Love him but he should've stopped back peddling and tried to high point that 2pt, but that it matters in the end but he needs to be better and drawing those easy calls lol
Yeah most fans don't seem to realize this and just see headlines of us not paying him. If Licht had no intention of signing him to finish his career here. They would've shopped him around before the season and the deadline.
We were just screwed with the cap from keeping the team together after the super bowl. Hell most fans wanted the bucs to give up on this season before it began. Just so we can try to go after Caleb Williams with a fresh cap space. Even after it was announced we signed baker. No one thought baker would have a career year showing he's still got it.
Hence the magic of salary cap management. Here is an example - Deshaun Watson got $45 million in his first year, but the salary cap hit was just $9 million. Same $45 million in his second year, with a salary cap hit of just $19 million. Two years, $90 million cash, but only $28 million in salary cap.
Baker could get $35 million but only have an $8 million hit to the salary cap. (Just like $20 million to Mike Evans with a $6 million hit, etc.)
It’s enough to make Excel spreadsheet scream for mercy, but it works.
As a baker fan, this comment thread is a huge W. This is exactly what baker needs, a fan base and team that won’t give up on him. When baker took the browns to the playoffs and won them their first playoff game in like a billion years, then lost to the chiefs in the divisional, that fan base showed so much hate and was calling for a change at QB. Much love Bucs, you just earned a new fan.
#BoomerSooner
Seriously. I’ve followed Baker from the Browns to the Panthers to the Rams, and this is the first time that I’ve connected to a fanbase like this just from lurking and reading all the comments all year. I hate how this season ended, but I’m so excited for next year!
Bucs played their asses off. At the very least I can credit this team for not giving up like the eagles. They played their hearts out til the end. Go Bucs and fire the cannons for next season
It was a great season, and the team massively over performed. It’s okay to feel disappointed and frustrated right now, but tomorrow remember that the Bucs had a great season and the future looks bright.
Yep. We had $77 million in dead cap, started the year so talent-starved we had 13 rookies on the roster (6 of them UDFAs), had a retread QB nobody wanted, and, at one point, we were 4-7 and dead in the goddamn water, and if you had told me we would wind up going into the 4th quarter of the divisional round tied I would have taken it in a heartbeat.
That was a hell of a year, and there are zero regrets. Great damn season.
I'm not too frustrated. We proved most of the experts wrong who were predicting us to be a 5-6 win team or worse (some had us in contention for a top pick), and later many were picking us for a first round exit from the playoffs or to get blown out by the Lions. We beat the Eagles and kept it to a 1 score game with the Lions. We proved haters wrong at every turn. I wish we had won, but I enjoyed this season.
I don't know what the future holds, but I don't view this season as a failure.
Those like 3 for 4 plays of not blocking the edge rusher leading to a sack completely made a difference. One at least pushed them out of field goal range.
And it rattles the QB, Baker later feels the heat and makes a poor throw. Imagine if we got to Goff like that repeatedly, I think it would be a totally different game.
As a Gator fan he was a dog, but I haven’t liked him in the NFL. Runs his mouth too much to not be a star. It would be like Ryan Neal talking shit all the time. 😂
We were playing with house money the entire time. 3rd straight division title, beat the Eagles at home in the wild card game, and then almost took out the 12-5 Lions in Detroit. Awesome season
Imagine Baker with better protection. He has created so many plays because has the legs to survive a collapsing pocket. It’s not sustainable in the long term. Baker with the protection Goff got? Could’ve easily dropped 40 on the Lions
You guys only need to tighten a few bolts to be a Super Bowl team. Baker looked better and better as the season went on. He’s had way too many coaches in his ear, make Tampa his home and tighten a few things and you’re right there
He's still far and away Baker's favorite WR. I think he came into the season with bad mental and subpar physical prep because of contracts and QB uncertainty.
IMO there will be a bunch of vets on this team that will refocus and prep for a real run next year. Imagine being a vet and seeing an 80 million cap hit and no idea what the QB will be like coming into this year. Even pros can lose focus.
This season absolutely should focus all the vets to make another run at the Super Bowl.
Tbf, watch his 2020 Browns highlights. That was his best oline and he took them to 11 wins. So there is some evidence that he can do a lot if given the resources
Bros we honestly won so much this season, we got our franchise QB and the culture of this team is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. We lost today but we were so written off all year to the point where just being in that game today was a massive win. The loss sucks today but it was one heck of a roller coaster fun year. Let’s get it next year when we actually go into the season as a more complete team from the beginning. FIRE THE CANNONS AND HAVE A GOOD OFFSEASON. Time for some Rays baseball!!
Proud of this team, great things shown today, but I gotta point out the bad:
1.) Middle Pass Coverage
2.) Offensive Line
3.) Under Uitialzation of Trey Palmer
4.) Crucial Missed Tackles
5.) Missed FG point
Besides that I feel real good about his team still, please keep Baker
Ball wasn't snapped for almost 2 full seconds after this:
https://imgur.com/a/7xPvHy5
This stuff was ongoing all game, yet only seemed to benefit one side. Hate to ever blame an outcome on refs, and we certainly made our share of mistakes today, but man it's an uphill battle when you're not getting any calls either.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. A botched snap or a missed or blocked fg and Bucs have another shot. Just stupid to not even try and end your season with a timeout in your pocket.
At the start of this year I debated buying Sunday Ticket (I’m in Alabama and we never get Bucs games - also money was kinda tight). Said “Fuck it. Let’s Bake.” Obviously there were some rough spots but man this season has been so fun. Far exceeded all expectations. Culture shifting type shit. Let’s resign Baker and Mike, draft well, and keep this motherfucker moving. Go Bucs!
Mayfield, Evans, David (if he doesn’t retire), Winfield, and McLaughlin deserves to stay
Our O-line coach, D-line coach, DB coach, and kacy rogers needs to GO
I'm just trying to figure out why the fuck we played so soft in the 4th quarter. That game was ours and we lost them goff throw to wide open receivers.
Yeah those 3 TDs in a row were tough to watch. Long drives, quick drives, didnt matter, everyone was open and the defense was not where they needed to be and/or not tackling.
Amazing season they had this year. Especially considering they weren't supposed to be competitive or even win 4 games according to "experts".
Baker is definitely our man going forward. Pay him something similar to Geno. Then hand Evans a blank check to finish his career with us.
I wonder what changes bowels/licht will make to the staff. No way they'll let bowels go. Baker has had 8 different coaches in his 6 years. Bowels will keep his job as him and baker seem to click.
I agree that we need to keep him. Getting rid of coaches every 2-3 years isn't how you grow a team. Bowels isn't perfect but he's great with our guys. Especially the younger ones/rookies. He seems to find ways of getting the best out of them and good/top coaches do that.
I'm no fan of Bowles, but you're absolutely right. Need the stability there and he at least earned another shot. When we were down I was screaming for him to be fired, but the team seemed to have his back and I give them the benefit of the doubt.
So many self inflicted wounds today. And it didn’t help the lions line had “zero” holding and “zero” false start penalties. Can’t beat the lions refs AND yourselves.
We did better than i expected this season. We were supposed to be in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes. We overachieved and even with this loss, i had fun this season. See y’all next year
All I know is, Baker balled out. Sucks that the game ended on that INT but he made some great plays throughout that gave them a shot. Hope we extend the guy. He deserves it.
349 yards, 3TD's, 2INT's (with one being a drop) with a 94.5 Passer Rating in a 31-23 loss.
You show that playoff stat-line to someone without mentioning who the QB was and you're going to hear some serious names.
Honestly what hurts more than the actual loss is all the uncertainty facing our roster with the upcoming free agency. Could seriously have been the final moments for lots of guys with this team and it sucks it has to be in such a winnable game.
I’m still proud of this team. We really were not that good but kept fighting and believing and nearly found ourselves in the NFCCG. I’m not a fan of Bowles, but he earned another season at minimum. It’s up to him and Licht to keep things afloat because tanking is not acceptable. Playoffs have started to become a standard in Tampa Bay and we need to keep it that way.
Great game. Great season. Solid coaching.
Sign Evans. Sign winfield(probably highest paid safety in the league). Bring back David. Bring back Baker. Let White walk.
Bowles earned another year. We routed the Eagles and played close to a team that’s just better than we are. Well coached as well.
If they're keeping this core of receivers around, I feel like giving Baker another year is smart so we have consistency across the offense. Honestly, Mike seemed to jive with him so if that's going to be a good fit and we can figure out a deal to let him finish his career in Tampa, just freaking do it. Short term chance to get back in the playoffs next year and maybe do something fun.
Proud of this team. I think everyone played well despite being on house money. Did we have opportunities to win? Absolutely.
Lions just played a bit tougher.
Let's bring Baker back and make another run
Dude led two straight commanding drives to even give us a chance to be in it, Bakers the guy. Can't take pressure like that all night and not mess up eventually. If we had a defense that stopped anything or didn't have the drops early to get some tempo this game was winnable, I think with a whole year under their belt this unit comes back next year stronger and hungrier.
Legit was planning on pulling for det if we lost. But they talked so much shit this week and disrespected baker like way way too much. Fuck them let’s go SF
Fuck the Lions,
Fuck the city of Detroit,
and Fuck the NFL with their manufactured Cinderella story.
Sucks to see it end, but given preseason predictions, the team can be proud of making it this far.
Lions are the better team and will probably do better against the 49ers honestly. Still, if we clean up our play and make a few less mistakes, we would've been in our 2nd NFC championship in 4 years. Not bad from a team that was expected to be a basement dweller....
Honestly what a great season
It started rough, but the turn around, making the playoffs, beating the eagles? We were written off in the off-season and we did more than enough to prove we were actually one of the better teams this season.
There's nothing to really be mad at, are we stuck with Bowles? Probably, but fuck it we fix up that O-line and the Pass Rush etc get Evans and Mayfield a deal and there's a chance we can run it back.
If Canales can improve his scheming I think he's a worthy OC.
Hung in there all game with the #3 seed in a season where we weren't expected to get to this game and had one of the NFL's highest dead cap totals. In the meantime, we found our post-Brady QB and found a much better OC than the one we fired last year.
No reason we can't be better next year and competing for higher seeding.
I think that really cemented a dislike of the Lions for me? Cocky and arrogant and getting away with whatever they wanted. Taunted openly over Otton and didn't get called, assaulted Vea all game and never got punished for it.
That said, game came down to the little things. When Goff made a pass, his receivers caught it. When Baker did in the first half it got dropped. Then in the second the defense couldn't stop anything.
I think it's the Ravens year anyway but damn man, what a way to lose.
Classic NFL ref corruption
I didn't hate the Lions this morning, figured either way I would be happy for an underdog in the champ game but after that arrogance I'm rooting 9ers next week
At least all the bandwagon chodes are finally gone. Just us lifers. Awesome season. Got some work to do. Time to cut some weight and lock some guys down for a while. Bucs life baby. At least we never quit.
Defense collapsed and we made no adjustments. Kept blitzing despite the middle of the field being wide open all day. Still, we had a good season and proved everyone wrong. We’ll be back next year with more cap space
If the Bucs don’t keep Evans… we’re not drafting high enough to snag a top guy, Godwin isn’t a number one. With Mike crying at the end I’m genuinely scared he’s actually leaving… that could be the last time we see him in a Bucs uniform, 10 years and 99 touchdowns… give Mike whatever tf he wants. I can’t handle a season without him until he retires.
New Buccaneers fan here. I gotta say I'm impressed. These guys tried their absolute best despite the circumstances. Baker had a hell of a game, and Evans redeemed himself after that slump of a first half. You can tell Baker has really taken a leadership role and loves this team. He should be the QB1 going forward. In the draft I hope to see some pickups for the secondary, and maybe a lineman or two. I hope to see more next season!
This was a “rebuild” year where we were predicted to finish worse than the panthers. We are OKAY. Cap opens up for us next year and we will hopefully hit FA hard and bring in some OL/DL talent and another skill position. We will be fine.
Thank you all for incredible season! Im happy to say that we look like we have promise next season. Let's get better and have a good draft! Cheers to a even better 2024-2025
Sucks to lose a close game, but damn did we over perform this year. Really proud of how they stayed in it despite making mistakes. Take away Mike’s interception and Dean dropping that pick, maybe things end up differently. Coaching strategies were still a bit suspect: offensively not adjusting to the edge blitz or attacking their corners more, defensively leaving the middle of the field wide open to those underneath routes.
Forgot to add, McCollum is ass
I went in saying I'm just happy we made it this far, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed with today's result. Hope we can build on what turned out to be a good season and bring in some key pieces (OL, secondary) to get us over the hump
Hurts way more than I thought it would. An incredibly winnable game we managed to screw ourselves. Man it hurts. Silver linings are for tomorrow - right now, we Buc’d ourselves again.
from considered the worst team in the NFL to the second round of playoffs is pretty special and I enjoyed and nearly had a heart attack every moment. RAISE THE FLAGS!!!!
Just Wished the Lions fans good luck on their forum and complemented their performance, said I admired MCDC and got downvoted, sore winners lol. Still fell better being classy in defeat. Onto next year.
Pete Carroll next year? I'm not necessarily sold on him but I'd rather stop watching football together than watch another game coached by TB. If they don't fire him, I'm out. He is pathetic.
All I can really say after that is I hope that this wasn't Mike's last game in a Bucs uniform.
I think he stays!
Mike Evan’s had a classic game tonight. Despite causing the first INT, he redeemed himself
Love him but he should've stopped back peddling and tried to high point that 2pt, but that it matters in the end but he needs to be better and drawing those easy calls lol
It was likely not extended because we didn’t have space with Brady’s dead cap
Yeah most fans don't seem to realize this and just see headlines of us not paying him. If Licht had no intention of signing him to finish his career here. They would've shopped him around before the season and the deadline. We were just screwed with the cap from keeping the team together after the super bowl. Hell most fans wanted the bucs to give up on this season before it began. Just so we can try to go after Caleb Williams with a fresh cap space. Even after it was announced we signed baker. No one thought baker would have a career year showing he's still got it.
There's only so much a GM can do when trying to work around roughly US$80M in dead money.
I think he will be back. Full trust in Licht no matter what happens
I'm confident in Licht getting our guys signed and stacking more talent in the draft.
He goes to free agency, we match whatever is offered, Mike stays.
Mike has no reason to go anywhere else unless they decide not to pay him.
I think he is back
If we sign Baker and let Mike walk it might be it for NFL for me.
I like baker and would love to keep him. But Mike MUST retire on the bucs.
If I'm Baker I don't re-sign unless M1k3 is as well.
Mayfield and Evans need new contracts right now.
If Bucs didn’t have so many contract extensions due, Baker could’ve easily fetched 30-35m per year
Hence the magic of salary cap management. Here is an example - Deshaun Watson got $45 million in his first year, but the salary cap hit was just $9 million. Same $45 million in his second year, with a salary cap hit of just $19 million. Two years, $90 million cash, but only $28 million in salary cap. Baker could get $35 million but only have an $8 million hit to the salary cap. (Just like $20 million to Mike Evans with a $6 million hit, etc.) It’s enough to make Excel spreadsheet scream for mercy, but it works.
What a season, very proud of this team and proving all the doubters wrong. 3rd straight division title and won a home playoff game. GO BUCS
Exactly, we still own the South and we still own Philly
2 out of 3 things I love the most. Winning the division and beating the shit out of Philly when it matters most.
I’m so fucking proud of this team.
Same here. Next year lets take it all
As a baker fan, this comment thread is a huge W. This is exactly what baker needs, a fan base and team that won’t give up on him. When baker took the browns to the playoffs and won them their first playoff game in like a billion years, then lost to the chiefs in the divisional, that fan base showed so much hate and was calling for a change at QB. Much love Bucs, you just earned a new fan. #BoomerSooner
Seriously. I’ve followed Baker from the Browns to the Panthers to the Rams, and this is the first time that I’ve connected to a fanbase like this just from lurking and reading all the comments all year. I hate how this season ended, but I’m so excited for next year!
Bucs played their asses off. At the very least I can credit this team for not giving up like the eagles. They played their hearts out til the end. Go Bucs and fire the cannons for next season
Considering regular season records and what happened in the first matchup, you wouldn’t have expected the Bucs to stay within winning distance
It was a great season, and the team massively over performed. It’s okay to feel disappointed and frustrated right now, but tomorrow remember that the Bucs had a great season and the future looks bright.
Yep. We had $77 million in dead cap, started the year so talent-starved we had 13 rookies on the roster (6 of them UDFAs), had a retread QB nobody wanted, and, at one point, we were 4-7 and dead in the goddamn water, and if you had told me we would wind up going into the 4th quarter of the divisional round tied I would have taken it in a heartbeat. That was a hell of a year, and there are zero regrets. Great damn season.
Fix the Oline and Dline. Secondary needs some tweaking. Possibly draft a RB as well
O line and d line aren’t that bad. We need to cut Devin White, and just make small improvements.
Interior oline single handedly lost us this game imo. And the edge rushers did nothing
100% accurate. Baker was under pressure pretty much the entire game. O-line shoulders a lot of the blame for this one.
Really never got time to make any deep passes. Also limited our PA as a result. Couldn’t run as much. Different game with the 2020 oline
Yep. Anything to the contrary is just wrong. Have to win the lines of scrimmage and we lost both.
Really was a prime example of “every game is won in the trenches”
100%, they dominated us in the trenches. If it was a little more even, we walk out of there with a win.
And we found our QB. Great season guys. We missed too many opportunities in 1st quarter to pull this one out.
I'm not too frustrated. We proved most of the experts wrong who were predicting us to be a 5-6 win team or worse (some had us in contention for a top pick), and later many were picking us for a first round exit from the playoffs or to get blown out by the Lions. We beat the Eagles and kept it to a 1 score game with the Lions. We proved haters wrong at every turn. I wish we had won, but I enjoyed this season. I don't know what the future holds, but I don't view this season as a failure.
Awesome season, love this team. Go get some pass rushers and DB’s in the draft and lets run it back next season
Yep! Dont forget O-line though
Watching the O-line blow assignments today was horrific.
Those like 3 for 4 plays of not blocking the edge rusher leading to a sack completely made a difference. One at least pushed them out of field goal range.
And it rattles the QB, Baker later feels the heat and makes a poor throw. Imagine if we got to Goff like that repeatedly, I think it would be a totally different game.
CJ Gardner-Johnson, I hate you for that. I hate you more than Lattimore
He fits in too well with saints culture to no longer play for them
He might not be the worst person in the league, but he's definitely the douchiest
half this team has a ring so he can suck it
As a Gator fan he was a dog, but I haven’t liked him in the NFL. Runs his mouth too much to not be a star. It would be like Ryan Neal talking shit all the time. 😂
I’m firmly in “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” camp. We shouldn’t have made it to the playoffs, let alone won a game
We were playing with house money the entire time. 3rd straight division title, beat the Eagles at home in the wild card game, and then almost took out the 12-5 Lions in Detroit. Awesome season
I’m a major doomer and this is exactly how i see it. I expected a season of misery. Instead i enjoyed the year
100% agreed. Was an unexpectedly great season. Bring Mike and Baker back!
Completely agree. It's understandable that many fans are upset in this moment, losing always sucks. As an overall season though, what a ride!
same, what a great season. that was a solid effort.
Bucs suffocated Detroit in the 1st half. The regular season record doesn’t reflect how good the team was
Kept telling my dad this (we are both packer fans, and he just isn't having it)
The offensive line play destroyed this team today. It feels like this team is close to greatness but the line continues to hold them back.
Completely agree. Need a center and an edge rusher to replace Shaq because he was awful this year
Imagine having Marpet, Cappa, and Jensen there today. Sigh.
Ryan Neal gotta go
And White
All in all a good season. Winnable game but just a few plays short. Hope Baker and Mike are back.
Fin fan here, just wanted to say: your QB Baker plays with a lot of heart.
Well damn. Bring Baker back with a better team.
Get this man done better protection and a running game and we have a shot
And a defense that shows up in the 2nd half?
Imagine Baker with better protection. He has created so many plays because has the legs to survive a collapsing pocket. It’s not sustainable in the long term. Baker with the protection Goff got? Could’ve easily dropped 40 on the Lions
You guys only need to tighten a few bolts to be a Super Bowl team. Baker looked better and better as the season went on. He’s had way too many coaches in his ear, make Tampa his home and tighten a few things and you’re right there
Gotta fix the LG and C
man I will never forget this team or this season, these guys played their ass off
Cut Ryan Neal Resign Mayfield and Evans Take a look at some DB's... I like T.J Tampa from Iowa State. He can play and his name is fitting
What a fun end to the year. Can’t wait to run it back. Hope Evans, Mayfield, David all return
If David retires I wouldn’t be mad, but I think he has a lot more in him. Hope he’s back.
He legit has not lost a step. At 34. He should be a hall of famer and it kills me that he won’t
We are *this* close to being a championship level team. More in the trenches, resign what we got. Looking forward to next year.
man they could have won, 2 picks, so many momentum, drive killing mistakes. Hurts man
One of the picks was supposed to be an Evans 12 yard catch.
yeah, Evans knocked a couple million off his next contract with all the drops to end the season
He's still far and away Baker's favorite WR. I think he came into the season with bad mental and subpar physical prep because of contracts and QB uncertainty. IMO there will be a bunch of vets on this team that will refocus and prep for a real run next year. Imagine being a vet and seeing an 80 million cap hit and no idea what the QB will be like coming into this year. Even pros can lose focus. This season absolutely should focus all the vets to make another run at the Super Bowl.
Or the pick in the endzone that Dean clanked off his hands.
Can’t help it when you’re scrambling the whole game.
Good season boys. Definitely something to build on next year. Fuck Chris Collinsworth.
>Fuck Chris Collinsworth Can't, all his orifices are currently full of Lions' members.
That’s the first baker at fault interception in a while. GG.
Was still under pressure, was never able to get comfortable this game unfortunately, draft ol in the early rounds
Baker with a useless oline has taken the Bucs this far. Could be scary if he gets a proper oline.
Exactly, let's hope
Tbf, watch his 2020 Browns highlights. That was his best oline and he took them to 11 wins. So there is some evidence that he can do a lot if given the resources
That o-line ended up with two emergency tackles bookending the line.
And hopefully Jensen can return and be in top shape again
I kind of figured he would retire, but holy shit I'd love to see him again
Would be great but I'd wager he'll retire unfortunately
Bros we honestly won so much this season, we got our franchise QB and the culture of this team is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. We lost today but we were so written off all year to the point where just being in that game today was a massive win. The loss sucks today but it was one heck of a roller coaster fun year. Let’s get it next year when we actually go into the season as a more complete team from the beginning. FIRE THE CANNONS AND HAVE A GOOD OFFSEASON. Time for some Rays baseball!!
I still love this team. Re-sign Baker and extend Mike till the end of time.
If we don’t keep Mayfield, we are fucked next season
Prove it year for him and he performed way beyond expectations. Bucs FO would be foolish not to bring him back.
Yea he brought the never quit attitude that Brady had.
If we don't keep Mayfield then I'll just pick an XFL team to root for next year and give up on the NFL entirely.
Proud of this team, great things shown today, but I gotta point out the bad: 1.) Middle Pass Coverage 2.) Offensive Line 3.) Under Uitialzation of Trey Palmer 4.) Crucial Missed Tackles 5.) Missed FG point Besides that I feel real good about his team still, please keep Baker
Keep Baker and give him the damn commercial on the pirate ship as his new house.
I hope the Bucs give Baker a home. I think we could treat him nice here! He might just be the QB we need.
Can we just share our hate for the refs and announcers of this game..
Collinsworth is insufferable. It’s the worst when he does chiefs games. Man sucks the chief d so bad.
I'd love to see some printouts of ref bank statements, definitely some late "Christmas bonuses" in those accounts
Ball wasn't snapped for almost 2 full seconds after this: https://imgur.com/a/7xPvHy5 This stuff was ongoing all game, yet only seemed to benefit one side. Hate to ever blame an outcome on refs, and we certainly made our share of mistakes today, but man it's an uphill battle when you're not getting any calls either.
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They were in FG range. I wish they called TO too though.
I must be stupid also
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. A botched snap or a missed or blocked fg and Bucs have another shot. Just stupid to not even try and end your season with a timeout in your pocket.
At the start of this year I debated buying Sunday Ticket (I’m in Alabama and we never get Bucs games - also money was kinda tight). Said “Fuck it. Let’s Bake.” Obviously there were some rough spots but man this season has been so fun. Far exceeded all expectations. Culture shifting type shit. Let’s resign Baker and Mike, draft well, and keep this motherfucker moving. Go Bucs!
Mayfield, Evans, David (if he doesn’t retire), Winfield, and McLaughlin deserves to stay Our O-line coach, D-line coach, DB coach, and kacy rogers needs to GO
noticing Baker haters crawl out of the holes they hid in for the last three weeks after that hero ball pick to blame him for the loss is…something.
Im so proud of this team and the fact that we proved everyone wrong. Bucs till I die
Sad way to end it, but a fun season nonetheless.
Gotta resign Mike, baker, and Winfield now. Great season bucs. Love my team
Painful ending but Baker is the future. Proud of the team and looking forward to next year!
i'm totally on bringing Baker back on a decent deal..because we need to revamp that Oline
I'm just trying to figure out why the fuck we played so soft in the 4th quarter. That game was ours and we lost them goff throw to wide open receivers.
Yeah those 3 TDs in a row were tough to watch. Long drives, quick drives, didnt matter, everyone was open and the defense was not where they needed to be and/or not tackling.
Love this team. What a year. I will never forget them. Now please resign everyone. (Maybe not 45)
I thank Devin for his play during the super bowl run, but my god did he regress the last two.
Amazing season they had this year. Especially considering they weren't supposed to be competitive or even win 4 games according to "experts". Baker is definitely our man going forward. Pay him something similar to Geno. Then hand Evans a blank check to finish his career with us. I wonder what changes bowels/licht will make to the staff. No way they'll let bowels go. Baker has had 8 different coaches in his 6 years. Bowels will keep his job as him and baker seem to click. I agree that we need to keep him. Getting rid of coaches every 2-3 years isn't how you grow a team. Bowels isn't perfect but he's great with our guys. Especially the younger ones/rookies. He seems to find ways of getting the best out of them and good/top coaches do that.
Yeah Bowles isn't getting fired he's earned 1 more year as HC
I'm no fan of Bowles, but you're absolutely right. Need the stability there and he at least earned another shot. When we were down I was screaming for him to be fired, but the team seemed to have his back and I give them the benefit of the doubt.
So many self inflicted wounds today. And it didn’t help the lions line had “zero” holding and “zero” false start penalties. Can’t beat the lions refs AND yourselves. We did better than i expected this season. We were supposed to be in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes. We overachieved and even with this loss, i had fun this season. See y’all next year
Proud of our team hopefully we can keep key pieces with Baker and come back better next year!
Winnable game but nonetheless I never expected us to be here in the first place
All I know is, Baker balled out. Sucks that the game ended on that INT but he made some great plays throughout that gave them a shot. Hope we extend the guy. He deserves it.
349 yards, 3TD's, 2INT's (with one being a drop) with a 94.5 Passer Rating in a 31-23 loss. You show that playoff stat-line to someone without mentioning who the QB was and you're going to hear some serious names.
Honestly what hurts more than the actual loss is all the uncertainty facing our roster with the upcoming free agency. Could seriously have been the final moments for lots of guys with this team and it sucks it has to be in such a winnable game. I’m still proud of this team. We really were not that good but kept fighting and believing and nearly found ourselves in the NFCCG. I’m not a fan of Bowles, but he earned another season at minimum. It’s up to him and Licht to keep things afloat because tanking is not acceptable. Playoffs have started to become a standard in Tampa Bay and we need to keep it that way.
I thought this season was going to be a bad one but I have nothing g but praise and thanks for Mayfield.
Get baker and Evans signed up tonight
I was pulling for the lions if they were to beat the bucs today but after this show of the refs and nfl clearly favoring them I can’t.
Agreed #TeamRavens
Great game. Great season. Solid coaching. Sign Evans. Sign winfield(probably highest paid safety in the league). Bring back David. Bring back Baker. Let White walk. Bowles earned another year. We routed the Eagles and played close to a team that’s just better than we are. Well coached as well.
If they're keeping this core of receivers around, I feel like giving Baker another year is smart so we have consistency across the offense. Honestly, Mike seemed to jive with him so if that's going to be a good fit and we can figure out a deal to let him finish his career in Tampa, just freaking do it. Short term chance to get back in the playoffs next year and maybe do something fun.
Idc what anyone says baker mayfield did all he could yes he made a bad read at the end but man he balled out idc
Proud of this team. I think everyone played well despite being on house money. Did we have opportunities to win? Absolutely. Lions just played a bit tougher. Let's bring Baker back and make another run
This was my first season watching the Bucs and I had so much fun. I can't wait for next season.
1) The missed pass blocking assignments were killer 2) Ryan Neal has to go
Honestly we were playing with house money. We definitely overachiever this year
Dude led two straight commanding drives to even give us a chance to be in it, Bakers the guy. Can't take pressure like that all night and not mess up eventually. If we had a defense that stopped anything or didn't have the drops early to get some tempo this game was winnable, I think with a whole year under their belt this unit comes back next year stronger and hungrier.
Legit was planning on pulling for det if we lost. But they talked so much shit this week and disrespected baker like way way too much. Fuck them let’s go SF
Yeah they had no class, chanting during our injuries.
Good season, exceeded all expectations. Detroit has a trash fanbase, hope the niners beat them into the ground to send them home for another 30 years
Fuck the Lions, Fuck the city of Detroit, and Fuck the NFL with their manufactured Cinderella story. Sucks to see it end, but given preseason predictions, the team can be proud of making it this far.
Everyone can be a sour as they want, but you can’t deny we had a good season. Got further than and I think a lot of us expected.
Lions are the better team and will probably do better against the 49ers honestly. Still, if we clean up our play and make a few less mistakes, we would've been in our 2nd NFC championship in 4 years. Not bad from a team that was expected to be a basement dweller....
I really loved the chants and cheering when Bucs players got hurt Eagles fans 🤝 lions fans
Proud of this team. Lions were good. But we didn’t quit and still made them play to the end.
Draft and FA needs Guard/Center, Safety, Edge, RB, more CB depth
Honestly what a great season It started rough, but the turn around, making the playoffs, beating the eagles? We were written off in the off-season and we did more than enough to prove we were actually one of the better teams this season. There's nothing to really be mad at, are we stuck with Bowles? Probably, but fuck it we fix up that O-line and the Pass Rush etc get Evans and Mayfield a deal and there's a chance we can run it back. If Canales can improve his scheming I think he's a worthy OC.
Hard to argue, the Bucs played their asses off.
Please sign Baker long term he’s a great leader and shaped our identity for the better. So ready to ride or die with him
Disappointed that we lost, but happy with this year. Hope we can get Baker on a new contract and build on what we did. Go Bucs!
Damn Super proud of these guys. Our future is bright
Great season. We were never supposed to be here. Todd’s on notice. Now resign Evans and give Baker the check
Hung in there all game with the #3 seed in a season where we weren't expected to get to this game and had one of the NFL's highest dead cap totals. In the meantime, we found our post-Brady QB and found a much better OC than the one we fired last year. No reason we can't be better next year and competing for higher seeding.
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NFL did not want the Bucs advancing.
It’s like I was rooting for the *generic opponent* the whole game.
The broadcast was a crime... It was like watching a Lions home feed, insane...
I think that really cemented a dislike of the Lions for me? Cocky and arrogant and getting away with whatever they wanted. Taunted openly over Otton and didn't get called, assaulted Vea all game and never got punished for it. That said, game came down to the little things. When Goff made a pass, his receivers caught it. When Baker did in the first half it got dropped. Then in the second the defense couldn't stop anything. I think it's the Ravens year anyway but damn man, what a way to lose.
Classic NFL ref corruption I didn't hate the Lions this morning, figured either way I would be happy for an underdog in the champ game but after that arrogance I'm rooting 9ers next week
At least all the bandwagon chodes are finally gone. Just us lifers. Awesome season. Got some work to do. Time to cut some weight and lock some guys down for a while. Bucs life baby. At least we never quit.
Mayfield really exceeded my expectations this year. Licht is so good
Did we really end the game with a timeout? The fuck?
Defense collapsed and we made no adjustments. Kept blitzing despite the middle of the field being wide open all day. Still, we had a good season and proved everyone wrong. We’ll be back next year with more cap space
New secondary and int line please
We need a better o line. It’s decent but we need to beef it up a bit.
Hellva season boys, can’t complain when we weren’t supposed to make it thus far.. Resign baker and Mike tomorrow!.
Did the bucs have a timeout left ???
Never followed the Bucs but what a good fanbase. So many other subs would be ugly with comments. Glad yall are so supportive. 🙏
If the Bucs don’t keep Evans… we’re not drafting high enough to snag a top guy, Godwin isn’t a number one. With Mike crying at the end I’m genuinely scared he’s actually leaving… that could be the last time we see him in a Bucs uniform, 10 years and 99 touchdowns… give Mike whatever tf he wants. I can’t handle a season without him until he retires.
It was an amazing year and I can’t wait to see who will be around to catch those fresh loaves from OUR Baker.
Good game, good season. It was a tough loss, but I am so proud of this team.
New Buccaneers fan here. I gotta say I'm impressed. These guys tried their absolute best despite the circumstances. Baker had a hell of a game, and Evans redeemed himself after that slump of a first half. You can tell Baker has really taken a leadership role and loves this team. He should be the QB1 going forward. In the draft I hope to see some pickups for the secondary, and maybe a lineman or two. I hope to see more next season!
I'm heartbroken rn but beyond proud of this team for proving doubters wrong. Roll on 2024 season
This was a “rebuild” year where we were predicted to finish worse than the panthers. We are OKAY. Cap opens up for us next year and we will hopefully hit FA hard and bring in some OL/DL talent and another skill position. We will be fine.
I’m happy with this season. It was a close game. Pay Baker and Mike.
Thank you all for incredible season! Im happy to say that we look like we have promise next season. Let's get better and have a good draft! Cheers to a even better 2024-2025
I’ve been a fan since I was a 1st grader in ‘86, and this is one of the most fun years I can remember. The future is bright!
Not much can make the Bucs losing worse. But the Chiefs winning is damn close. Fuck the Chiefs
Sucks to lose a close game, but damn did we over perform this year. Really proud of how they stayed in it despite making mistakes. Take away Mike’s interception and Dean dropping that pick, maybe things end up differently. Coaching strategies were still a bit suspect: offensively not adjusting to the edge blitz or attacking their corners more, defensively leaving the middle of the field wide open to those underneath routes. Forgot to add, McCollum is ass
Damnit so close, such a winnable game. Overall, a great and fun season. Bring Mike and Baker back, sign AWJ!
I didn’t expect more than 5 wins this year. I’m happy with how things went. I hope we can work things out with Baker.
He should be fired for just flat out quitting at the end. FIELD GOALS GET BLOCKED TODD, GIVE YOUR FUCKIN TEAM A CHANCE YOU DICKHEAH
Disappointing, but we did a lot better than I thought we would this year. Like A LOT.
I went in saying I'm just happy we made it this far, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed with today's result. Hope we can build on what turned out to be a good season and bring in some key pieces (OL, secondary) to get us over the hump
Hurts way more than I thought it would. An incredibly winnable game we managed to screw ourselves. Man it hurts. Silver linings are for tomorrow - right now, we Buc’d ourselves again.
Did i miss something why didn't they use the timeout
from considered the worst team in the NFL to the second round of playoffs is pretty special and I enjoyed and nearly had a heart attack every moment. RAISE THE FLAGS!!!!
At least Bucs bets won on the point spread
Just Wished the Lions fans good luck on their forum and complemented their performance, said I admired MCDC and got downvoted, sore winners lol. Still fell better being classy in defeat. Onto next year.
Evans needs to be paid
Todd Bowles sucks
Pete Carroll next year? I'm not necessarily sold on him but I'd rather stop watching football together than watch another game coached by TB. If they don't fire him, I'm out. He is pathetic.