This will be the most important game of Lovie Smith’s Bucs head coaching career.
It sounds absurd. It’s only the fifth game of his second season and it’s against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and chances seem remote that the Glazers, who have been coach-firing dervishes in recent years, want to go down that road during a season.
This will be the most important game of Lovie Smith’s Bucs head coaching career.
Don’t even think about losing this game.
Lose to a fellow 1-3 team? Lose to Jacksonville? Lose your 11th straight home game as Tampa Bay head coach?