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The BUCS Gave Week 1 Away

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Word Up

What the people inside the building are actually saying.

"There were multiple players who could've made a game-changing play."

Todd Bowles — On The Notion That All The Blame For Week 1 Goes To Baker Mayfield

"Y'all said I couldn't cover, right? ... A lot of people wanted to doubt me... I knew what God made me I could do, and it was a matter of time until God put [it] on display"

Josiah Trotter — On Quieting His Doubters In His NFL Debut Pick Six

"Give the ball away four times... you shouldn't be in a six-point ball game, but we were. So there's some positives, but come on dude, that was not the performance we were looking for... just sloppy play overall."

Ronde Barber — Discussing the 23-34 Loss to the Bengals after 4 fumbles lost

"This one falls on me... they had, I think, 17 points alone off my turnovers... turns out to be a one-score game, six points. So offensively, that's frustrating when you know when you do something like that when you're moving the ball up and down the field."

Baker Mayfield — On Taking Responsibility For Week 1 Loss

They Out Here Sayin'

Rumors and hot takes circulating this week. Read, don't repeat blindly.

Circulating

Buccaneers’ nonexistent pass rush gave Bucs fans déjà vu in Week 1

After a game with 4 turnovers, including 3 consecutive drives with fumbles, some people would still rather focus on the imperfections of the defense and blame them for not doing enough to overcome the highly unlikely odds

Circulating

The Baker Mayfield Contract Remorse Overreaction

It wasn't hard to predict. The questions and angst associated with signing Baker Mayfield to an extension became louder and deeper after his bad outing in Week 1.