Todd Bowles: Success A Secondary Goal Friday Night
August 21st, 2024
Higher priorities.
So the Bucs will play their final worthless preseason game of the summer Friday night against the Dolphins.
Joe could point to many areas where the Bucs should want to thrive, including instilling a habit of winning.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles doesn’t see it that way. Or at least that’s not his main focus for Friday. Rather, it seems Bowles wants his Bucs to be Washington-ready following the game.
“It’s not a matter of having success, it’s a matter of playing in a game before we play a real game,” Bowles said. “The continuity on both sides of the ball, the communication needs to be there, the substitution patterns – everything like that, I’m really looking for.”
What else is Bowles seeking?
“Lack of penalties, hopefully,” Bowles added. “Those things we’re kind of looking for going into the season.”
Oh, Joe guesses Bowles won’t try to lose Friday or throw the game. But Bowles sees much bigger fish to fry than a win.
Be ready to pound the Commandos at home two weeks later.
August 21st, 2024 at 12:22 am
It’s the first time the 1st team will play as a unit, even running a vanilla offense in preseason. I agree, this game is about getting that game processing speed up to actual game standards. I’m expecting some mistakes, communication errors, blown coverages..
It’s why pre-season makes me cranky. It looks like football, but it’s still just practice.
But we’re closer. Let’s get it right and then LetsBake!
August 21st, 2024 at 12:30 am
Agree with Bowles, get ready for Washington. Secondary goal is to finalize the roster. Coen and Bowles will call very vanilla, or even misleading, plays.
August 21st, 2024 at 12:49 am
This dude should not be in front of a microphone. No wonder his team can come out flat in critical games.
Jeebus Crust
August 21st, 2024 at 1:18 am
I guess he agrees with Joe (and others) that preseason games are worthless, but I would rather he would always think about winning. At times he can always pi$$ me off. We should have a winning mentality every time we go into a game!
August 21st, 2024 at 2:12 am
Just remember that both the Lions and Browns went 4-0 before going 0-16 during the regular season. That’s the value of preseason wins and losses magnified right there. The preseason games are for evaluation only.
August 21st, 2024 at 5:42 am
Dave Pear … ‘This dude should not be in front of a microphone.’
I’ll say one thing for Todd Bowles Dave … He communicated a he11uva lot more useful information than you did. And do me a personal favor please: DON’T take the Lord’s name in vain again.
August 21st, 2024 at 5:59 am
I don’t put much stock into anything from Bowles to the press anymore. Mistake free from the first team is a no brainer. What the heck is continuity?
Wow saying nothing while using lots of english words…Is Todd on a ballot somewhere?
Go Bucs!
August 21st, 2024 at 8:18 am
Defense rules says! Excuse me I did not see the lords name in the post from Dave pear you know what that means when u ASSUME u make an ass of u & me,grow up buddy this ain’t the 70’s
August 21st, 2024 at 8:22 am
What does worthless have to do with winning he didn’t say it is worthless winning in pre-season grasp the word hyphen PRE meaning before moron
August 21st, 2024 at 9:05 am
At least the players had a chance to make the team.
August 21st, 2024 at 10:42 am
Please spare me the holier than thou high and mighty Bullspit.
August 21st, 2024 at 12:34 pm
Shouldn’t even call them games. Preseason contact scrimmage
August 21st, 2024 at 1:20 pm
Jiminy Crickets?
Jiminy Christmas?
Jeebus Crust?
Todd is double speaking, and that’s fine I guess. Just score a TD on the opener and stop them in their opener, then bring on the Commandos.
August 21st, 2024 at 2:39 pm
I don’t like taking the Lord’s name in vain, but I more agree with Dave Pear when he says, “spare me the holier than thou high and mighty bullspit!” Let’s keep the 1st amendment intact. Or find a more friendly way of asking him to stop taking the Lord’s name in vain, or better yet, not be so damn much of a snowflake!
August 21st, 2024 at 5:19 pm
Dave Pear Says:
August 21st, 2024 at 3:21 pm
Rob – the poster in question loves to pretend he has some kind of authority. The arrrogant superiority complex is apparent. Thousand word diatribes full of copy/paste content, lectures to the Joes and other posters every other post, and finally taking a metaphor and objecting to it when it was not the words he claims. Last I knew, no one calls “Jeremy’s Crust” their lord or anything else. No more than jiminy crickets.
A snowflake with skin as thin as a peach? Yeah, probably.
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Where is Harrold when you need him!………….I kid…….LOL….😂
August 21st, 2024 at 6:01 pm
I’d comment but what’s the point?
Seriously, must have had 6-8 (10?) comments not get published.
I’ll stop trying soon and that will leave room for Joe to publish more Rod Munch comments 👍🏼
August 21st, 2024 at 6:35 pm
I knew it 🤣
August 25th, 2024 at 11:51 pm
This season it is clear.
Offense rules.