This post is simply to clear up lingering confusion.
Despite their 6-7 record, the Buccaneers’ road to the postseason is clearly defined.
If Tampa Bay beats the Panthers and Falcons, their final two games after facing the Bengals and Cardinals, then the Bucs will clinch the NFC South title by virtue of what would be their superior division record winning them any potential division tiebreaker.
It’s as simple as that.
Obviously, the Bucs will have a much smoother road to the playoffs if they can win Sunday at home against the Bengals and/or on Christmas against Arizona.
This has long been a debate on The Ira Kaufman Podcast.
One Joe has insisted that Tom Brady deserves significant blame for the Bucs’ offense because he’s Tom Brady minus overlord Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]
Nothing illustrates the Buccaneers’ train wreck coaching job this season and the slow demise of Tom Brady better than the reality that the Panthers, Saints and Falcons have all scored more points than the Bucs. [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
Let’s go straight to the highlights: the heavy rain held off for most of the afternoon.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming.
The Bucs weren’t facing the Rams, the Seahawks, the Browns or the Saints on Sunday. They played a real team with a real identity and came away looking like a playoff impostor. In the process of absorbing an ass whipping, the Bucs suddenly appear to be in danger of missing the postseason, despite Tom Brady taking every snap.
That’s not a typo. That’s a travesty.
After posting a 29-10 record and hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in two seasons with Bruce Arians calling the shots, Tampa Bay looks shot. The Bucs look old and they look slow. Worst of all, they look disinterested. [read more]
Joe sat maybe 15 feet from Bucs coach Todd Bowles after the game when he was asked about any changes to coaches. Bowles said it was “way too late” for such a drastic move. [read more]
Joe is a big coaches guy. That’s both good and bad. Joe is a big coaches guy because Joe has first-hand experience of what a good coach can do for a player as well as a team. [read more]
So despite having the greatest football leader in history, a man Bucs ownership and its GM say is a generational and organizational tone-setter and culture-shaper, the Buccaneers’ football team doesn’t know what kind of team it is or wants to be in mid-December. [read more]
This post is simply to clear up lingering confusion.
