The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2022 campaign ended Monday night in a blowout loss to the Dallas Cowboys. It was a fitting end for a Todd Bowles team that struggled to find its footing all season.
The same issues that plagued the Bucs all campaign reared their head on Monday night. Tom Brady, behind a still-struggling offensive line, generated diddly squat until it was too late. The run game remained laughable. The defense missed tackles and allowed the Cowboys to gash them with little to no pressure. And Bowles stuck to his conservative game plan, punting anytime he could and never giving his club an edge.
In need of overhauling the operation, Bowles rejected the notion that the Bucs needed to enter a rebuild, Kevin Patra of NFL.com reports..
"Never rebuild. You always reload," he said following the loss, via the official transcript. "You feel like you have a chance to win every year. You've just got to tweak some things from a schematic standpoint all the way around -- offense, defense and special teams. Obviously, no one ever comes back with every player on the team, so we'll have some new faces in here. That's just part of the game."
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