NFL Panic Meter: Buccaneers have been miserable for weeks and it cost them 1st place in the NFC South

The Buccaneers aren’t finished. If they beat the Dolphins in Week 17 and the Panthers in Week 18, they will win the NFC South. But if they don’t win the division, a lot of questions will be asked moving forward. The first one will be if coach Todd Bowles should return. It was inevitable, after losing offensive coordinators Dave Canales and Liam Coen to head coaching jobs, that the Buccaneers wouldn’t hire an offensive coordinator that was instantly among the NFL’s best. Josh Grizzard, this season’s offensive coordinator who was promoted after Coen left, has come under fire. But if Bowles needs a great offensive coordinator to succeed, maybe ownership would question if he’s the right...