To say the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a bad game Sunday against the Chicago Bears wouldn’t be 100 percent accurate. It was much worse than that. The Buccaneers were completely dominated on the field, losing the contest 48-10. It’s the type of performance that should lead to a lot of people getting fired.

If you think we’re being harsh, those aren’t even our words. That’s exactly what Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter told reporters after the game.

Koetter said, “Based on that game today, we couldn’t make enough changes. We should fire every person who was on that field today, starting with me. That was horrific.”

That’s a brutally honest assessment of the loss. And it wasn’t the only critical statement Koetter made following the game.

Were the Bucs really bad enough that the head coach felt it was appropriate to call for his own firing during the postgame press conference? Kinda.

Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky threw for six touchdowns in the win. He managed to set the Bears record for most passing touchdowns in a game before halftime.

And it wasn’t just that Trubisky was able to shred the Bucs defense. The Bears receivers were somehow getting wide open play after play. Some of that might have been due to clever offensive scheming, but some of it may have also been terrible defensive play.

Offense was tough to come by for Tampa Bay. Ryan Fitzpatrick’s magic seemed to run out. He was benched mid-game for Jameis Winston, who threw a touchdown, but added two interceptions. The Bucs offensive line had issues with Chicago’s pass rush. Khalil Mack was once again all over the place, picking up a sack, a forced fumble and tipping a pass that led to one of Winston’s interceptions.

With the loss, the Buccaneers dropped to 2-2 on the season. Though the loss to the Bears was horrific, it’s not like the team is in a terrible spot moving forward.

Maybe Koetter’s speech inspires the Bucs to go on a run after their Week 5 bye. Maybe he isn’t around to see that if the higher-ups decide to follow through on Koetter’s postgame comments.

– – – – – – –

Chris Cwik is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at christophercwik@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Chris_Cwik

More from Yahoo Sports:
• Pete Thamel: One awful play ended Penn State’s party vs. Ohio State
• Meet the coach who cut Brett Kavanaugh
• Europe thrashes USA in Ryder Cup
• Baltimore’s $161M player finishes with worst batting average ever