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Bucs have been mainly flops since 2003

Posted Nov 23, 2009 by Ira Kaufman

Updated Nov 23, 2009 at 10:22 AM

By IRA KAUFMAN
TAMPA—If that Super Bowl victory seems like eons ago, here’s why.

Overall, the Bucs haven’t been a very good team since 2003. In fact, they’ve been lousy.

Tampa Bay has played 106 regular-season games since that glorious Super Bowl rout against the Raiders and the Bucs have managed to lose 60 of them. That 46-60 mark since ‘03 represents one of the worst cumulative records in the NFL and Tampa Bay is also 0-2 in the postseason during that span.

The Glazers say they are in the NFL to win championships, but this is the seventh consecutive season that the Bucs have failed to legitimately be in the hunt for a Lombardi Trophy.

The Bucs have won only once in their last 14 outings, yielding an average of 30 points per game since defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin announced his departure to the University of Tennessee last December.

Only Detroit has allowed more points than Tampa Bay this season as the Bucs battle the Rams, Browns and Lions for the dubious honor of picking first in the April draft.

If the Bucs don’t show improvement down the stretch, the Glazers will have to think long and hard whether the current front office and coaching staff can be trusted to execute this massive rebuilding plan.

New Orleans is simply a far superior team, but Tampa Bay’s opponents the rest of the way have a combined record of 31-29, including a rematch on the road against the 10-0 Saints.

The Bucs admittedly took a step back Sunday, but any players or coaches who intend to return in 2010 had better shift into overdrive in the next six weeks.