The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in a bit of a rough spot. After losing three in a row in rough fashion, questions are starting to rise about the future of this franchise and what fixes can be made.

The roster itself in Tampa is generally great. Some big faces are bound to leave this offseason, but the core of this team is good and ready to compete with a few young faces to build around.

For now, there is one glaring issue with this franchise; the head coach. And again, we return to the conversation surrounding the fact that Todd Bowles isn't long for this job.

The homer Bucs fans won't love the truth, but this team won't start taking steps in the right direction until Bowles is gone. 

The team was constructed to compete for two years now. Last year, Bowles didn't get a hand in constructing the team, but he had the same roster that competed for the Super Bowl two years in a row with arguably more talent in key areas. His only job was the let the offense maintain the status quo and keep the defense firing on all cylinders.

The defense stayed dominant, but the offense (with Tom Brady at quarterback), became one of the worst in the league.

Byron Leftwich was then fired, and probably fairly, and the Bucs brought in Dave Canales. The change was supposed to revolutionize the offense and bring the Bucs back in position to compete for a very bad NFC South.

Now, the Bucs aren't even in first place in the worst division in football and the offense looks even worse than it did last year. That begs a question; are the Bucs simply hiring bad OCs and building a bad team or is the head coach becoming a problem?

He may be a defensive guy, but Bowles absolutely has a hand in this offense, and it is clear what he wants. If it were up to Bowles, this team would run the ball 30 times per game, control the clock, throw the ball 15-20 times, and play extremely conservative. We know this is the case because this is what we see the team try to do with two separate offensive coordinators.

This vision never reaches fruition because it doesn't work in the modern NFL, the offense resorts to throwing the ball, and then the fans get divided quotes from the staff about the need to run and the need to throw.

At this point, the sample size is big enough to call this for what it is; a Todd Bowles problem. Canales and Leftwich may not be great too, but they are merely a symptom of the main issue.

Todd Bowles has got to go. It is an offensive NFL, letting a head coach push that to the wayside is a massive mistake.

Expectations for Buccaneers versus Bills

This is going to be a tough one for Tampa.