Losing hurts Tom Brady. He does not take it lightly. Chris “Swaggy” Baker he is not. In fact, Brady said tonight about losing, “It feels like the soul gets ripped out of you.” [read more]

Crunch-time spectator.

Yesterday the Browns had a 4th-and-10 in the fourth quarter needing a touchdown to tie from the Bucs’ 12 yard line with 37 seconds remaining. [read more]

No matter how you slice it, the Bucs should not have been in overtime yesterday in losing to the Browns — the Browns! [read more]

Shameful details.

It’s been a handful of minutes since Joe heard Bucs coach Todd Bowles explain why he didn’t call a timeout on the Bucs’ final drive with 26 seconds remaining and the team frantically trying to get into field goal range to win the game yesterday. [read more]

So which finds the end zone more often? The offense of the impotent, league-worst Houston Texans, or the one led by Tom Brady and elite receiving talent? [read more]

It’s 1999 all over again.

Aside from the Bucs’ 5-6 record and the eye damage done to fans watching the Bucs offense this year, nothing highlights just how badly Bucs coach Todd Bowles and failing offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich have wrecked the offense more than the following. [read more]

“Look at all that damn talent going to waste, Mr. Glazer.”

Joe is confident that when this season ends, a large majority of Bucs fans will want Byron Leftwich and Todd Bowles fired.

Hopefully, sentiments will change because that would mean the Bucs have transformed from bad to good. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs

The bad news is good news. [read more]

When you lose in overtime to a miserable football team after choking away a fourth-quarter lead, every bad play gets magnified. [read more]

Too much to ask?

Joe thinks it is fair to criticize Bucs coach Todd Bowles and whatever influence he may have on the Bucs offense. The Tampa Bay offense hummed the last three years. There was no need to fix something not broken. [read more]

How bout that Tampa Bay offense after halftime yesterday? [read more]

Making history.

Attention please: Joe will interrupt this morning’s foot-stomping and facepalming over that ghastly coaching debacle yesterday to try to bring some uplifting information that may keep folks from climbing atop the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. [read more]

If you are as depressed as Joe is this morning over yesterday’s events, you are going to want to have an extra cup of strong coffee nearby. It’s one of those mornings. [read more]

Columnist not buying.

If you are like Joe, you keep checking that you haven’t downed a bottle of Crown Royal when someone reminds you the Bucs (5-6) are in first place. [read more]

218-1.

A Bucs coach (twice) didn’t want to go for the kill shot on fourth-and-short in Cleveland territory in the fourth quarter. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 6:49 p.m. Poll closed at 10:48 p.m.

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Bucs got just what they deserved Sunday — a galling loss.

All the momentum gathered in Munich was missing when they took on a reeling Cleveland team that had nothing to play for. Instead, the Browns exhibited more intensity and physicality than the visitors, who forgot the bye was over.

You’ll need both hands to count the culprits in a brutal 23-17 OT setback.

Looking for a place to start? Try the coaching staff. [read more]

Messages not getting through?

Yeah, the Bucs didn’t play great. They surely didn’t get help from their trusted, accountable coaches along the sidelines, either. [read more]

Pay attention, Team Glazer. [read more]

Who really is accountable?

Recently, Bucs coach Todd Bowles had a speech about accountability that didn’t exactly resonate with Joe and you could argue never resonated with the Bucs offense. [read more]