Buccaneers' NFL Playoff Hopes Dashed in Stunning Losses

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00:00had the worst four-day run of any team in the NFL this year.

00:05If you're trying to win, I think, your fifth consecutive division title

00:09and lock up a playoff berth and another home playoff game,

00:13which they've done every year for the last four years,

00:15how do you lose back-to-back games in four days

00:18to the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons?

00:21Can somebody please walk me through that?

00:24It's impossible.

00:27A couple bad fumbles late.

00:29The Baker made for the interception with eight minutes to go.

00:32And then when you've got the game locked up in one,

00:36you're up by 14 points in the fourth quarter against an offense,

00:40although better with Kirk Cousins, certainly,

00:43that has been zero all year long.

00:46How do you blow a 14-point lead in the final 10 minutes of a game

00:51that really amounted in a lot of ways to a playoff game

00:54because the Carolina Panthers are lurking?

00:56And Carolina right now is a half game ahead of you.

00:59And if it ended today, which it doesn't, obviously,

01:02Tampa Bay is not playing postseason football,

01:05and they've given up the division to a dwarf quarterback

01:08and the Carolina Panthers?

01:11Like, that's going to happen right now?

01:13The other thing about this game that made it almost unwatchable

01:17outside of, you know, the poor play, the turnovers, all that stuff,

01:20the Atlanta Falcons, and I am not exaggerating this,

01:24and it was impossible to watch,

01:26and I don't even want to blame the referees for it

01:29because every replay confirmed that the call they made was the right call.

01:33Yeah.

01:3519 penalties.

01:36That is not an exaggeration.

01:39The Atlanta Falcons committed 19 penalties last night

01:43and still found a way to win with a Kirk Cousins miracle drive.

01:47Now, let's talk about that drive for a second

01:49because Todd Bowles is a defensive-minded coach.

01:52Yes.

01:53He was a defensive coordinator prior to becoming head coach in New York,

01:56and then, of course, down to Tampa,

01:58was their D.C. before he became their head coach,

02:01Tom Brady era, right?

02:04It's a fourth and 23rd and 28 final drive of the game

02:09for the Atlanta Falcons.

02:11Third and 28.

02:13On third down, they're in some kind of weird zone defense,

02:17no pressure at all on Kirk Cousins,

02:20and everybody's open.

02:22It's impossible.

02:23And they gained 14 yards.

02:24Right, so they get half.

02:25So they get half.

02:26So they get half.

02:27Game on the line, maybe the season on the line.

02:30It's now fourth and 14.

02:32And again, no pressure at all on Kirk Cousins.

02:37Everybody's wide open,

02:38and they convert and get a first down to keep the drive alive

02:42to kick the field goal, obviously,

02:44to ultimately win the game.

02:46And I'm watching it going,

02:47this game's a wrap, guys.

02:49It's third and 28,

02:51and Kirk Cousins can't move.

02:53Can't move at all.

02:54So if you blitz, he cannot escape.

02:56He has no escapability left.

02:57He's on one leg.

02:58And I'm saying to myself,

02:59okay, so no pressure on Kirk Cousins.

03:01I think that's stupid.

03:03And it's, again, prevent defense prevents you from winning.

03:06But then the flip side of it is,

03:07if you're dropping everybody back,

03:09which is essentially what they did,

03:11or it appeared to me that they did,

03:13how is everybody wide open?

03:16Everybody.

03:16Like, I honestly think in that spot,

03:19and again, I'm well known for having a howitzer for an arm.

03:22Everybody knows that right now.

03:24Like, I honestly.

03:26More than Kirk Cousins.

03:27More than Kirk Cousins, for sure.

03:29I honestly think I could have completed one of those passes

03:33on third and 28 and fourth and 14.

03:36It was mind-boggling.

03:37That was legitimately pitching catch football, wasn't it?

03:40It was late,

03:41and they allowed the tight end, Pitts,

03:43to have his career best game.

03:44You can't let that happen.

03:46He had three touchdowns.

03:46He had like 900 yards.

03:47The last time a tight end had that many yards

03:50and three touchdowns was 1996.

03:52That's a long time.

03:53That's a long time.

03:5330 years ago.

03:5430 years ago.

03:55Shannon Sharp was the last time a tight end

03:57had that many yards and three touchdowns.

03:58And by the way,

03:59while the Falcons aren't playing for anything

04:01other than to be the spoilers here,

04:02and I respect that.

04:03They didn't roll over and die.

04:04They fought back.

04:05And there's certainly a better team

04:06than Kirk Cousins playing.

04:08And he's their quarterback next year.

04:10He should be, at least.

04:11But that's another story for another day.

04:13Todd Bowles is also known

04:14as one of the most mild-mannered,

04:17I'd say easy-going,

04:18but mild-mannered head coaches

04:20in football history.

04:22I want to play something for you,

04:23and I acknowledge there's a lot of beeps.

04:25More so, and I know Todd,

04:28and I'm friendly with Todd.

04:29At least I was when he was with the Jets,

04:31and I like him a great deal.

04:32I have never in my life

04:34heard Todd Bowles speak this way.

04:35And I respect it.

04:37This is Todd Bowles

04:38after they blow a 14-point lead

04:41in the fourth quarter.

04:43You had fumbles.

04:44You had the Baker interception.

04:46And you had a defense

04:47that had no idea what he was doing

04:49on the final two plays

04:51prior to the field goal.

04:52Here's Todd Bowles.

04:54I say unedited.

04:55We had to beep it so we could air it.

04:57That's the only edit in this.

04:59And you'll be shocked by it.

05:00Go ahead.

05:01What do you tell them

05:01in the locker room after a game like this?

05:03It's inexcusable.

05:04You don't make excuses.

05:06You've got to f***ing care enough

05:08where the s*** hurts.

05:10You've got to f***ing care enough

05:11where the s*** hurts.

05:12It's got to f***ing mean something to you.

05:14It's more than a job.

05:15It's your f***ing livelihood.

05:17How well do you know your job?

05:18How well can you do your job?

05:20Well, you can't sugarcoat that s***.

05:21It was in the f***ing excusable.

05:23There's no f***ing answer for it.

05:25There's no excuse for it.

05:27That's what you tell them in the locker room.

05:29I love that.

05:29So, 10.

05:3010 beeps in a 10-second press conference there.

05:34And he's right.

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