Doug Williams Names His Super Bowl Key
February 4th, 2021
So what does a legendary former Buccaneers and Redskins quarterback think of Sunday’s Bucs-Chiefs Super Bowl matchup?
Doug Williams, now a senior advisor with Washington, watched as his team fell to Tom Brady and the Bucs in the Wild Card round.
And Williams said he’s seen enough of Brady this season to believe Sunday will come down to stopping him.
“I think it’s going to boil down to how well Kansas City’s defense plays to keep Tom Brady out of the end zone and in field goal range,” Williams told SiriusXM NFL Radio.
Williams tried to play diplomat on radio, but it sure felt like he is rooting for a Bucs victory.
Todd Bowles was given his first coaching job by Williams, as defensive coordinator when Williams was head coach of Moorehouse College in 1997. Then Bowles followed Williams to Grambling State Unversity.
Joe thinks that’s very cool. Bowles is sort of born from the Buccaneers Ring of Honor tree.
Williams also said he’s “pretty good friends with Byron Leftwich,” and he’s a big fan of Bucco Bruce Arians’ hiring practices when it comes to staff diversity.
Joe agrees that the Chiefs defense has a nightmare on its hands — much like the Bucs do.
February 4th, 2021 at 3:32 pm
Doug Williams.
Still one of the darkest moments in Buc History, letting him go.
Glad to hear he is doing well in Washington.
I was in the stadium, when we lost the NFC title game 9-0 to the Rams.
Doug broke his jaw, and couldnt finish the game.
And then Hugh Culverhouse refused to pay Doug enough to keep him.
Williams to Jimmy Giles and Kevin House was fun to watch, but that Defense was incredible!!!
Dougs right. Chiefs gotta stop Tom Brady.
Of course- Bucs gotta stop Mahomes.
Gonna be a heavyweight fight, with 2 heavy punchers.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:50 pm
Capt Tim I was at that game also. I was right below the press box staring at Jayne Kennedy as much as the game. I was a teenage boy after all. Oh and Tom Landry was in the booth also.
February 4th, 2021 at 4:59 pm
I know Brady’s called the GOAT, deservedly so too. But as a Bucs fan from the day the team joined the league, Doug Williams will always be the first QB name I mention when someone asks me who was the Bucs best QB all-time.
I was so proud of him when he became a SB MVP Champion with that now nameless team in D.C., and shame on Culverhouse for the way he treated him. God bless you Doug for persevering and providing so many fine memories!
Let’s Go Bucs!
February 4th, 2021 at 5:17 pm
He is right, and I don’t think KC has the tools to stop Brady with the number of “tools” he has at his disposal.
Next question is, do we have the tools to stop mahomie?
I think yes!
February 4th, 2021 at 5:24 pm
Williams and Lee Roy missed the 2nd half of the NFC championship game. 10 points from the Super Bowl. So close, a magical season just 2 years from 0-26.
February 4th, 2021 at 5:43 pm
i was at that ram game as well, also the eagle game, and yes i do consider williams the now 2nd best QB we ever had, right behind brady, with a nod to brad johnson who got us our only lombardi, with our stellar prolific defensive play, good days then good days now, enjoy it peeps, it’s not going to last
February 4th, 2021 at 6:16 pm
Come on. Jay Miss was clearly the GOAT when it comes to Bucs QBs. Right Ndog?
February 4th, 2021 at 7:07 pm
When I think about Doug Williams, I can still hear Mark Champion, the Bucs Radio announcer at that time doing play by play and saying “And there goes the franchise” lol as Mark was describing Doug scrambling for yards. Mark said this many times, I am sure some still remember this also. GO BUCS!!!!!
February 4th, 2021 at 8:32 pm
Captain Tim, I too was at the 1979 NFC Championship game. However, that was not the Rams game Dougie broke his jaw. That happened in 1978 at the Coliseum in LA. Mike Rae replaced Williams in that game (we were 4-5 at the time). We lost and only won one game the rest of the season.
February 4th, 2021 at 9:33 pm
Doug Williams left the 1979 NFC Championship Game with a torn bicep.
February 4th, 2021 at 10:44 pm
You guys are right because I specifically remember Williams playing with his mouth wired shut. Couldn’t have done that if he broke it in the NFC championship game. Name a quarterback today that would play with his mouth wired shut.
February 4th, 2021 at 11:47 pm
Some here are forgetting the curse Doug Williams placed on the team, and his below 50% career completions.
February 5th, 2021 at 7:13 am
Hey Ace, I completely forgot about the bicep injury. I remember we had a TD called back, and Jack Youngblood played on a broken leg. I also remember the special face mask Doug had to wear after he broke his jaw the year before. The guy was a warrior.
February 5th, 2021 at 7:52 am
Posts like these blow me away. I’m in New England so I am not used to reading about multiple QB’s in the organization, we had the Goat for 20yrs.
February 5th, 2021 at 1:59 pm
I was in the stands in the first Bucs playoff game and watched Williams beat the mighty Eagles who were expected to win the Super Bowl. The key to the win is Williams started running toward the sidelines and throwing successively downfield. That was a big surprise cooked up by a brilliant Offensive Coordinator, Joe Gibbs. When Joe was Head Coach of the Redskins He brought Williams in to win a Super Bowl for him, and Williams did it!
February 5th, 2021 at 2:01 pm
Joe no moderation is needed! Go back and check the facts! Every word is true. I was there.
February 5th, 2021 at 2:16 pm
Joe just look up Joe Gibbs in Wikipedia and learn what he was doing in 1978. I know what I am talking about and there is no need to question my posts!!!!
February 5th, 2021 at 9:29 pm
Yeah, Doug Williams, I remember my dad saying “take it to the house Doug” and was talking about a deep pass to Kevin House. My first Bucs game was a Monday night affair Fins v. Bucs, Doug Williams led us to victory. A fan from the beginning as a little tot meeting Lee Roy Selmon at Jimmy DuBose house (who was a neighbor)