A season can turn ugly fast.
Since the Bucs won their opener, they've lost by 33 points, blown a 10-point lead and pondered the resiliency of the human condition.
Tampa Bay's 37-32 loss last Sunday to the Rams so closely resembled other recent defeats — turnovers, porous defense, missed kicks — that coach Dirk Koetter has openly suggested the team needs a culture change. It's not the worst possible start for the Bucs, but it's close.
Now the defending Super Bowl champions and their merciless defense come to town. Like a car skidding toward a deer in the road, the outcome feels inevitable.