“How Do You Get Healthier And Worse?”
December 23rd, 2025
Here’s one for the Todd Bowles defenders who scream about the impact of injuries and demand proper justice for the head coach.
And it comes from a guy heard on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
Pat Donovan is that guy, and he co-hosts The Pat And Aaron Show weekdays on WDAE radio, where on Monday morning Donovan made an interesting point.
When the Bucs played the Seahawks in Seattle in Week 5, Tampa Bay was without Luke Goedeke, Cody Mauch, Mike Evans, Jalen McMillan and Bucky Irving. Chris Godwin was barely healthy in that game and Tristan Wirfs was still getting in football shape in his second week back after summer knee surgery. The Bucs also were without Calijah Kancey.
And somehow that Week 5 Bucs team beat a powerful Seattle club on the road.
On Sunday at Carolina, the Bucs were a significantly healthier but far less effective team than the one that walked off winners in Seattle. So Donovan asks, “How do you get healthier and worse?”
It’s a great question.
That reality, in part, has led Donovan to be sympathetic to the Fire Todd Bowles crowd that’s growing like a men’s room line at halftime and filling up the sports radio phone and text lines.
“I said earlier I’m not going to tell people if they say that Todd Bowles should be fired that they shouldn’t say that, or argue against it because I don’t have anything to stand on,” Donovan said. “… I’m not going to call for his job; I’m also not going to argue with people who do.”