Shameful Showing By The Defense
November 16th, 2025
Sorry defense.
How bad was the Bucs’ defense today?
Well, Joe doesn’t want to go the let’s-count-the-ways route because Joe will still be typing this here story at 10 p.m.
But here is how awful the defense was:
Todd Bowles preaches takeaways more than Joe preaches the value of a cold beer on a Friday afternoon in July afternoon in Florida. The Bucs got three takeaways.
Really good, right?
Well, not until you look at the final score of today’s embarrassment in western New York: Buffalo 44, Tampa Bay 32.
Forty-four freaking points. And that’s with three takeaways!
This Bucs defense needs more than a scolding from its starting quarterback. It needs a kick in the arse, especially this effete edge rush.
But really, what should we expect from a defense run by a guy who doesn’t give a damn about an edge rush because if he did give a damn about an edge rush, by now the Bucs would have one.
Instead, the same guy thinks it’s a savvy move to have an edge rusher (YaYa Diaby) cover a wide receiver some 30 yards downfield, which is exactly what happened when Josh Allen hit Tyrell Shavers on a 43-yard touchdown.
It’s the same ol’ crap. Why should we expect something different?
If only the Bucs had a defensive-minded head coach.