Buccaneers have to end the Todd Bowles experiment

Another week, another brutal loss for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The biggest problem? The loss this week didn't come against a Super Bowl contender like the Eagles or the 49ers. No, this loss came against a mediocre Colts team that is without its starting quarterback, and the Bucs weren't able to control this game for […]

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Nov 26, 2023; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles walks onto the field to check on an injured player during the first quarter against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
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Another week, another brutal loss for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The biggest problem? The loss this week didn't come against a Super Bowl contender like the Eagles or the 49ers. No, this loss came against a mediocre Colts team that is without its starting quarterback, and the Bucs weren't able to control this game for a second.

As the bad losses continue to mount, playoff chances die, and the Bucs keep wasting pivotal years for young players like Antoine Winfield Jr. and Tristan Wirfs, the goodwill (that which remained) for Todd Bowles has died. The experiment is over.

Whatever the Bucs expected to get out of making the defensive coordinator that helped win a Super Bowl has gone out the window. Not only has this team taken massive steps backward after switching an offensive head coach for a defensive one, but the defense this season has been horrible more often than not.

The season started off strong for the Bucs, especially defensively, but when you look back on the wins (Saints, Bears Vikings), the results make too much sense.

Tampa got high on a weak schedule, and the past two months have shown that this team isn't even mediocre, it's just bad.

Player performances haven't been great (see Devin White), but the head coach will always be the one to take the heat when the seat starts to get hot, and that seat should be on fire for Bowles.

From a bad defense that doesn't appear well-coached to a scheme that is far too conservative in all the wrong areas, Bowles has done nothing during his time as the HC in Tampa despite inheriting one of the best situations for a head coach in recent memory.

Bowles was given plenty to be competitive (outside of the NFC South) yet did nothing with it. Now, the Bucs are on track to have one of the worst records in the league and aren't in a great spot to win the worst division in football.

The writing has been on the wall for Bowles for a while now. If the franchise wants to get better, the head coach has to go.

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