In a game where the Bucs accounted for over 500 yards of offense but just three points, head coach Dirk Koetter revealed that he called the plays on offense for the first time this season. The Bucs were 1-of-5 in the red zone today, with one field goal, one missed field goal, and three turnovers. Koetter spoke with the media after the Bucs 16-3 loss.

(On the turnovers and lack of execution in the red zone today)
“We can’t move it like that, four-zero in the turnover margin is going to kill you every time. We had a lot of chances in that first half, just not good enough.”

(On if he will change kickers after Chandler Catanzaro missed two more field goals)
“Any personnel changes won’t come today. We’ll talk about those tomorrow, but that will be something that Jason (Licht) will have to talk about tomorrow, at any position.”

(On how much the loss hurts more with how well the defense played today)
“The defense did a nice job, the defense basically held them to 13 points. That’s a good effort by our defense.”

(On what he thought of Ryan Fitzpatrick’s performance)
“Well we just weren’t good enough as a team. That starts with me, and permeates down through everybody else on the offense. To move the ball like that and come up with three points, you’re just not going to win that way.”

(On if he’ll take a longer look at Jameis Winston this week)
“Of course, yes.”

(On how demoralizing it is to the players when a makeable field goal is missed)
“That’s hard to say that, it’s hard to say. Definitely we’d like to make them, but it’s hard to put a number on that.”

(On what Ryan Fitzpatrick had to say about his interception in the third quarter that was near their goal line)
“That was a play that we hit in the very first drive of the game, the DB cut across O.J.’s face right as Fitz let it go. I didn’t really get a chance to talk to Fitz about it.”

(On how concerned he is with his job security)
“I think that’s a contradicting question. It starts with me and it ends with me, that’s someone else’s decision.”

(On what his message is to the team now)
“When you get beat like that, I didn’t have a great message for the team after the game. I didn’t have a great message, we got beat, and we have to live with the consequences. That’s just life in the NFL and we have to live with it.”

(On after beating the Saints in New Orleans and defeating the Super Bowl champion Eagles to start the year, if he thought he’d be sitting where he is today at 3-6)
“I don’t think of it that way, it’s week to week, you try to do the best you can that week, and you make the best of it. We weren’t good enough today, that’s plain to see.”

(On if Todd Monken continued calling the plays on offense)
“I called the plays today, the whole day.”

(On why he decided to call the plays)
“Just my own reasons.”

(On if this was the first game he called the plays for this season)
“It is.”

(On the chances that Jameis Winston starts at QB next week against the Giants)
“We’ll talk about all personnel issues tomorrow.”

(On when he threw a challenge flag late at the end of the game if he thought that he had a timeout left)
“No, that was on me. I knew we didn’t have any timeouts, that was on me.”