Even the edge of a playoff picture was too much for Lovie Smith and the lads.
The Bucs couldn’t stay in frame, or focus.
Just when they were least needed, the clowns returned _ those bumbling fools, the ones who make crucial mistakes, who take points off their side of the scoreboard or add them to the other side, the hapless crew that comes up short when it matters. All that and less in a 25-12 loss at Indianapolis. Euphoria over. Reality back on top.
It was probably too good to be true. I mean, Atlanta lost to Minnesota.