Hey gang, I'm no michaelbot but I wrote an article for BN breaking down how Lovie's teams have fared following blowout losses and how they've done after prolonged losing streaks.The charts look a little better here: http://www.bucsnation.com/2014/9/26/6849193/numbers-that-may-only-interest-me-lovies-losing But here's the text -Numbers that may only interest me - Lovie's Losingby JC De La TorreI don't know if these will interest anyone else, but I did some research on how Lovie's teams have handled blowout losses in the past.First, this seems to have happened a lot to Lovie's teams over his career. There will be clunkers, folks. It just seems to happen.11 times Lovie's teams suffered a loss of 20 or more points. The good news is the following week, they posted a record of 7-4. So typically, they bounced back. Previous to Thursday Night, Lovie's worst loss in the NFL was a 45-10 loss in 2009 to the Cincinnati Bengals. The next week, the Bears bounced back and pounded their oppenent, Cleveland, 30-6.2009 was a particularly bad year for the Bears, where they suffered not one, not two but four losses of 20 or more. They were 3-1 following those losses.This isn't to suggest the Bucs will beat Pittsburgh this week, but I will say that only once in 11 attempts were the Bears blown out again following the previous blowout loss.Lovie's Blowout Losses2006 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 34 Lost the next week 29-212007 Dallas Cowboys 10 34 Lost the next week 37-272008 @ Green Bay Packers 3 37 Won the next week 27-32008 @ Minnesota Vikings 14 34 Won the next week 23-102009 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 45 Won the next week 30-62009 Arizona Cardinals 21 41 Lost the next week 19-102009 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 36 Won the next week 17-92009 @ Baltimore Ravens 7 31 Won the next week 36-302010 New England Patriots 7 36 Won the next week 40-142011 Seattle Seahawks 14 38 Lost the next week 35-212012 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 32 Won the next week 28-10While researching this, I saw some other interesting anomalies. The Bucs are currently on a 3 game losing streak under Lovie (we're not counting the 3 game losing streak to end the season by Schiano, so in a sense the Bucs are on a six game skid, by I digress).Lovie has had losing streaks of three or more games six times in his NFL career. His teams have never made the playoffs in seasons where he had a losing streak of 3 or more games. The best finish was Lovie's final year in Chicago where the team finished 10-6. The worst was his first year, where they finished 5-11.Year Losing Streak Length Final Record2004 two four game losing streaks 5-112007 3 game losing streak 7-92009 4 game losing streak 7-92011 5 game losing streak 8-82012 3 game losing streak 10-6
