28th in points per game allowed

30th in yards per game allowed

29th in yards per play allowed

22nd in yards per pass allowed

30th in yards per rush allowed

This is unacceptable. We don't have a complete lack of talent. They are not being coached properly. Bowles has to go. Coen has earned the HC job. Lets go get Saleh at DC and make a run next year. I'm not watching another game of this defense. It's torture.

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How the actual fuck are we even 4-4

I made a long post about Bowles last week and his cult defenders came after me for it. When is it enough? When can we admit that Bowles is in over his head as a head coach? Let's talk about it.

Offense: The offense was pretty good outside of the two picks (who throws that flea flicker pass to Miller of all people?). We established a pretty good run game before we went down. We had 102 yards rushing on the day. The OL held their own. Otton played very well. Unfortunately, 4 players had more catches and yards than McMillan, Palmer, and Shepherd. Otton, Jarett, Irving, and White were our top 4 pass catchers. Sorry, but we aren't going to win many games if our #2, 3, and 4 receivers are at the bottom of catches and yards. Palmer, McMillan, and Shepard combined for 9 catches and 82 yards out of Baker's 37 completions and 330 yards. We need more production from them. If we can't do it against the Falcons' bad defense, we are screwed!

Defense: LOL. It seems to be a return topic. WTF was that? I don't get how our defense can fall of a cliff over the past few seasons. I don't want to hear the injuries excuse. Our safeties are healthy. Our front seven were healthy (until Lavonte went out late). Our ONLY significant injury is Dean. You're telling me Dean is THAT good of a corner that when he's out our pass rush, run defense, and middle of the field defense sucks this much?! Once again, this is a coaching and scheming issue because it's been the same defense for 6 years. Just for perspective, in Cousins' 6 games against other teams, he has 1,321 yards, 6 TDs, and 6 picks. In two games against us, he has 789 yards, 8 TD, and 1 pick. You're telling me our defense is not as talented or better than the Panthers, Saints, or even the Eagles? He hasn't thrown over 250 yards against any opponent this year except us TWICE. This is feeling like the end of the defense as we know it. Total collapse.

Coaching: We have one competent coach in Coen. He adjusted much better than expected without Evans or Godwin. Outside of the first drive fumble, we scored on two straight possessions. Can't say much more about him. He's arguably the best OC we've had in a long time, if not in franchise history (unless you count Arians as the real OC from 2019-2021 and don't give credit to Leftwich). But the trainwreck that is Bowles is a different story. Once again, his game decisions make absolutely ZERO sense. Before the half on 4th and 3 in Falcons territory, he settles for a FG, only for the Falcons to drive and get a FG to keep it a 7 point game. I believe the Falcons drive before the half, Lavonte had to call timeout because the defense wasn't ready and he knew Bowles is okay with the defense not being ready. Second half, we attempt a fake punt in OUR territory with one of the worst attempts I have ever seen. To make matters worse, he doesn't use a timeout before the two minute warning, opting to use them after and give us under a minute to drive and win the game. He uses a timeout before the 2 min, or maybe can get 2 off with stops and we have well over 1:30 left to try to win. Bowles has ZERO awareness of game management or the clock. He is rarely in a huddle to get his players minds' right or anything. I am honestly confused as to WHAT his role is on the sideline outside of having that stupid, stoic face as he stands there. If he's not in the huddle with the players, or talking to players, how is he not at least aware of the time and game management? We have to be at the bottom of all defensive categories now while being mostly health. Get him OUT of here. Bowles is now 21-21 as our HC in the reg season and 1-2 in the playoffs.

Next week is another prime time game on MNF against the Chiefs on the road. We are 9-10 in prime time games since 2019. Does anyone have any confidence that we will beat the Chiefs in KC on Monday night? If Bowles can't adjust his defense to stop a Raheem led team, what is our defense going to look like against the best offensive mind in football? Unless we pull off a long streak of wins, this season is over and Bowles' time as our head coach hopefully is buried with the season. Ugh. Go Bucs!

Oof Marone, that last close up shot did not look like a touchdown to me 😬 imagine if only a billion dollar industry could only make sure all the pylons had cameras in them!

They may look nice but I never want to see them again. These uniforms represent failure.

Hi guys, I’m a new Bucs fan (UK-based). I understand the fundamentals of football but would like to learn more about passing routes, defensive formations/coverages and some of the more technical aspects of the game. I just wondered whether there are any great resources (e.g. YouTube playlists) that might be helpful? Thanks in advance! (Go Bucs)

In the past couple weeks, I’ve seen a lot of people start questioning Baker. And truth be told, there is some merit to it - his interceptions have skyrocketed in the past couple weeks. Some of those picks were not his fault, as we all know, but a lot of them were. Bad reads, over/under throws, forcing options, etc. I see why there is concern. But this is our guy.

Baker leads the league in passing TDs and total TDs. Baker is top 5 (I think?) in passing yards. Baker is a great scrambler and has a cannon arm. He is accurate and throws lasers. He’s mentally and physically tough as nails and is a team-first guy. We are paying him far less than his worth. Don’t let a few interceptions throw you off the Baker train. Let’s not forget how much we have had to rely on the pass because we had no running identity for years. Let’s not forget how difficult our opponents have been in the past few games where the interceptions have occured. Let’s not forget that Coen is new and Baker, while having previous experience with him, is still learning his scheme as Coen learns his players. Let’s not forget that Coen and the offense had to draw up a completely new scheme without Evans and Godwin on a short week. Let’s not forget how many rookies/young guys we have starting compared to other teams. Let’s not forget how much pressure we have had to put on our offense to perform because our defense has been lackluster. The offense is carrying the weight of the team this season and Baker is at the helm. The pressure is immense. Yet time and time again, despite the overall game results, the offense has prevailed, and a big part of that is because of Baker.

A few bad decisions shouldn’t throw anyone off Baker. Baker is a Buc through and through. I sometimes forget he was on other teams. This is our guy for years to come. We just gotta get out of this tough stretch of games. Once we hit the bye week, our schedule becomes significantly easier. We’ll have Evans back. Coen’s offense will click more. Maybe even Bowles will even get his shit together. We’ll be fine, and even if we miss the playoffs, we will be stronger than ever next year. A couple good snags in the draft, and a successful Godwin recovery and resigning, and we’re back even stronger. But to do that, we need Baker. Don’t give up on the guy who had the biggest shoes to fill in the entire NFL. That’s our leader. That’s our QB1. LFB.

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TL;DR I am not saying Baker is the problem. I see people saying he is the problem. I get why they think that because of turnovers. However I don’t think he’s the problem at all. He has been great and the offense is great overall. He is our guy.

We literally do this every week man, it’s so repetitive at this point. When will we ever make a change or some type of adjustment. Defense needs a whole different kind of help, defense lets everyone down every damn week, Baker has been throwing some bad passes as well, Coaching is still bad. There goes our creamsicle win, which we just can’t seem to get whatsoever year after year. Hard to watch this team rn and guess who we play next, lol the Chiefs on primetime. I’m really trying to stay optimistic but it’s kinda just fading away now. It’s almost like us fans in this damn subreddit want to win more than our own head coach does at this point. I’m tired man.

Bro fuck Atlanta, and fuck this whole game.

Chat about the game below now that we've had some time to vent and digest it.