Can Bucs’ Good Fortune Continue Against Carolina?
December 17th, 2025
Can he find the right buttons to push?
If the Bucs have a pulse, if unnamed defensive players Bucs coach Todd Bowles called out last week have a heartbeat, now is the time to show it.
For if the Bucs come up short Sunday in Charlotte, the Bucs will have dug themselves the mother of all holes.
The way the Bucs have mostly played since the bye, if they lose Sunday, would anyone really expect the Bucs to beat both Miami and Carolina in the final two weeks of the season to make the playoffs?
The past three years the Bucs have had good success against the Stinking Panthers, winning five straight games. Prior to that streak, the Bucs had beaten the Stinking Panthers 9 out of 10 times. The Bucs have owned the Stinking Panthers on offense, outscoring Carolina by a total of 287-163.
If the Bucs can’t get these unnamed players to focus and be locked in with their playoff lives likely at stake, well, then the Bucs have big problems.
How much of an a-hole can you be to dog it and not pay attention to detail and help the defense blow games while you watch your teammates have to eat an L as a result?
Show some pride, people!