Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles goes on expletive-laden rant after crushing loss to Falcons

Tampa Bay Buccaneers caput manager Todd Bowles tore into his squad successful his postgame property league with an expletive-laden rant connected Thursday aft the Bucs suffered a 29-28 nonaccomplishment to the Atlanta Falcons astatine Raymond James Stadium. 

Bowles’ squad was up 28-14 successful the 4th fourth but squandered the lead, and the nonaccomplishment dropped the squad to 7-7 connected the season. The 62-year-old caput manager repeatedly called the nonaccomplishment "inexcusable" and tore into his players for not caring enough. 

"You don't marque excuses," Bowles said. "You got to f---ing attraction capable wherever this s--- hurts. You’ve got to f---ing attraction capable wherever this s--- hurts. It's got to f---ing mean thing to you. It's much than a job. It's your f---ing livelihood. How good bash you cognize your job? How good tin you bash your job? You can't sugarcoat that s---. It is inex-f---king-cusable and determination is nary f---ing reply for it."

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers caput manager and antiaircraft coordinator Todd Bowles looks connected earlier the crippled against the Atlanta Falcons astatine Raymond James Stadium successful Tampa, Florida, connected Dec. 11, 2025. (Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)

Bowles said the coaches person done everything they tin do, and that the players request to clasp each different accountable. 

"At this point, you've seen everything successful the season," Bowles said. "The coaches person done everything they tin do. This is simply a player-driven squad successful the past 4 oregon 5 weeks. You've got to execute, and they've got to clasp each different accountable."

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers caput manager Todd Bowles speaks aft an NFL shot crippled against the Atlanta Falcons successful Tampa, Florida, connected Dec. 11, 2025. (Chris O'Meara/AP Photo)

"As a coach, you tin beryllium determination until you're bluish successful the face. Until they commencement holding each different accountable and doing the small things close — and that's not everybody, you know, we're talking astir a small, prime few. But the small, prime fewer is what's getting america beat. And until that happens, it's not going to get right."

The nonaccomplishment was crushing, arsenic it dropped the Buccaneers retired of archetypal spot successful the NFC South, arsenic the Carolina Panthers presently person sole possession of the apical spot astatine 7-6. Bowles said the squad knows they request to triumph their adjacent 3 games. 

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Fortunately for the Buccaneers, 2 of their adjacent 3 games are against the Panthers, truthful they tin inactive power their ain destiny. The Buccaneers person won the NFC South successful 4 consecutive seasons, but if they don’t crook things around, that streak volition end. 

They volition look to bounce backmost erstwhile they play the Panthers adjacent Sunday astatine 1 p.m. ET. 

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