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That mess on the field at Raymond James on Sunday afternoon was beyond description, but we'll give it a shot anyway. We'll give it a great effort because on November 13, 2011, the Buccaneers decided not to, they chose to sit this one out.

The team simply decided not to show up and the result was a 37-9 embarrassment that left Raheem Morris sullen, shameful and taking total blame for this one.

Morris is an easy target, he's the man who is charged with getting this team ready to play and it was obvious from the opening 80-yard touchdown by the Texans that his team was not ready and as the game went on, his guys also showed that they weren't willing or able either.

The worst thing you can say about a professional athlete is something that involves the word "quit."

Tell a pro he quit and it's throw-down time. That is a fighting word.

But there was no fight in this Buccaneers team on Sunday.

They quit. They quit on Raheem, they quit on their fans, they quit on each other.

Back in 1976, the Buccaneers were most often out-manned and out-talented, it was expected. We didn't expect miracles back then and don't expect them now, but what we expect out of this 2011 version of the Buccaneers is effort. These lads are highly paid, many are high draft choices.

What you got on Sunday was laughable.

Every one of of them should return their game checks today, or at the very least, donate them to a local charity as not one player on this team earned his money on Sunday. Put the coaching staff in there with them as well, this was a total team meltdown.

The Glazers should do the right thing and return the money that fans paid for tickets to this fiasco. It would be the right thing to do because they paid to see a professional football game and got only 50 percent of one and that would be from the now 7-3 Texans, who could have scored 50 on this sorry Buccaneer team.

All the player radio shows should be cancelled this week. We don't want to hear any more excuses.

Better cancel the Raheem Morris show as well, we're tired of him telling us that his team has to get better when it is obvious that it is getting worse.

These players are off on Tuesday, which means they have two days off this week because they took Sunday off as well.

The NFL Blackout rule was a blessing. It would have been a shame to waste a beautiful Florida afternoon indoors watching the Bucs poop on themselves.

On the radio, play-by-play commentator Gene Deckerhoff made it sound so very rosy. When it was done, Deckerhoff had the gall to declare: "I never saw this coming."

Shame on you, Gene.

Color commentator Dave Moore tried to keep it real, you could hear the frustration in his voice, you could imagine him biting his tongue, rolling his eyes. He wanted to tell it like it was but he couldn't, he's paid by management not to.

But Moore did question the effort he saw. Guarantee that if you saw Moore around town this week, that, off the record, he'd voice total disgust with what he saw and he'd flat you tell you he saw guys quit out there.

There's that word again. Quit.

This team better do a lot of soul-searching between now and next Sunday's visit to Lambeau Field.

This giant airliner of a football team is spinning out of control, heading straight toward the ground and Raheem Morris is struggling with the controls.

The "crash warning" buzzer is sounding loud.

And it should be.