Bucs' Todd Bowles drops 7 F-bombs in heated postgame presser after loss to Falcons

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There are few coaches who are more reserved than Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles.

But following the Week 15 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, a game the Bucs desperately needed to win, Bowles went full spicy.

During his postgame presser, Bowles was asked about what he will say to his players in the locker room and dropped a total of seven F-bombs when talking about the devastating loss to Atlanta.

"It's inexcusable. You don't make excuses," Bowles said. "You gotta f****** care enough where this s*** hurts. You gotta f****** care enough where this s*** hurts. Gotta f****** mean something to you. It's more than a job, it's your f****** livelihood."

"How well do you know your job, how well can you do your job. You can't sugarcoat that s***," he added. "It was in-f******-excusable. There's no f****** answer for it. No excuse for it. That's what you tell them in the locker room. Look in the f****** mirror."

Tell us how you really feel, Todd.

Bowles' frustration is understandable. The Bucs have fallen off a cliff after losing five of their last six games following a 6-2 start to the season.

What makes this loss even worse is the fact that it came against a dead Falcons team that is already eliminated from playoff contention.

Tampa Bay also had a two-score lead in the fourth quarter, but it simply wasn't enough.

Now, the Bucs f all to second place in the NFC South and into the No. 9 spot in the NFC playoff picture going into the weekend.

The Carolina Panthers are now in first place and in position to clinch the division by Week 16 if they can win on Sunday and then beat the Bucs next week.

But if Carolina loses on Sunday, Tampa Bay would move back into first place going into next week.

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