Bucs OC Byron Leftwich: “Obviously, We’re Doing Something Well Enough To Win Football Games, Right?”
December 8th, 2022
NFL math.
Yesterday, Bucs failing offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich was getting hit from all corners with questions about why he doesn’t use a hurry-up offense more since the Bucs offense is otherwise impotent without it.
The Bucs are one of the best teams moving the ball using a hurry-up or a no-huddle offense. In two of the last three wins, the Bucs had to run a fire drill/no-huddle/hurry-up offense in the final moments and save their skin.
Of course, Leftwich does not like direct questions concerning his offense or play-calling. Either he will get condescending to the local pen and mic club, play extreme dodgeball where his answer has nothing to do with the question, or he’ll flat out refuse to answer a question outside of a “No” or a “Yes” answer.
Or, as in today, Leftwich will rattle off pure word salad gibberish.
Yesterday, Leftwich tried to explain that no matter what offensive stat you hit him with, they are all “fantasy football” or “analytics” and he deals with real NFL football and the only stat that matters is the score.
Here was Leftwich’s dance routine in full when asked if there was one thing he would change about the Bucs’ stagnant offense.
“I just think it’s scoring – I know you guys think I’m crazy,” Leftwich began. “We have games where we go six drives and punt – I think we’re closer than what people think. Obviously, we’re doing something well enough to win football games, right?
“This is the National Football League, there’s no pushovers. Carolina, Pittsburgh, all of them have shown us that. Right? We’ve been on the opposite end of it – there’s no such thing as pushovers. In this league, this league is about winning. It’s only about winning in this league. It’s a lot that go on, a lot of narratives that happen, but this game is about winning. So we’re trying to do whatever we can to win.
“And as an offensive coordinator, as the offensive coach, I know the one thing that guarantees the win every week is scoring one more point than the other team. Even when it’s one more point, like last week, 17-16. It don’t matter the score. Find ways to win ballgames. If you can do that enough in ballgames, you learn how to win tough games. You learn how to win 17-16 games.
“I don’t know how good we were in the past at winning those type games. I think we’re better at finding ways to win those types of games because of the situations we’ve been in, good and bad. So I think we can learn from them, move forward from them, and I think all these situations has gotten us and made us a better ballclub.”
So you’ve got that? The Bucs offense is better than last year because they toy with other teams like a cat does a trapped mouse and at the last minute, he, Leftwich, the offensive coordinator, will put the other team out of its misery just to get a one-point win.
Now this may sound all well and good, that Leftwich and the Bucs offense only need to score a handful of points late to win. What Leftwich didn’t say is that’s pretty much impossible to do when your head coach takes the ball out of the hands of the greatest quarterback of all time, a master of the two-minute drill, and then let’s the clock run out in regulation with two timeouts in his back pocket.
But yeah, the Bucs offense is fine despite the Bucs being 6-6 and only by the grace of some mystical football being, the Bucs’ division opponents are even more dreadful.
But all is well in Leftwich’s mind, you fantasy football people and your weirdo numbers, you.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:40 pm
Mr. Leftwich, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone who is a Bucs fan is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points (much like your offense most of the time), and may God have mercy on your soul.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:49 pm
Leftwich is clueless at his job offense stinks #!! I guess he’s fine with being a 500 football team #!!
December 8th, 2022 at 8:49 pm
BL Uh what!!!!
December 8th, 2022 at 8:52 pm
Thanks, Jeebs. Between Leftwich and Bowles, my candidates for the most self-justifying duo in the NFL, it’s exhausting to find coherent thoughts.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:54 pm
BL is the kind of guy that believes his own BS.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:55 pm
Why haven’t we seen TB12 revolt against this guy who’s destroying the last chance we have at another SB? Why is he hugging him after Tom bails him out time and time again? Does Tom support Byron?
It sure looks that way to me and I don’t get that.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:56 pm
I thought he was unlikable as a QB for The Bucs. He has taken it to a whole new level/low.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:58 pm
He’s such a tool. If your ego is so big, no wonder we keep making the same mistakes. We never had to eek out a 1-point victory before because we were busy scoring throughout the game- to the tune of 30 points!
BA must be going senile to think BL was ready without supervision.
You know how you win games in the NFL? By not waiting around for the GOAT to bail you out! BL has a loser mentality and his playing career echos that.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:58 pm
You know, except for one of the greatest catches of the year by the Browns receiver on 4th down to tie the game and send us to overtime, we would have won 4 games in a row. But to think for one second that our offense in doing good, man, we are in trouble.
December 8th, 2022 at 8:58 pm
Man, talked about delusional. You should not have a job right now, period. You can spin it all you like. Your job is to put the offense in the best position to score points, and the results speak for themselves. There’s nothing else to be said about it. You’re not doing a good job. The offense is not doing a good job. Be a man and take responsibility. Hang your head in shame and tell us you’re going to fight like heck to make it right. That’s what leaders do.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:05 pm
He’s a total foocking dumbass! I guess he’s happy with being near the bottom of the league in scoring, with a mediocre 6-6 record with losses to some very weak teams. Loser.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:10 pm
“I think we’re closer than what people think.”
Yeah? How close? I’m waiting like patience on a monument over here…..
December 8th, 2022 at 9:14 pm
This guy has to be fired.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:23 pm
We’re doomed.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:26 pm
I’m speechless after that interview. Does he know what the teams record is ?
December 8th, 2022 at 9:28 pm
To be fair, he was the OC the last 3 years and us long time fans appreciate that.
HOWEVER, this is a what have you done for me lately league.
AND LATELY, Byron has been confirming what we all have seen the past 3 years. A Pet Rock is only as cool as its owner, and frankly Byrons owner is NO LONGER the HEAD COACH.
Byron, shape up or ship out. YOU ARE THE WEAKEST of WEAK links……
December 8th, 2022 at 9:30 pm
I love you Joes, but I couldn’t even finish the first paragraph of this story. Leftwich is the epitome of tone deaf and I have totally tuned his happy butt out.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:32 pm
Does ANYONE DOUBT, the only reason Brady showed up at the wrong house when he got to Tampa is because Byron gave him the WRONG address?
Just imagine how different things could have been if Brady walked into any NORMAL Americans house. Let’s keep it simple and just say, the Bucs would not have won the Super Bowl.
That ALONE should have gotten BYRON launched off the Ship.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:36 pm
What a moron.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:37 pm
Please fire the boob yesterday. He and the Bowels of Todd make me sick.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:39 pm
Aaaaaah! Make it stop! Please!
December 8th, 2022 at 9:51 pm
Does he know they are 6-6? Man, dumb and arrogant is a bad combination.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:54 pm
He’ll only work as hard as needs to and he just needs to get better at knowing how hard that is from game to game.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:55 pm
Clearly Byron sees nothing wrong with his product. Sadly he will be with this team at least though the end of the season. The patience and class Brady is showing by not leading a mutiny is beyond my comprehension. I hope Tom can take over enough of the offensive play calling to close out this season successfully, it would be such a shame to waste what could be his last year or last year with the Bucs.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:55 pm
The only thing that lens any creedence to what Leftwich says is the seeming fact that Brady seems to be okay with it. As far as we know. Or he’s very good at hiding it. So we don’t know obviously how bought in he is to the schemes. But it seems like he would have made it known one way or another by now that there is a rift between what the OC is doing and what Tom would prefer to do. Strange.
December 8th, 2022 at 9:57 pm
” lends any credence
December 8th, 2022 at 10:00 pm
@Joe I have a question.
Do you think there’s any chance the Glaziers are currently exploring the opportunity of hiring Sean Payton?
They have to believe the Todd Bowles in Byron Leftwich are in totally over their heads.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:02 pm
Should have been fired on the spot after that statement…seriously WTF? I completely lost it at that last game and had to leave the offense was so bad. I was happy they came back and won but damn we looked God awful. I am still irked by that. But yup keep patting yourself on the back and see where that gets ya. Anyways. Go Bucs!
December 8th, 2022 at 10:07 pm
Wouldn’t shock Joe if they sniffed around. Not sure how good of a job the Bucs are? How long can Brady keep playing? Will Brady want to stay here? Once Brady goes, who is the quarterback? Few veteran coaches who have their pick of jobs like Sean Payton will want to go to a team where next year, two years from now you don’t know who your quarterback is.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:16 pm
you are only as good as your last game…
3 points well into the 4th quarter AND the Saints running Back ran out of bounds instead of getting the 1st down… More of the Saints failure to finish games than it was the Bucs GETTING the win….
Leftwich is so dense!
December 8th, 2022 at 10:18 pm
See this is why I admire The Joes. There is no way on this green earth that I could sit and allow this guy to answer questions like this without going at him. The offense is awful and you’ve shown NO ability to correct things or the imagination to put players in a position to win. But every week you sit up here and talk about how you want to put guys in position to win and run out the same offensive strategy week in and week out.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:21 pm
seriously how does Brady not see what idiots these two moron coaches are.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:23 pm
duh??? which way did you go? Which way did you go? uh???
December 8th, 2022 at 10:28 pm
Stupid be as stupid do.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:30 pm
This just reinforces the fact that TB12 needs to have the equipment guy disconnect the speaker in his helmet. The offense is way more effective when running a hurry up with little imput from Leftwich.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:32 pm
Hey, Byron! Remember this part?
.07% Win probability vs. the Saints with 5:34 left (Credit:NextGenStats)
“We’re doing something well enough to win football games” Hmmmmmm
December 8th, 2022 at 10:44 pm
Oh dear lord. I read this and nearly spat out my coffee. Is he tone deaf, or just not that bright? Probably both. Why are these coaches always talking.
December 8th, 2022 at 10:44 pm
Where is the 2yard slant on 1st n goal?
Where are the 20 yard comebacks on 1 st n 10 from our 20 to jumpstart a no huddle drive
Where is the idea of taking at least 4 deep shots per game just to draw at least 1 or 2 PI calls even if not completing 1 or 2
Where is scheming open superior talent against inferior talent consistently especially when the opponent is on a 3rd team starter
All of these were staples of the BA offense
This years version is just BS
December 8th, 2022 at 10:46 pm
SK, exactly. Brady can just ignore the buzzing noise in his ear, and call the freaking game
December 8th, 2022 at 10:52 pm
It’s pretty clear at this point that these coaches were riding off the coat tails of Bruce Arians. He is the real mastermind. This idiot coaches need to go.
December 8th, 2022 at 11:10 pm
This guy is a boob.
December 8th, 2022 at 11:22 pm
I’m glad that everyone is getting on the hate Leftwich wagon. Been heading this wagon since 2016 when this idiot was ruining Winston’s career, and even with Brady bailing out Leftwich, he was still an idiot. Now he’s proving what a worthless piece of trash he is.
Also, Leftwich, you’re NOT winning, that’s the problem. If the team was 10-1, then you could talk, but it’s 6-6, .500, not a winning team, moron.
December 8th, 2022 at 11:23 pm
Well, off topic but that was a great comeback by Baker Mayfield and the rams….even though i dont like them, that was a fun ending. 2 days on the team and does that…nice!
December 8th, 2022 at 11:24 pm
BTW, watching Mayfield beat the Raiders, I was laughing my a– off. Carr is a perfect QB for Leftwich, Carr is also a loser that is happy winning 16-10, which is why the Raiders just lost 17-16. Losers think 16 points is plenty, and let the defense do all the hard work.
Carr and Leftwich, both born losers.
December 8th, 2022 at 11:26 pm
oh, this was supposed to be about byyyyyroooooooon! (remember the movie Friday)
December 8th, 2022 at 11:37 pm
Blowes and lefty a complete idiots.
December 8th, 2022 at 11:40 pm
You guys are crazy with the hate.
Bucs have won 3 of 4 and have a good chance against a rookie QB with a weak arm.
True, the team has struggled on offense, but they’re fighting.
Coaches haven’t lost the players, despite some questionable game management.
Let’s see what happens the next 2 weeks.
December 8th, 2022 at 11:41 pm
Ooops, my bad, that was from madeas big happy family….its been a while, sorry lol
December 8th, 2022 at 11:49 pm
Impossible to fix stupid
December 8th, 2022 at 11:52 pm
Maybe Bowels will have Left his stale Sandwich in Tampa when the team goes to San Francisco, and Tom will have to call the plays.
Time for the Glazers to issue some executive orders.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:33 am
BL executing the Jameis quotes vibe to perfection
December 9th, 2022 at 12:41 am
Total arrogant loser.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:53 am
Alanbucsfan Says:
Bucs have won 3 of 4 and have a good chance against a rookie QB with a weak arm.
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The issue is they’ve should have won 11 of their last 12.
Also, I just watched what the 49ers did to a much better Dolphins team, and they destroyed them. Now the 49ers are inconsistent (they lost, on the road, to the Falcons), but they have a great pass rush, and even with Arians here, Brady didn’t do well if the pressure got to him. If you think the Bucs should win this game, well, you’re wrong. The Bucs should be about 7 point underdogs – I have no idea what the line is, but I’m guessing it’s like Bucs +3, but that’s only because of the Brady factor.
Going back to the record, I’ve asked the Bowles / Leftwich defenders again and again to answer the following truthfully, and so far none of them have.
If Arians as still the headcoach, which of our loses do you think we’d still lose?
GB – NO
KC – YES
PIT – NO
CAR – NO
BAL – NO
CLV – NO
That makes the team 11-1 right now, not 6-6.
You can quibble about the Ravens game, but the Bucs dominated the 1st half and if Arians was there, they’d have been up big. But heck, I’ll give it to you, and you’d still be 10-2. That’s worst case scenario with a good head coach, and Leftwich not ruining his team by NOT running Arians offense, and instead running his awful, stupid version of Arians offense. Bowles, I didn’t have much of an issue with until that Cleveland game, when he single handedly cost the team the game with his cowardly gutless decision not to use his timeouts.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:54 am
And this is why I have checked out as a passionate fan and am in the casual observer club until we get an actual NFL coaching staff. Pfffft
December 9th, 2022 at 1:14 am
Bring back Arroyo! Lol. Would be nice if guys were a little more real, a little more humble, a little more self aware and willing to own up
December 9th, 2022 at 1:57 am
Ive never seen a Leftwich interview until just now….whoa, wow. No wonder we’re in shambles,,,,lolmfao this is stupid!!!
Licht and Glazers….when are you going to do something about this?
December 9th, 2022 at 3:00 am
Translation: That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.
We win by becoming stronger? Mentally. Emotionally. Physically.
He not only is training the offense, he’s also training the fans at the same time. We have to be tough to weather this coaching staff. Haha
That leaves us fans with only the Serenity Prayer as a shield against ‘The Mastermind’.
December 9th, 2022 at 6:37 am
Yea. Half of them, you twit. Goodness this guys gotta go. Now. Already. Yesterday.
December 9th, 2022 at 8:01 am
evidently this doofus thinks that 6 and 6 is “good enough”. for him maybe, not the rest of us !!
December 9th, 2022 at 8:10 am
Why are those teams he listed pushovers for other teams in the NFL. So the strategy is to put your team behind the eight ball then HOPE the O can close it out at the end of the game? How.dies this arsewipe have a job? He wouldn’t if BA didn’t eff the Bucs over by forcing him and the other dip shat down Glazers throat.
December 9th, 2022 at 8:11 am
He played for the Jaguars, what do you expect?
December 9th, 2022 at 8:30 am
Joe, how many members of the media left scratching their heads after that interview. He would have been better off saying. Brady must be befriending him because he needs to play the moron from time to time. After this interview I am wondering if DR could be right and Bowels is just regurgitating what Byron is telling him and the O change is all on Leftnuts.
December 9th, 2022 at 8:39 am
If the offense scores just five more points in each game, we’re 10-2 right now.
December 9th, 2022 at 9:24 am
I saw his interview on the Bucs site yesterday about 1500. I was as stunned as Joe was at first, then I started laughing hysterically after I listened to it a 2nd time. Even Mrs. D-Rok said he spoke like an idiot.
At the very least, public-speaking skills are not his forte…
December 9th, 2022 at 9:42 am
Bumbling Bryon is clown stupid!
December 9th, 2022 at 11:44 am
CLOWN
December 9th, 2022 at 12:19 pm
I know Byron isn’t big on numbers but your offense is near the bottom of the league in points scored and explosive plays. If not for Tom Brady it would be unwatchable.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:23 pm
Several things to unwrap here. First as a coordinator you always put your offensive play calling two steps ahead of the anticipated defense. Step number two, learn singular and plurals while speaking the English language.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:33 pm
He’s clueless. And dumb.
December 9th, 2022 at 2:21 pm
If he means more losses than wins at years end then he’s onto something, finally. Good dammmm how’d we get stuck with this idiot all season. Pull the effing plug Joel!!
December 9th, 2022 at 3:31 pm
Jeebs, i like the billy madison quote. Leftwich sounds like an idiot. We arent winning anything because of him. If it wasnt for the defense, im afraid what our record would be
December 9th, 2022 at 9:04 pm
Yea… the no huddle…. where YOU don’t call the plays
December 11th, 2022 at 8:18 am
Obviously, we’re doing something well enough to win football games, right?
That’s right up there with The great Bill Russell once saying on air…”The team that wins is usually the team that scores the most points”…but Russell I think was joking.
Man. Glazers are you listening?