The loss means that if the Panthers beat the Saints and then the Bucs either the following week or in the final game of the 2025 season, then the Panthers will be division champs. Because of that, and after a quick glance at the NFC South standings, the Panthers are leading the race, clearly.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles unleashed a profanity-laced outburst, calling his team's blown lead "inexcusable" after a stunning fourth-quarter collapse.

After Thursday night’s loss to the Falcons, during which the Buccaneers blew a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead to lose their second home game to an eliminated division rival only four days apart, Tampa Bay’s head coach let the expletives fly during his post-game press conference.

Instead, the Buccaneers suffered one of the most embarrassing losses of the season as the Tampa Bay offense faltered while allowing Kirk Cousins and the Falcons to mount a 15-point comeback and a 29-28 victory. After the game head coach Todd Bowles went on an expletive-ridden rant that caught the attention of the masses.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers head cocah had quite a [familiar] rant following the Buccaneers’ loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

With two home losses only four days apart to division rivals who had been eliminated from postseason contention, the Buccaneers have now lost five of six, slipping to 7-7 and (for now) second place in the NFC South.