Todd Bowles Gets Physical
November 21st, 2024
So Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman wagged a finger at head coach Todd Bowles yesterday for one specific reason.
The head coach didn’t have the Bucs in pads Wednesday after the team had six days off for its bye week, followed by a Monday walk-through and a day off on Tuesday.
“I don’t like it,” Kaufman ranted on his iconic podcast.
Last week, Kaufman was adamant that the Bucs get in pads this week, which isn’t a regular occurence for a Bowles team.
Most clubs practice in pads during a week following a bye, and Wednesday typically is the day. It didn’t happen in Tampa. However, Bowles had the Bucs in pads today.
Because of injuries and short weeks, it’s been a while since the Bucs had a padded practice. All-World left tackle Tristan Wirfs said he was all for it.
“I think it’s been a great week. Guys moving around. In pads today, so get a little pop, you know, coming off the bye. So that was good,” Wirfs said.
Joe is ready to see the Bucs come out physical and nasty from the opening whistle against the Giants. And Joe is confident the Bucs will have the ball first.
If the Giants win the toss, they’ll probably put their decent defense on the field. If the Bucs win, Joe prays to the football gods for Todd Bowles to opt to receive.
Nothing would be better for Tampa Bay than getting lead on the Giants starting QB, third-stringer Tommy DeVito.
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November 21st, 2024 at 4:11 pm
Gotta love that headline and accompying photo. Lol.
November 21st, 2024 at 4:31 pm
Every Friday, Mike Tomlin has the Steelers run full-out, padded goal line scrimmages, and it’s working well for him. What does Bowles do? He has his soft team walking around running pretend football.
Trap game. The Giants are sick of Jones. Tommy DeVito will energize the Giants and they will be balling. The Bucs will need to play excellent complementary football to win. Hopefully the Bucs aren’t reading Joe, who thinks this is a worthless preseason game.
November 21st, 2024 at 4:44 pm
Last year we had an easy practice week before playing the Saints for a second time. It was said then the Saints had a hard padded practice before playing us. The result was a lopsided loss to them. Todd never learns.
November 21st, 2024 at 4:45 pm
JimBobBuc hope the Bucs are reading Joe cause then they will be reading you. The Bucs will need to play excellent complementary football to win.
November 21st, 2024 at 4:50 pm
@JimBobBuc- The Bucs could lose, but it’s not because the Giants are sick of Jones. More than one player on each side of the ball, including Dexter Lawrence, have come out and said that Daniel is the best QB on the roster and they don’t agree with the coaches decision.
November 21st, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Stop calling this a “Trap Game”, the Bucs are 4-6 and play the terrible Panthers next week. Trap games are usually games in which a good team over looks a weaker opponent and loses prior to a big game. The Bucs are not a good team, they are a below .500 team and looking to salvage their season.
November 21st, 2024 at 5:18 pm
JustOneGame- Bucs are a 4-6 team with the hardest schedule in the NFL up until this point in the season. Guess who had the easiest? The rotten dirty birds up in ATL.
November 21st, 2024 at 6:07 pm
Justonegame: it is called a trap game because of the Vegas line, not the records. Bucs are favored by 6 after opening as a 4 point favorite. The other time this year the Bucs were favored by 6 or more? Against the Broncos plus Coach Bowles is awful out of the bye, 1-5…… It is a trap game…..
November 21st, 2024 at 6:25 pm
It’s a trap for fans! Most of us think we could make a run starting this week. Reality is if we lose the season is over. No really it’s OVER!
November 21st, 2024 at 6:52 pm
So, in other words, assuming the Bucs elect to receive if they win the toss, the Bucs will receive regardless of the coin toss in Joe’s estimation.
November 21st, 2024 at 7:17 pm
When a team is 4-6 there is no trap game.
November 21st, 2024 at 7:52 pm
Bowles defense isn’t that great against rookie QBs and not great after the bye. Feel like it isnt gonna be as easy as Joe keeps saying it should be.
November 21st, 2024 at 8:25 pm
Malik Nabors is pretty scary and so are the pass rushers.
November 21st, 2024 at 10:02 pm
Even though you moderate my comment half the time I post about it… THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT ALL DANG SEASON LONG.
Of course they can’t tackle, can’t block, and don’t have the stamina 60 minutes to finish games. Todd Bowles has presided over the easiest, most pathetically soft training camp / pre season / regular season in NFL history.
November 21st, 2024 at 11:29 pm
Easy Unbelievable I think you are going to have a stroke at least wait to see if they win sunday.
November 21st, 2024 at 11:57 pm
Idk, every time I see this pic I’m reminded of my outings to the Odyssey space ship !
November 22nd, 2024 at 12:58 am
I thought this was about the HC getting sick of the horrible defense and beating the snot out of the DC. Oh well.
November 22nd, 2024 at 3:42 am
Sloppy football all year.
After what I have heard about camp cupcake and poor tackling I have seen. Not to mention the busted assignments on defense. I have to agree with the Sage on this one. Is Bowles trying to get run off?
Go Bucs!
November 22nd, 2024 at 3:16 pm
I don’t see the griping. We played VERY competitive and exciting games against some of the best teams in the league without our “stars”. We barely lost them and it was even the ref’s fault we did not win on a few occasions. I have very little negativity.