Todd Bowles Explains His Outrage Outburst
December 16th, 2025
So the entire NFL world is familar with Todd Bowles dropping seven F-bombs in 24 seconds during his postgame news conference on Thursday night.
It was like he was gunning for a record under the NBA shot clock.
Impressive stuff.
So what were those emotions about? Bowles answered that question today on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
“When you get beat on simple fundamentals and technique, that is something I really can’t stand or can’t take, and that’s the frustrating part of it,” Bowles said. “And not taking it out on one player or anybody else, but we know what we’ve been doing the past few weeks, and when those mistakes creep up at the end with the game on the line and we understand we gotta execute and we don’t do it — and we’ve done it 50 million times — that part really bothers you and really pisses you off.”
Overall, listening to Bowles, it sounds like he feels like his defense loses its focus too often. Sometimes it’s one player on a play; sometimes its multiple guys.
If Bowles and the coaching staff can’t get more guys locked in now, then why would anyone expect it to happen in 2026?
Joe sure hopes Bowles can get his defense playing a shred better quickly while the offense benefits from big-time talent returning to the field. That’s not too much to ask.