Yarcho’s Pick Six: Whupped In The Windy City That was horrific.

No excuses Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hoodie , no justifications. Absolutely, unequivocally pathetic. The NFL’s number one offense was completely shut down while the 31st ranked defense made Mitchell Trubisky have the best game of his career - past or future. No way Trubisky ever plays this well again. Ever.After starting 2-0 the Bucs have lost their last two by a combined score of 78-37. At the end of the day, it’s inexcusable. It’s indefensible. It’s sickening.Let’s pick six.Six Topics Suitable For Conversation1.) Mike Smith Has To Go - Some may view this as an overreaction, but look at the track record. One of the NFL’s worst defenses under Smith in 2017 and so far through 2018, there is no justification in keeping Smith around. Even if promoting Brentson Buckner in an interim role proves that he isn’t the guy, the defense can’t possibly get any worse under his leadership. This defense has far too much talent on it to play this poorly - and when you allow Trubisky to throw six touchdown passes in one game after he had nine in his career thus far, it’s time to go. Koetter has to know this, but may be protecting his bestie by deflecting blame away with his oh so clever postgame quote; “We should fire every person that was on that field today, starting with me. That was horrific.” I understand the Buccaneers are missing Vernon Hargreaves, Chris Conte, Jordan Whitehead, they lost Carlton Davis during the game. The secondary is young, yes. But that performance was bush league. The last time the Bucs fired a coordinator in season was 2009 when OC Jeff Jagodzinski was fired following the preseason leading to Greg Olson’s promotion and DC Jim Bates was fired in November, allowing then head coach Raheem Morris to take over play calling. Time for it to happen again. Absolutely indefensible.2.) Jason Pierre-Paul Is So Good - No one seemed to be talking about it, but for a brief moment JPP was tied with Khalil Mack for the NFL lead in sacks. He has been an absolute force on the defensive line and in the locker room. He said he took this loss personally and we saw him getting on the rest of the defense’s butts on the sidelines. Just have to hope he doesn’t lose that fire. The Bucs need it.3.) Encouraging Signs From Ronald Jones - RoJo got a lot of second half work and the signs are positive. It looked like there were some opportunities where he was just a fraction of a second away from breaking off a big play. He finished with ten carries for 29 yards Cheap Customized Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jerseys , but only took one hit for a loss where Ali Marpet was beat badly off the snap. It had to be a confidence building afternoon for Jones and his future role with the team. Gotta work on that pass catching, though...4.) Winston Looked Rusty, But Solid - Some of the timing was off and he looked indecisive at times, but overall Jameis Winston looked pretty good given the circumstances. He did throw two interceptions, but on the first one his arm was hit by Mack, leaving the pass fluttering and easy pickings. On the second, he appeared to just leave it short on a poor pass. Winston had a lot more time in the pocket than Fitzpatrick did, but the Bears were dropping seven into coverage leaving little to no open passing windows. It was the right move to get Winston some live game reps as he will need that under his belt before taking the snaps in Atlanta following the bye.5.) Bye Week Comes At Perfect Time - A lot of people hate the early bye, but for the Bucs this is the perfect time. Start off on fire just to crumble the last two weeks, the Bucs need this week to regroup before taking on division rival Atlanta. Whatever that regrouping consists of - defensive changes/adjustments, practice for Winston to get that timing down again, whatever. This could spiral out of control as we’ve seen in years past if they don’t reevaluate and make the necessary changes.6.) Get Healthy - Missing Beau Allen and Jordan Whitehead hurt. Losing O.J. Howard and Carlton Davis in the game didn’t help. Bucs need to get healthy so they can get back to form. The defensive line and secondary injury bug is making things far more difficult for this team to compete. Can’t keep losing key pieces and expect to win games.Six Numbers To Consider19 - Number of times the Bucs have given up 400+ yards under Mike Smith; 4-15 in those games12 - Teams since the merger to give up 139+ points in the first four games. None of the other eleven made the postseason40 - Percentage of Mitchell Trubisky’s career touchdowns thrown on Sunday vs. Bucs69 - Years since a Bears’ QB had six touchdown passes in a game80 - Winston’s completion percentage3 - Weeks until the Bucs play at homeSix Ways To Get Through The Bye Week1.) Enjoy a family outing on Sunday without the stresses of watching Mike Smith’s defense2.) MLB PLAYOFFS!!3.) Enjoy the start of the NHL season4.) Read the thank you letter from your liver that you aren’t subjecting yourself to something that made you want/need to drink. Heavily.5.) Take a deep breath and realize that the first two weeks of the season is far more indicative of this team’s talent than the last two weeks. It’s gonna be okay.6.) Cheer like crazy for the Steelers, Redskins, and GiantsSix Song Monday PlaylistHere are the six songs to fully encapsulate the 48-10 loss1.) “Sunday Bloody Sunday” - U2 (Pretty self explanatory)2.) “Return Of The Mack” - Mark Morrison (Marking the return of Jameis Winston)3.) “Party Up” - DMX (Ya’ll gon’ make me lose my mind, up in here http://www.authenticstampabaybuccaneers.com/cheap-vinny-curry-jersey , up in here...)4.) “Numb” - Linkin Park (How most Bucs fans feel about Mike Smith’s defense...)5.) “Three Little Birds” - Bob Marley (‘Cuz every little things gonna be alright)6.) “Good Times, Bad Times” - Led Zepplin (No matter how I try I find my way to do the same old jam, Good times, bad times you know I had my share)Six Super Bowl Bets**Results from Sunday Night Football not complete at time of writing**1.) Los Angeles Rams - Going undefeated. Change my mind.2.) Kansas City Chiefs - Offense overcomes any and all defensive shortcomings3.) Jacksonville Jaguars - Dominant defenses win championships4.) New England Patriots - That lull wasn’t going to last forever. Sony Michel is the truth5.) New Orleans Saints - Week one loss, since then have found a way to get it done16.) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Have to get the defensive side of the ball figured out. NOW.Six Final WordsLightning Hockey Starts In Five DaysJersey Rankings: NFL Color Rush When the NFL unveiled their “Color Rush” uniforms for the 2015 season I thought the idea of two teams wearing single color matching jerseys and pants was a cool idea. The Christmas themed Bills and Jets game was great. The ketchup vs mustard Buccaneers and Rams match-up an instant classic.Of course, it would have been better for me had Tampa Bay won the game, but no use dwelling on the past when we can rank it!So, I’m going to throw my best and worst Color Rush Jerseys of all time at you, and just like I’m sure some of you hated the Christmas colors or the hot dog condiments (sorry, Chicago) I look forward to reading your thoughts on these classic – and not so classic - uniform creations.THE WORSTNo. 52017 Carolina PanthersYou know what screams creativity? Wearing a jersey your franchise has already worn in the past and turning the pants the same color!If DeAngelo Williams wore the same style of jersey back when he was a Panthers running back then this isn’t new. Claiming it was part of a ‘new’ style in 2015 and then copy/pasting two more times also doesn’t make it new.Not impressed. No. 42017 Green Bay PackersI’m not saying they should have gone all yellow here, and I understand all green causes issues for those with red-green color blindness.Still, the all-white uniforms just don’t scream Packers to me.No. 32016 Seattle SeahawksPerhaps trying to make up for the problem those with color blindness experienced with previous versions, the Seahawks decided to mount a full-blown assault on those fortunate enough not to suffer from such an affliction.For you veterans out there: This is what happens when one football player gets hit by a golf cart stepping on to the field. If one Seahawks player gets overly dehydrated, Nike is stitching Camel Backs into the 2018 version. Just you watch. No. 22015 Tennessee TitansNice color of blue. Especially with that red accent. Not Houston Oilers. No. 12015 Jacksonville JaguarsPhoto by Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesWhat a disgusting color of yellow. Or Gold. Not sure what they were going for here.It’s like someone painted this and started trying to use the same color the Saints used for their numbers and then at the last minute decided to mix it with Rams yellow.Like, it’s the color of indecision http://www.authenticstampabaybuccaneers.com/cheap-ryan-jensen-jersey , or bad decisions. And seeing it on Blake Bortles just ---- Oh! I see what you did there, Nike. Bravo. THE BESTNo. 52016 Dallas CowboysThey aren’t really all one color considering the shoulder edging is blue, and it definitely resembles the older uniforms from the early days of the Dallas Cowboys.Still, it’s modern and new enough to count and the clean look gives it a clean finish when capped off with the classic silver lid. No. 42015 Tampa Bay BuccaneersOf course, this is the only color rush jersey in my closet, but it comes in as fourth best on my list.The all red is solid and the reflective numbers don’t look as bad as they do on the current uniform when worn in contrast to this uniform.It’s a strong showing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is one of the few uniforms in the series which justifies it’s three-peat performance. No. 32016 Pittsburgh SteelersClassic black and yellow won’t ever be wrong. The two colors just mix so well together. However, in this case the jerseys had the choice of going with more black or more yellow.Who would have thought such a simple thing as filling in white with yellow would look so good. No. 22016 Cincinnati BengalsThe only thing that could make these uniforms look bad is seeing Chris Baker dancing in them.For the Bengals, all white with black stripes is a little weird at first, but it’s just enough creativity while staying close to home to make it work.No. 12016 Denver BroncosPhoto by Sean M. Haffey/Getty ImagesA little bit of new with a little bit of old. Those orange jerseys and uniforms with the throwback helmet which isn’t quite the same color so it’s still new while being old. Man!By far my favorite uniform combination. I’m a sucker for throwback helmets, and the hint of newness to them just takes it over the top. Alright folks, there’s my worst five and my best five. In 2018 the teams won’t be forced to wear their color rush jerseys but reportedly have the option to do so as an alternate uniform option.Which teams do you want to see bring theirs back for another trip to the field, and which ones should be trashed?Of course, we’ve got the ever-popular fan edits which float around each year, so which of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform alterations have you seen and like?