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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\u201cWe Tried To Concentrate On Coverage\u201d
\nOctober 5th, 2026 <\/p>\n
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Gave up on his defense?<\/p>\n
The Bucs defense, you may have heard, was sackless yesterday.<\/p>\n
In more ways than one.<\/p>\n
(The Jets had three sacks on Jordan Love in Week 2, Vikings had four in Week 1.)<\/p>\n
In his first three games this season, Green Bay QB Jordan Love had taken 33 quarterback hits. Playing behind a makeshift offensive line yesterday facing the Bucs, Love was hit TWICE!<\/p>\n
With a chance to take advantage of a makeshift line and a quarterback who is clearly rattled by pressures and hits and sacks, KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles decided before the game to wave the white flag and give up.<\/p>\n
\u201cBall was coming out in then less than 2.4 seconds, which he\u2019s very good at,\u201d Bowles said. \u201c[He is] the best starter in the league at getting the ball out. So, we tried to concentrate on coverage, even though guys were trying to rush to pass hard, that ball was coming out so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Concentrate on coverage? Memo to Todd Bowles: If Love is so damn untouchable in the pocket because of his quick release \u2014 Joe saw Joe Burrow\u2019s release Week 1 and Love\u2019s isn\u2019t close \u2014 then how the hell is every other friggin\u2019 team the Packers play able to get to Love? But you can\u2019t<\/p>\n
You either coach it or you allow it to happen, the old football clich\u00e9 says. \u00a0Oh, Bowles coaches keeping opposing quarterbacks\u2019 jerseys clean, no doubt. Trust Joe.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay is where edge rushers come to die. Bowles\u2019 tactics in pass defense in recent years are simply irresponsible and Joe\u2019s friggin\u2019 had it! If he won\u2019t change, then the shot-callers at One Buc Palace need to inspire change.<\/p>\n
And Joe believes that change will come in January.<\/p>\n
Bowles doesn\u2019t give a damn about an edge rush as a head coach and that won\u2019t change so as long as he\u2019s in charge of the Bucs\u2019 defense.<\/p>\n
Aren\u2019t suits at One Buc Palace tired of watching this gerbil-on-a-wheel act, year after year?<\/p>\n
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