No one feels good about where Buccaneers are at

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For a player who’s made a living off winning contested catches, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans had what should have been one of the easiest deep touchdown grabs of his career Sunday at the Carolina Panthers.

The closest defender — cornerback CJ Henderson — was 10.9 yards away at the time the pass arrived in Evans’ hands from quarterback Tom Brady.

There was nothing but green grass 25 yards in front of him. And he dropped it. The Buccaneers wouldn’t score a touchdown all game.

“No one play is the sole reason you lose, but that was definitely the biggest reason,” Evans said. “I seen the life go out of us. It took me a while to get back playing. We’re taught to play the next play, but it was tough — wide open, one of the best in the game — I’ve got to catch it.”

That’s the kind of day Sunday was for the Bucs as they fell in stunning fashion to the Panthers, 21-3, dropping their fourth out of the past five games to fall to 3-4. Similar to last week’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers, they faced a one-win Panthers team they were favored to beat by double digits, led by a backup quarterback and lacking much star power.

“No one feels good about where we’re at, no one feels good about how we’ve played or what we’re doing,” said Brady, who finds himself below .500 seven games into the season for the first time since 2002.

“We’re all in it together. We’ve gotta go pull ourselves out of it.”

While multiple players sat at their lockers visibly stunned and staring at the floor in silence, coach Todd Bowles was not at a loss for words.

“We’re not playing well. We’re not playing well as individuals, we’re not playing well as a team,” he said. “We’re not coaching well. All around. We’re not scoring enough on offense. We’re not stopping them enough on defense. So as a result — we have to wear this on our sleeve. We’ve got to be grown men. We’re going to see what we’re made of — how many people can handle adversity? This is as dark as it’s…