Todd Bowles Assesses Tom Brady
November 9th, 2022
There were times during the Bucco Bruce Arians reign when the Super Bowl head coach would call out Tom Brady publicly for poor play.
That’s not the vibe one gets listening to head coach Todd Bowles or offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich.
Bowles assessed Brady’s game against the Rams and concluded that he was spot on as the Bucs limped to 16 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter.
“I thought he was locked in the entire night,” Bowles told the Buccaneers Radio Network. “You know, we had some bad throws; they got a little bit of pressure. They only got one sack which is a good thing and we didn’t turn a ball over against a ball-hawking secondary. That’s pretty good for [Brady]. But we had precision throws. We had drives. Obviously, the [end zone throw] that got away from Scotty [Miller in the fourth quarter] would have been big. But at the same time, [Brady] never flinched, he made every throw he could possible make. I think he played a good ballgame.”
As for Brady’s late-game magic, Bowles says the way his quarterback dials in is beyond words.
“He’s locked in,” Bowles began. “You know, he’s locked in. He understands what he has to do, where he has to go. It’s just something that clicks. It’s hard to describe. You can’t really describe it. You can see it on the field; you can see it happening when he’s just going with precision. He’s going here, he’s going there, he’s going there. It’s just a vibe he has, and he gives everybody else confidence when he does it. And, you know, that’s just what the great ones do.”
That hurry-up, two-minute-drill vibe from Brady is superior. Even a casual fan can see that he’s dealing on a higher plane. So how about more hurry-up?
Joe gets the drawback of running a hurry-up offense, which is draining your defense if the offense is unsuccessful and off the field in a hurry. But perhaps the Bucs could find a balance there?
November 9th, 2022 at 9:31 am
Hurry up sprinkles through the game would be ideal. Not just when are backs are against the wall.
November 9th, 2022 at 9:39 am
We need to draft a good receiver out of college if the Bucs want to compete – signing aging receivers isn’t working
November 9th, 2022 at 9:44 am
The coaches owe it to the players and the fans to make whatever changes are necessary during games in order to win. Sticking with the same plan when it repeatedly fails is crazy. Other teams already know what they’re going to do.
November 9th, 2022 at 9:44 am
“He’s locked in,” Bowles began. “You know, he’s locked in. He understands what he has to do, where he has to go. It’s just something that clicks. It’s hard to describe. You can’t really describe it. You can see it on the field; you can see it happening when he’s just going with precision. He’s going here, he’s going there, he’s going there. It’s just a vibe he has, and he gives everybody else confidence when he does it. And, you know, that’s just what the great ones do.”
So then why on earth are you letting Sluggo Leftwich screw with his flow? Nobody breaks that huddle after a Leftwich play call with any confidence, but as soon as Brady gets in to tempo and calls the plays at the line their ears all perk up.
All Leftwich should be doing is feeding Brady information from the sideline and booth and then Brady should be orchestrating from the line. When he looks at his play sheet on his wrist I know its a wasted play.
November 9th, 2022 at 9:48 am
Up tempo offense doesn’t mean you can’t use most of the play clock, but it does force the defense to get set fast and limits their substitutions.
November 9th, 2022 at 9:55 am
One way of looking at it:
Brady led the team on two game saving td drives at the end. (One just wasn’t caught!)
November 9th, 2022 at 10:01 am
Would it be so hard to engineer 1-2 more 4 minute, hurry-up drives a game?
Obviously the Rams game last drive was not planned as they had to score, and quick.
But as a way to inject energy into our O, 1 hurry-up drive a half so as to not overly gas the D? We could even stretch that 4 minutes into 6 or more – just don’t huddle up, stand at the LOS to prevent subs, call play at line, wait until 5 seconds left, snap.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:02 am
Yes, gotbbucs – you and me, same thoughts.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:04 am
Scotty Miller and his speed won that game for us, IMHO
The Rams gave him such a large cushion, because of his speed.
That cushion allowed Scotty and Brady to work the sidelines, and quickly get out of bounds.
Because of his speed, the Rams did not want to take the chance of Scotty getting behind them.
If it had been either Evans or Godwin, they would not have had such a large cushion, and would have been challenged by the Rams defenders.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:11 am
mike and his semi busted rib hindered him the entire game…
and godwin has zero burst and power, and doesn’t trust his knee yet…
and neither was a true speedster from the start, they do many other things to make themselves special…
so 1 and 2 are a problem as of now, and receivers 3 and 4 from atlanta are problematic as well…
maybe scotty and cotton have gained more brady trust…
and can cyril grayson be possibly brought back in the building or nah ?????
November 9th, 2022 at 10:14 am
The Bucs didn’t turn the ball over, that’s great.
The Bucs also haven’t forced a turnover in FIVE GAMES.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:17 am
I recall Brady running the hurry up a lot one year with the pats. Not sure what year that was but if I recall correctly it was very successful. The drawbacks are obvious. Wear and tear on your offense. Wearing your defense down if it doesn’t work. It did appear LA was gassed on that last Bucs drive so you can wear down the opposing D with it.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:33 am
Bowles ideal win was the win against the Rams. 16-13 games. He prefers to run the ball and have his defense hold the opponent down just enough to squeak out a low scoring win. Thant is a loser mentality that unfortunately the players and fans are stuck with.
November 9th, 2022 at 10:59 am
Joe … ‘That hurry-up, two-minute-drill vibe from Brady is superior.’
No question that 2-minute drill (actually 35 seconds, but who’s counting) was executed to perfection. Unfortunately our offense still had to play the other 59 minutes to get to the point where that minute drive could win it.
I remember back in Training Camp when so many JBFers were convinced we’d be scoring 30-Plus points every game. I was wary of the offensive changes we’d had & predicted that we’d be closer to a 25-27 PPG average. Wow, we all badly overestimated how well this offense would perform in 2022.
November 9th, 2022 at 12:50 pm
Bowelswich will be back to the usual, utterly predictable, un-creative, same old feces they’ve been shoveling all season. There won’t be any hurry up unti the Bucs get behind by two touchdowns.
Idiots.
November 9th, 2022 at 1:33 pm
Brady called out teams effort……Brady has NEVER called out his teams effort.
November 9th, 2022 at 3:35 pm
It’s smart to run the hurry-up when the opposing D is in prevent.
It’s smarter to figure out how to get the opposing D to play prevent the whole game.
November 9th, 2022 at 3:49 pm
You can run a hurry-up offense without necessarily doing it in a hurry. You won’t prevent them from changing personnel, but if the reason you are doing it is because YOU play better, then who cares.
November 9th, 2022 at 5:11 pm
Yup Calling out his team he just watched Devon White quit on plays last week and Mike Evans tell the press after he made the worst drop in the league this year that he was he wasn’t focused for the rest of the game, on top of Leonard Fournette acting like a two year old because he wasn’t in the game even though he’s averaging 2 yards a run. It’s gotta be eating him
up inside to deal with this nonsense he led them to the promised land the first year but these guys think you don’t have to work hard and it’s been easy. Brady invented the grind of winning championships hopefully it rubs off on them at some point during the year
November 10th, 2022 at 3:55 pm
It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
You can mix in hurry up for several plays, then slow it down, go hurry up again, etc.
But that would require a halfway decent offensive coordinator to have such an epiphany.