a defensive coach and his defenses have been awful. He’s had not been able to coach up the talent he’s had on defense. Examples of this are AWJ and Zion who continue to regress. All this team needs to get over the top is a few new players on defense, a good defensive scheme and a head coach that can lead and motivate. When healthy this offense is a top 5 unit.
February 1st, 2026 at 9:09 am
Trey Alderson-Cloutier Says:
“We’re not frustrated because of gambling. We’re frustrated that we’re going to have to watch another year of this awful, awful defense in action.”
It is possible that this off season could add the personel to make the defense work. It certainly worked for the superbowl run. We had HoFers on defense that year and it paid off.
My personal feeling is that Offense is more important in today’s NFL, But defense still needs to be better than average.
I think we did have more turnovers this year though. That’s a good sign that things can improve.
I liked Jon Gruden’s challenge to the defense in his SB year: score ten defensive touchdowns and they’d win a superbowl. I still think that’s true and every defense should strive for it every year.
February 1st, 2026 at 9:10 am
No. Bowles coaching is the issue. Everything from in game decisions to a defensive scheme that has your OLB chasing wide receivers and running backs out of the backfield. He’s too stubborn and makes players fit into a box rather than fit the scheme around his players strengths.
February 1st, 2026 at 9:15 am
Is this the proverbial question of the chicken or the egg? An easy undetectable way to affect games, shave points, and change personal performance outcomes are “officiating, poor fundamentals (poor tackling, bad coverage, dropped balls, fumbles, allow penetration on a blocked fg…), bad game management (e.g. poor use of timeouts, going for it on 4th down in the 1st qt of a tied game instead of kicking the fg…), injuries (lack of transparency, in game “injuries,”…). Call me cynical, but more and more is invested in player training, performance, etc on a collegiate level all the way up yet the product doesn’t seem to reflect it. Sure, the production is a spectacle to behold, but individuals play for pay only and maybe some start to realize they are not the league wonderboys and are more readily influenced (as is the league, clearly) by this new controlling interest, gaming. And what better way for the fat cat owners to rake in dough and insulate themselves than to allow a compromised contingency of players to exist who unwittingly do their bidding. It seems pretty parallel to the socio-economic structure of our land, and political for that matter. Meanwhile, we keep feeding the machine (gambling) while they feed us our soma (football). Once teams entered Vegas and it seems like the networks’ primary sponsors during sporting events became gambling sites, the veil was dropped revealing this Brave New World of “football.”
February 1st, 2026 at 9:35 am
I knew there would be at least one idiot who played the race card. Thanks, Stpetematt. It couldn’t possibly be because he took a team with Super Bowl hopes and reduced them to a sub-.500 team in the worst division of football. No, it has to be about skin color.
February 1st, 2026 at 9:58 am
I don’t gamble and I still want bowlzo on a slow boat to China.
I’ve always said gambling will turn the NFL into professional wrestling. The referees have always been terrible. Now they’re worse because they get more graft.
February 1st, 2026 at 10:19 am
What’s CLEAR IS some ABSOLUTE LOSERS like the woman ” pete mutt” is OBVIOUSLY A STRAIGHT UP BACKWARDS RACE BAITING WORM! YOU DISGUST ME!
GO HATE YOURSELF ELSEWHERE!
You ARE LITERALLY THE PROBLEM! And I KNOW that it “easily escapes you” but do you figure just maybe its about qualification and NOT skin tone? No. It wouldn’t for you would it.
Your hero has PROVEN that HE’S NO LEADER much less an accomplished stand alone coach. He’s NOT and NEVER WAS QUALIFIED to run ANY “PRO” TEAM.. A Never was. He’ll NEVER in his lifetime be a Super Bowl winning “head coach”. THAT’S the “MOST OBVIOUS” statement I’ll make ALL DAY… It’s an easy call. And NO MATTER how much lipstick they try to put on your pig, IT’S THE UGLY TRUTH!
You can go ahead and either REMOVE the ST in your pathetic handle’s name or GO AHEAD AND SPELL IT OUT! No need. Since you don’t have the brain power. I’ll spell the rest for you. After all, Short Buser’s need help spelling so let me. For you, it’s a simple word. It’s spelled like This… “STUPID”. Your welcome. That’s for free this time. Next time, IT’S GOING TO COST YOU!
And btw, it’s clear you’re not a man. You’re and old woman. AND your husband’s name is something like Becky. Right….Right…
Personally, I’m SURE you’re a gross hag. And THAT’S THE TRUTH! Why don’t you just admit what you REALLY ARE and stop hiding behind a mans name? Won’t that set you free you cowardly woman.. Why are you hiding behind a man’s name?
SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME on YOU, you “stupid” HAG!
February 1st, 2026 at 10:43 am
In short, Todd Bowles, is this franchise’s greatest liability (Licht is a somewhat distant second).
February 1st, 2026 at 10:55 am
No emotion here. I don’t gamble, never have, never will. I’ll say it again, this is JL & TB prove it year. Their every move should be placed under the microscope of journalistic scrutiny. The draft and FA signings will give a clue as to what the season will look like. Either the prove it year will produce a JPP or Reddick result.
February 1st, 2026 at 11:02 am
Lanshark is absolutely spot on! Gambling and Fantasy Football is destroying the game. Gamblers who lose, and most do, are the nastiest and most irrational fans when it comes to evaluating a team or individual players. I would bet that the Eagles probably have the highest percentage of hardcore gamblers in the league. It doesn’t matter what that team or coach does, it’s not good enough for them. I think the Bucs are up there too.
February 1st, 2026 at 11:10 am
Well, what else is new? Fans always see their teams through rose colored glasses. We see a “Super Bowl ready team” during the preseason. We see a high character group. We see a culture of excellence. Then the season unravels. We can’t understand what happened. Massive injuries on the offense are no excuse as we expect our defense to save our season. When that doesn’t happen we focus our wrath at the DC. We zero in on the HC. When they are the same person then our anger and frustration turn into hatred. We are just human beings after all.
February 1st, 2026 at 11:40 am
I don’t gamble. I enjoy football for what it is. I despise Bowels because I love my Bucs.
February 1st, 2026 at 11:41 am
Let this sink in. The Bucs have only one current defender who could start for NE, LA Rams, or Seatlle. Bucs defenders have been overhyped and have been passed off as having “talent.” Talent requires covering, tackling and hitting. The Bucs don’t do any of those things. That’s not to let TB off the hook. A coach’s job is to get the max out of his talent. TB consistently fails in this.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:21 pm
I’ve got plenty more. His defense won us a Super Bowl. All our weaknesses right now come down to personnel. There’s only a few decisions I disagree with but you can argue both sides. So when I see this vitriol and hatred to the ridiculous degree there is, there’s few other explanations.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:29 pm
I don’t gamble, but like everyone else here, I watch all the games closely. If you watch the games, you know Toad Bowels is a mediocre coach on a good day.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:35 pm
Gambling?? Gambling is your best guess??? Gambling is the reason people don’t like Bowles??? Got it.
We must be in some sort of alternate reality loop.
Every year for the past for years, going on five, after the inevitable collapse and failure, the spin machine goes into full gear to try and absolve the guilty parties.
#BrainTrust
February 1st, 2026 at 12:42 pm
Inevitable collapse and failure? We just won the Super Bowl a few heartbeats ago. Not a lot of teams can say that! We have personnel issues and need to draft a younger, faster defense. That’s all. Not rocket science.
February 1st, 2026 at 12:50 pm
That one Joe you know who you are. You have zero credibility when talking the Bowles dislike. Every excuse you come up with is idiotic.
We don’t like him because he’s boring or no personality. None of that would be true if he knew how to coach and win. We don’t like him because of his zero blitz of you got me there out was a stupid call just just the year before he was so masterful with his game plan so much so you’re giving him credit for winning the Super Bowl even though mahomes was injured and so was his oline and they shuffled players. Of course he didn’t have to blitz and played straight up. I don’t like him because he’s not smart enough to know how he won a Super Bowl and know he had veterans on his defense when he did it. The personality is just something to pile on. He’s a dinosaur who has an outdated defense and he can’t coach that’s why we don’t like him. Gtfoh with the simpleminded excuses for real football problems he exhibits
February 1st, 2026 at 1:15 pm
Stpetematt Says:
“Inevitable collapse and failure?” – Yes
2022: 8-10 with home playoff loss to the Cowboys
2023: 10-9 with road playoff loss to Detroit. The Eagles were hurt and defeated coming into the lone playoff victory. It barely counts.
2024: 10-8 with a home playoff loss to a rookie QB and zero punts. With Coen as the OC. The defense again was the major issue.
2025: 8-9 and no playoffs.
In total we are thirty six and thirty six under Bowles. #Inevitable Failure
February 1st, 2026 at 1:19 pm
Green lighting drafting a QB that never made the playoffs counts as a thing he got right?
February 1st, 2026 at 1:26 pm
Obvious One looks like I struck a nerve. Must be on the right track after all.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:28 pm
There is so much “hate” for Bowles because people try to defend or like this act surprised when Fans want him gone
NO OTHER NFL TEAM WOULD HAVE KEPT HIM AFTRR LAST YEAR
No other team is satisfied with a division win
Bowles has done NOTHING to stay a Head Coach in the NFL
But yet Several Toilet Fans and a few Media personnel say he should stay or at least WHY IS THERE HATE
THE QUESTION should be WHY IS HE STILL HERE but that article hasn’t been written
February 1st, 2026 at 1:32 pm
LynchMob there’s lots of teams with longer track records of failure in the playoffs or not making them at all. As a matter of fact, almost every team has a longer track record!
Only one team wins the Super Bowl. That we’ve done it twice in my adult lifetime is an incredible feat. I used to be a Bills fan growing up and lived through 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses. Everything the Bucs have done since I got here in ‘97 has been an amazing roller coaster ride! Y’all ought to be THANKFUL for what has happened, not b*tching a thousand times a day.
Perspective.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:36 pm
What in the world? What a stupid take. How hard is it for the “if your a fan you won’t be negative” folks to understand that some true fans are tired of mediocrity and wasting really good talent? We want to win championships or at least be legit contenders. We see other franchises who we think we should be better than have a lower tolerance for mediocrity.
The Glazers need to spend more to make more. And even if you don’t maximize profit in the end, you’ll make plenty of money and see good football. After all, life is too short to watch terrible football. Yes, I’m a true fan, since 1983 (not when I was born, but when I became a fan myself), and expect more.
February 1st, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Wasting good talent? We need a massive infusion of talent on this defense. Our offense is great as-is if they can stay healthy. They certainly didn’t this past season. The NFL is a war of attrition and quickly becoming a track meet. There’s very little left you can do to impede the passing game. We need speed at the LB positions and more DT’s that are strong and fast to compete on defense. We can get quite a few of them this year. We also need backups that are really good for all the positions that are easiest for a coordinator to take advantage of a weak backup- like offensive line, defensive line, and secondary. Lacking these things can turn a good team into a failure in a big hurry. Losing our w starting guards and even some of their backups ruined this team last year. We need more depth!
February 1st, 2026 at 2:06 pm
3rd & 28!!
That was the defining moment.. it was the final straw..
I forgave the many poor defensive games that he oversaw – the playoff debacle against the Rams, the failed Tom Brady final season, the playoff “bend AND BREAK” defensive meltdown vs the Commandos, and so many more!
Enough is enough..
February 1st, 2026 at 2:40 pm
@Stpetematt
Yea the team that went 6-2 needs a massive infusion of talent? We can beat everyone in our division and the likes of Seattle in the first half of the season with Mr October. His defense gets exposed and suddenly we have no talent to beat a taking Miami? Bowles is trash and so is his scheme. Who’s given a Super Bowl roster? If he had been given Raheem or Lovie roster he would have been fired by now. Licht draft picks are the only reason he has a job that and Liam Coen
February 1st, 2026 at 3:25 pm
Don’t like him because he doesn’t get the effort out of his players and isn’t adjusting his defensive scheme to get favorable matchups. He is simply a coach who doesn’t get the attention or respect of his players. He also doesn’t bench guys when they are sucking and not productive.
On defensive side he hasn’t fixed the crappy tackling and the into make quarterbacks uncomfortable. Any quarterback in the NFL has to look forward to going up va the Buc defense as they know how predictable it is and how easy it is to find the weaknesses over and over, week in and week out.
He stinks as a game planner and motivator!
February 1st, 2026 at 4:12 pm
The difference is the Bucs had a bad roster and a horrible coach when Lovie was the head coach. Now the Bucs are wasting a very talented roster with a horrible coach. That is much more frustrating to us fans.
February 1st, 2026 at 4:20 pm
StPeteMatt
Your skin color play is complete cop out.
He’s not a good coach. Wasn’t in NY and isn’t here. Stevie wonder can see that.
I’d take Tomlin in a heartbeat.
February 1st, 2026 at 4:23 pm
Joe, not only are you keeping all my posts quiet, but you withdrew your own response so others would not read your lame excuse about WordPress that I shot down. Let’s see if you have the guts to let this one get past moderation.
Yawn! Other Joe here. Joe deletes hundreds of comments daily. Some manually, many automatically. Moderation is a constant exercise and this Joe is very familiar how everything works, where system glitches can be and how Joe has to over-moderate automatically at the expense of comments that probably don’t deserve moderation. There are many reasons. Reason No. 1 is to not waste Joe’s time and for Joe to not be misrepresented in this space. Joe doesn’t work 24/7 to be misrepresented here. There are many other venues in which to do that. What you posted was a misrepresentation as something current and accurate. This current comment is a great example of why Joe deletes many posts. Not worth the time to clarify.–Joe
February 1st, 2026 at 6:24 pm
I don’t bet because I refuse to bet against my Bucs no matter how bad they are. Can’t play fantasy because I refuse to root for for a guy to have a big game against us, and unlike the Baker fanboyos up hereI don’t quit my team because they did my favorite player doo doo ala Warren Sapp.
February 1st, 2026 at 6:26 pm
Gulper you’re a Baker fan so shut up suck on you pacifier and leave the talk about the Bucs to true Buc fans. Go back to the Browns
February 1st, 2026 at 7:13 pm
DBBF99,
You are a crude dude with an oral fixation. Save that for camping trips with Munch.
February 1st, 2026 at 7:28 pm
His defense didn’t get exposed. His offense fell apart when the guards went down. It’s easily the best explanation for this past season. When your defense realizes the offense is unlikely to ever score points again it can have a demoralizing effect on everyone- especially the weak-minded and weak-willed players on the defense. A couple of them got benched due to “injuries” and the defense played quite a bit better down the stretch. It was a lost season due principally to the Loss of Mauch and Bredeson.
Look at the timelines. There aren’t any better explanations than that.
February 1st, 2026 at 7:38 pm
And Jmark my skin color comment is directed at the extreme vitriol and hatred presented here day-after-day. It’s far more extreme than it should be given the circumstances. I could see people wanting him gone or openly disagreeing with him occasionally but it’s gone way too far way too often to just be all football related. We have a lot to thank Coach Bowles for and it’s pretty obvious the players (and just plain bad luck like losing David Walker for the year as well as Mauch and Bredeson) were the reasons for this lost season. We have a great core to work with next season. Let’s see how a heavily defensive draft improves the team. I think it will substantially!
February 1st, 2026 at 7:51 pm
Yep, 3-28 happened because Mauch and Bredesen were not on the field. Dude, if looks like, smells like, and taste like a turd, it IS a turd. A perennial basement dwelling pass defense, IS a turd provided by your HC/DC
February 1st, 2026 at 8:05 pm
Bowles has had 2 losing seasona and barely one winning one. He not only is not popular with Buc fans but a lot of other NFL teams must be wondering why he was not dumped immediately following this season. I just feel sorry for people like myself who really try to support this team. I don’t think the owners, The Glazers have this burning desire to make us a revered franchise. Even if Bowles finishes 10-7 next season, we are still losers. Glazers should have cleaned house. And get this, they did not even mandate that Bowles get a Defensive Coordinator. So here we go folks. More press conferences of, we gotta play it and coach it better. I do not have much faith in us this upcoming season at all.
February 1st, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Even 1 player can have a huge effect on a coach’s performance. Example is Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. A coach definitely affects a team, but the players’ talent levels do *much* more. That, and avoiding the injury bug. If we have a big defensive draft and are very active in free agency and avoid the injury bug and still stink, I’ll be behind you all the way on trying getting rid of Bowles. Also, there needs to be a great option available to replace him. I didn’t really see any this year… at least nothing overly exciting that would be a clear upgrade. For all these reasons I’m okay with where we are at at least for next year. And we definitely should never get rid of Licht.
February 2nd, 2026 at 8:11 am
One answer for Todd Bowles’ defense: it was disturbing to watch!
February 2nd, 2026 at 2:19 pm
I was actually a Bowles supporter until this year. But imo you can’t justify keeping a defensive coach with a defense that is gawd-awful for two years straight.
February 3rd, 2026 at 12:34 am
StormyInFl Says:
February 1st, 2026 at 8:43 am
Why the hate?
Because he was installed/gifted the job and didn’t actually earn it?
Because he was a lousy head coach in NY, and he’s been no better here? A guy who is too stubborn to adapt? Read some of the articles criticizing him as the Jets head coach – you could take those same articles, switch out “Jets” for “Bucs” and “NY” for “Tampa Bay” and the article would remain accurate.
His ceiling is mediocre.