“Tough Meeting” Worked
October 25th, 2026
Bucs OC Zac Robinson.
Look, Joe is happy as can be that the Bucs won. The Bucs are alive! They are still in the playoff hunt by pounding the Stinking Panthers.
It’s still an uphill climb, no doubt. A loss today, and it would have been time for players to reserve the U-Hauls and for the WAGs to start booking their mid-January flights to Barbados.
Last week, Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson admitted in his weekly press conference that he had a “tough meeting” with his offense, basically telling them they had to take their craft seriously and start worrying about the little things.
Baker Mayfield said it was needed.
It sure sounded like Robinson chewed some asses. Big time.
As the great Silvio Dante might say, “Words were spoken.”
To which Joe will add, “About damn time!” By the looks of things today, as the Bucs came out and blew out Carolina in the first half, Joe can only wonder what took Robinson so long to act. Was he waiting for Christmas? Was he waiting on a 1-10 record? Was he waiting to get fired?
Whatever Robinson said, it was way, way, way overdue. And needed.
And, by the looks of things today, very effective.
October 25th, 2026 at 3:53 pm
Said what Todd Bowels couldnât say or get across
October 25th, 2026 at 4:03 pm
Start of the “Save Todd Bowles” campaign??
October 25th, 2026 at 4:03 pm
About 1 game behind first place…
October 25th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
Too little too late….unless you boys are ready to set a record??? Are you?!?!? You really think you’re ready for that?!?!
I say go for it!! LETS GO!!!
October 25th, 2026 at 4:10 pm
If the offense can keep rolling it will be hard to stop them when the defense plays the way itâs bin this season. Defense didnât just look good they looked great. Huge diff when your defense isnât on the field the whole time and the offense can put points on the board and sustain drives
October 25th, 2026 at 4:18 pm
All facets were humming today!
October 25th, 2026 at 4:19 pm
Still absolutely no passing game. That’s the real worry.
October 25th, 2026 at 4:26 pm
Imagine, if you will, Todd Bowles returning as head coach next year⌠because that is exactly what will happen if we win the division, even if itâs a cesspool division.
None of us want that. We’re not going anywhere this year, but if we win the division we can count on the same frustrations again next year.
October 25th, 2026 at 4:27 pm
When you can easily run, there’s no reason to pass
October 25th, 2026 at 4:27 pm
Alvin Scissors Harper Says:
October 25th, 2026 at 4:18 pm
64 yards passing, so no, not really.
October 25th, 2026 at 4:33 pm
I can almost hear it now: “What are your post-NFL career plans? How much will they pay? Would you like to get started on that next chapter +really+ soon?”
October 25th, 2026 at 4:50 pm
So tired hearing about this being the worst division. Two divisions had worse collective records than the NFC South last year and two this season have worse collective records.
How’s this for a fun fact? The NFC South has, BY FAR, scored more points than any other division in football this season.
October 25th, 2026 at 5:37 pm
If the run game would have stopped working you would have more passing yards. But if you cant stop the run keep running !!
October 25th, 2026 at 5:46 pm
How about the idiot Scott Mck above saying âstill no passing game.â Hey genius why do you need to pass the ball when you are up 30 points? A sensible thing to do is to continue to dominate on the ground to run the clock. Once, again, is there ever an end to the stupidity on these pages? Joe needs to require IQ proof greater than 75 to allow comments here. Some of these people couldnât be helped with remedial education. Hard to fix stupid.
October 25th, 2026 at 5:53 pm
This was not a Todd Bowles game. So many points are against his philosophy. The defense can get tired. Next week there will be more punts and better field position management.
October 25th, 2026 at 6:51 pm
Amen Gipper
October 25th, 2026 at 7:15 pm
So, we are paying $300 plus for tickets and these guys are making millions…
…and they were not taking their craft seriously? Isn’t that the real story?
October 25th, 2026 at 7:54 pm
I never understood all these midseason meetings.
Playres meetings, Coaches and team meetings etc etc.
We are talikng about proffessional coaches and players that are in the NFL for years and you are telling me they need a meeting after 2 months of football to talk and realise that they need to take their craft seriously.
Is this a joke? Now at late October they realised they need to be serious and work hard.
Unbelievable. That shows me that this coaching staff and these players dont have the desire and the drive to win. They only like to talk.
October 25th, 2026 at 8:19 pm
Why did it take 6 weeks to have this meeting. Incredible.