TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going through the type of freefall that ends up costing coaches and players their jobs.

Turning a 28-14 fourth-quarter lead into a 29-28 loss to Atlanta on Thursday night was the latest debacle during a stretch where the team has dropped five of the last six games since starting 6-2.

The Bucs (7-7) still control their playoff hopes despite falling a half-game behind Carolina (7-6) in the NFC South. They face the Panthers next week and again in Week 18.

But this team doesn’t seem capable of going on a run. The Bucs need an overhaul and coach Todd Bowles sounded like someone who knows he’s in trouble.

“There’s no …. answer for it,” Bowles said in an expletive-filled postgame news conference. “No excuse for it. That’s what you tell ‘em in

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