TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Fixing Tampa Bay’s struggling defense won’t involve wholesale lineup changes, nor will Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles consider another play caller other than himself.
“We look at personnel changes every week and see what’s best for us,” Bowles said Monday, reflecting on a stretch in which the Bucs have lost three of four games and allowed 27 or more points in each outing. No opponent scored more than 26 through the first four games, which helped produce a 3-1 record.
“Sometimes we can’t do anything, but we’re doing everything this week to try to put the guys out on the field that will hopefully help us get better and kind of go from there,” Bowles added. “If we don’t have them, we don’t have them, but if we have them on the team, we’ll definitely try to put them in there.”…