“They’re Playing A Little Level Of Desperate Football”
September 8th, 2026
Two more big names have picked the Buccaneers to win the NFC South.
Joe loves it.
About 60 percent of Bucs fans are are thinking 10 or more wins this season. And count SiriusXM NFL Radio chief guru Pat Kirwan among them.
This week, the former Jets personnel chief and linebackers coach picked the Bucs to win 10 games and, no surprise, to win the NFC South. Kirwan talked about visiting Bucs camp this summer the day after he was at New Orleans Saints camp. Kirwan said this week he appreciated the back-to-back look.
While Kirwan is impressed by the Saints and likes their pass rush, quarterback and team vision, he sees a better team in Tampa. That’s why the Saints are his projected division runner-up, with the Falcons third and the Panthers finishing last.
Kirwan doesn’t see Mike Evans being a big loss, and he likes how the Bucs are feeling the heat.
“They’re playing a little level of desperate football,” Kirwan said. “They love their coach, but the coach is on a hot seat — and the fans in the city and all that business that’s going on.”
Kirwan expects a strong season from Baker Mayfield and for him to say, “now pay me” emphatically to the Bucs when it’s over.
Over at the 4th And South podcast, co-hosts and Leonard “Playoff” Fournette and Jarvis Landry also picked Tampa Bay to win the NFC South landfill.
Playoff Lenny raved about how impressive Rueben Bain was in person when Lenny watched Bucs practice. He’s also a Baker Mayfield fan and believes the Bucs have enough weapons to win without Mike Evans.
September 8th, 2026 at 2:33 pm
10 wins are the minimum
September 8th, 2026 at 2:41 pm
We will soon see what we got on Sunday. The hype will finally end.
September 8th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Glazers, Jason, are we gonna do this or what? You know!!!!
September 8th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
6-11
2-7 finish and outside of Wirfs there is not any elite players on the roster. Then you have Bowles and his soft zone scheme going up against the following QBs Burrow, Lamar, Stafford, Goff, Herbert, Dak and an emerging young QB Caleb Williams with an elite offensive play caller
Buckle up, gonna be a long year fans
September 8th, 2026 at 3:01 pm
Whatever motivates them. Fear of losing, love of Bowles, Baker threatening to headbutt somebody, Bain becoming a T-Rex baby-Daddy ā Iām flexible.
September 8th, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Evans won’t be missed on the field or the Bucs front office payroll dept. That money could go to Mayfield’s new contract.
September 8th, 2026 at 3:21 pm
We will see what we have on Sunday, the trolls will quickly disappear.
But it’ll be predictable with the morons in here to overreact no matter what happens.
If Bain doesn’t have a sack, they haters will start in on him having short arms.
If the Bucs win, but the Bengals put up 30 pts, the haters will say the defense sucks.
Been there, done that on this sites for years. Nothing changes.
September 8th, 2026 at 3:22 pm
you fn losers are fkn pathetic!!! just trolling for losing…if you hate the team that much, why follow them? because you hate yourselves more, and misery loves company….sad lives to be living
September 8th, 2026 at 3:22 pm
Hey Grover,
Why do you bother logging on here? What do you get out of just posting negative comments all the time?
Bet you’re a joy to hangout and have a cold beer with.
Sad life you’re living son
September 8th, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Max get em. Just trolls. Their prob aint fans. Gotta feel bad for them š
September 8th, 2026 at 3:41 pm
^yep, probably
September 8th, 2026 at 3:54 pm
fanofdabucs, I just posted a long reply to you that somehow got lost in The ether. The Crux of it was, I mentioned that I’ve asked Grover the same question many times and he never has answered because trolls typically don’t. Then I also agreed with you about the post game result comments. If we win, they will only cite the things we did poorly. The tone will be ” in spite of” as opposed to ” because of”. If we lose…. Well, then the floodgates open. It’s strange to think about how excited the trolls get when we do poorly. Truly is an interesting phenomenon.
September 8th, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Bucs have 9 games prior to the BYE. No reason they can’t hit the BYE week with a 6-3 record, exactly where we were last season 1 game after our BYE. Even if we go 4-4 after the BYE, we’d still end up with a 10-7 record. SHOULD be good enough to win the NFC South crown.
The first key this season IMO will be to gain some early separation from the rest of the NFC South. The second key though is even more important: avoid those disastrous losing streaks. They’re absolute killers.
September 8th, 2026 at 4:02 pm
In order for Bowles to stay, the team has to absolutely get to the NFC championship or bust. Imo