John Romano: If things don’t change, judgment day may be coming for Todd Bowles, Buccaneers

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By John Romano, Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — Eventually, the scoreboard gets everybody in the NFL.

You can hide behind inexperience for a while, you can point at injuries for a spell, you can claim the salary cap, the schedule or the phases of the moon were at fault for a variety of stumbles. But as the losses and heartbreaks begin to accumulate, all those rational explanations begin to sound more like excuses.

Postseason losses caught up to Tony Dungy before he could win a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay.

Back-to-back December swoons cost Jon Gruden not long after winning a Super Bowl.

Interceptions did in Jameis Winston, and a losing record was too much for Tom Brady.

It makes you wonder:

Are the Bucs and Todd Bowles nearing a similar inflect