I was in a bookstore this weekend and saw that Michael Lewis, one of my favorite authors, had written a new book, The Fifth Risk. I pulled a copy from the stack and started reading the inside flap.
“There is an upside to ignorance,” Lewis writes, “and a downside to knowledge. Knowledge makes life messier.”
We’re eight games into the Buccaneers 2018 season. The blinding euphoria from the early-season wins over the Saints and Eagles has faded. The Bucs have shown us what they truly are: a mess. A hot, stinking mess.
Sunday’s 42-28 loss to the Panthers was more than a game.