This has been a rough season for the coaches of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Todd Bowles has teetered between looking like the best coach in his division and the mostly likely to lose his job first, and offensive coordinator Dave Canales has experienced some varying highs and lows that cause many to wonder if he has a future here or not.

Between these two coaches, the Bucs have often won in spite of a competent coaching effort from the top. The losses have just been a magnification of the problems.

Today was one of the ugliest losses for the Bucs this season in large part due to an offense that couldn't score for the first three quarters, and the majority of that blame should fall on Canales and his play sequencing.

There has been some very clear good in what Canales has done in parts. Mike Evans' usage has been one major bright spot. Finding ways to get Rachaad White the ball via the passing game is another.

However, it is hard for any of these positives to outshine some of the worst play sequencing in the NFL at various points.

The emphasis on the run on first and second down has been infuriating. The fact that the Bucs continue trying to do this despite being down multiple scores in several instances this season speak to a coach that is far too set in his system and unwilling to make changes on the fly.

The Buccaneers haven't looked great running the ball much this year, yet quotes from Canales and Bowles have made it clear that they are still making the run a point of emphasis in their game plans.

How did that work out today?

The Bucs got down early, treated the third quarter as an opportunity to get the run back up and going and failed, and then got the offense together in the fourth quarter with bigger shots. It was just too late.

That is why this team is so frustrating-Baker Mayfield and the offense had a real shot of scoring four touchdowns in that fourth quarter just because the team made a concerted effort to air the ball out and get away from a part of their offense that was failing. Why not do that earlier?

There were some bad fumbles, missed passes, missed holes, and overall mistakes from the executioners today, but the worst mistake was Dave Canales keeping this offense muzzled until it was far too late.

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