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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles lashed out at his team in his postgame press conference with an expletive-laden rant Thursday after the Bucs suffered a 29-28 loss to the Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium.
Bowles’ team was up 28-14 in the fourth quarter, but blew the lead and the loss dropped the team to 7-7 on the season. The 62-year-old coach repeatedly called the defeat “unforgivable” and criticized his players for not caring enough.
“There are no excuses made,” Bowles said. “You’ve got to care enough about where this s–t hurts. You’ve got to care enough about where this s–t hurts. It’s got to mean something to you. It’s more than a job. It’s your f—ing livelihood. How well do you know your job? How well can you do your job? You can’t sugarcoat that s–t. It’s inex-f–king-cuspable and there’s no f–king answer for it.”
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach and defensive coordinator Todd Bowles watches before the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on December 11, 2025. (Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)
Bowles said the coaches have done everything they can and the players need to hold each other accountable.
“At this point, you’ve seen everything in the season,” Bowles said. “The coaches have done everything they can. This is a player-driven team the last four or five weeks. You have to execute and they have to hold each other accountable.”
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles speaks after an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in Tampa, Florida, on December 11, 2025. (Chris O’Meara/AP Photo)
“As a coach, you can sit there until you’re blue in the face. Until they start holding each other accountable and doing the little things right, and that’s not everyone, you know, we’re talking about the small, select few. But the small, select few are the ones that are beating us. And until that happens, things aren’t going to go well.”
The loss was a crushing one, as it dropped the Buccaneers out of first place in the NFC South, as the Carolina Panthers currently have sole possession of first place at 7-6. Bowles said the team knows they need to win their next three games.
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Fortunately for the Buccaneers, two of their next three games will be against the Panthers, so they can still control their own destiny. The Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four consecutive seasons, but if things don’t change, that streak will end.
They will look to bounce back when they play the Panthers next Sunday at 1 pm ET.
