So Sunday’s groin-stomp 26-7 loss to the Broncos was unique in more ways than one.
First, Joe remains baffled that the Bucs got blown out with the opposing quarterback not throwing a touchdown pass. That’s crazy rare.
It also was the first time the Bucs have been blown out in the Baker Mayfield era. That reality intrigues Joe because there’s no history to look to.
(Joe defines a blowout loss as losing by 17 points or more.)
If one wants to scour the 2022 schedule, Year 1 of the Todd Bowles regime in Tampa, the Bucs got blown out twice that season and lost the following week at home. Opponents in those games following the blowouts were the Ravens and Bengals.
The Bucs did not get blown out in 2021. But they did have their doors blown off once in 2020 and once in 2019 — and responded with a victory.
Before joining the Bucs, Mayfield had a 4-4 record in starts immediately following a blowout loss in which he was the starting quarterback.
