Bowles says the answers to fixing struggling Buccaneers defense are in the locker room

APNews - 28/10
No Chris Godwin, no Mike Evans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still had a big day offensively. Instead, a normally reliable defense that seems to be getting worse as the season progresses cost the Bucs in a 31-26 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — No Chris Godwin, no Mike Evans — and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still had a big day offensively.

Instead, a normally reliable defense that seems to be getting worse as the season progresses cost the Bucs (4-4) in a 31-26 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

“It starts with me. It starts with the defensive coaches, and it starts with the players. We’ve got to play better,” Bowles said, reflecting on a stretch in which the Bucs — a top-10 scoring defense a year ago when the Bucs won a third straight NFC South title — have yielded 27 or more points in four consecutive games.

“We have to f...
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