Todd Bowles' excuse for not going for two is even worse than his decision to take the Chiefs into overtime

Life isn't easy when you're the head coach of an NFL team, but Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles has been his own worst enemy as of late. 

It happened yet again during the Bucs' loss to the Chiefs: Bowles had a chance to win the game via a two-point conversion at the end of the game, but he decided to kick the PAT and take his chances in overtime, instead.

Sure enough, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense drove right down the field and scored the walk-off touchdown to win the game in overtime. It was a 10-play, 70-yard drive that lasted 5:52 and the Chiefs didn't record one negative play as they drove the ball down the Bucs' throats. As a matter of fact, the ball didn't hit the ground, once, in the form of an incompletion or anything. 

The decision to kick the PAT was a bad call from the get-go. The Chiefs offense had put up 24 points up to that point and the unit was nearly unstoppable on third down. Sure, it's easy for Bowles to say he believes in his guys and show that through his actions/decisions, but going for two doesn't say "I don't trust my defense".

It says "I want to win this damn game for my guys who have played their asses off".

The move reeks of hesitance and honestly, it comes off as coaching scared. This is a common occurrence with Bowles, though, and one only has to go back in the same game when he decided to punt on a 4th and 4 from the Chiefs 49 in the second quarter. It was obvious the Bucs should've gone for it then, but they didn't. At worst, the Chiefs would've gotten the ball back at midfield with :25 left in the first half. At best, they have more chances to at least get into field goal range or keep the ball away from Mahomes as the clock ran out.

"We wanted to get it to overtime [and] with the wet conditions on the field, we felt like we had to go to overtime instead of go for two," Bowles told reporters after the game. "So we had our shots. You know, we lost the game."

Well, one of those shots would've been the attempted two point conversion if Bowles took his shot, but he didn't. His reasoning doesn't make any sense, at all, either. Yes, the conditions were worsening, but we're talking about one play, here. Fighting the conditions for several plays in order to win the game in overtime makes more sense than fighting them from the Chiefs' two-yard line?

I'm sorry, but that shouldn't fly. And it cannot fly.

"I thought the whole time that if they scored, they would've gone for two," Troy Aikman said after the game.

Bowles coached scared at the end of the game, as he's done throughout the majority of his time as the Bucs' head coach and it cost his guys a shot at taking down the undefeated Chiefs.

At this point, it's almost impossible to defend Bowles. And if the Bucs don't make the playoffs, it's going to be nearly impossible for him to keep his job.

And you honestly can't blame the Glazers for making that choice.