Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles goes on expletive-laden rant after crushing loss to Falcons

"You don't make excuses," Bowles said. "You got to f---ing care enough where this s--- hurts. You've got to f---ing care enough where this s--- hurts. It's got to f---ing mean something to you. It's more than a job. It's your f---ing livelihood. How well do you know your job? How well can you do your job? You can't sugarcoat that s---. It is inex-f---king-cusable and there is no f---ing answer for it."

Bowles said the coaches have done everything they can do, and that the players need to hold each other accountable. 

"At this point, you've seen everything in the season," Bowles said. "The coaches have done everything they can do. This is a player-driven team in the last four or five weeks. You've got to execute, and they've got to hold each other accountable."

"As a coach, you can sit there until you're blue in the face. Until they start holding each other accountable and doing the little things right - and that's not everybody, you know, we're talking about a small, select few. But the small, select few is what's getting us beat. And until that happens, it's not going to get right."

Fortunately for the Buccaneers, two of their next three games are against the Panthers, so they can still control their own destiny. The Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four straight seasons, but if they don't turn things around, that streak will end. 

They will look to bounce back when they play the Panthers next Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.