Todd Bowles: No Rebuild
January 17th, 2023
Zero interest in a rebuild.
More than a couple of Bucs fans want the team to tank in 2023 (and play Kyle Trask?) so the Bucs can begin a rebuild, presumably with quarterback Caleb Williams or Drake Maye.
(Joe has no problem with #CollapseForCaleb.)
Bucs coach Todd Bowles made it clear that won’t be happening.
He was asked after last night’s season-ending loss to Dallas in the wild card round if the Bucs should tear the roster down and rebuild, or should the team just reload?
Bowles didn’t mince words: “Reload.”
“Never rebuild,” Bowles said. “You always reload. You feel like you have a chance to win every year. You’ve just got to tweak some things from a schematic standpoint all the way around – offense, defense and special teams.
“Obviously, no one ever comes back with every player on the team, so we’ll have some new faces in here. That’s just part of the game.”
Joe can say this right here and right now: If Team Glazer next year (not this spring) wants to draft a franchise quarterback, Joe has no trust in failed offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and Bowles to develop one.
Bowles had two high-draft-pick quarterbacks in New York (Sam Darnold and Christian Hackenberg) and both busted out. Leftwich had first-round draft pick Josh Rosen in Arizona and he busted out.
That’s 0-3 between those two with first- or second-round quarterback picks.
No thanks.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:02 am
Did he say reload? Lolololololol.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:04 am
Lol what a clown, joe, I have zero confidence Todd can do anything competent much less develop a QB.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:06 am
How embarrassing this defense looked this game should absolutely confirmed firing Todd what an epic failure.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:08 am
Isn’t defense Bowles strength? Look at the game plan last night. Time for both Bowles & Lefty to go!!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:09 am
I hope everyone enjoyed the ride with Brady. Now, reality kicks in.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:10 am
We are the laughing stock of the league with Todd and his band of tools
Fire Bowles and all of them today!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:10 am
One thing he can be competent at . And that’s being in over his head ! This whole coaching staff is an embarrassment & so are most of the players with the exception of maybe 5 !
January 17th, 2023 at 8:12 am
We will be rebuilding whether Bowles calls it that or not.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:12 am
Tweak somethings?? He says like it was a close game. You need to change 99% of what was shown during the whole season. Fire the entire clown staff. Stop this madness.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:14 am
To be fair all three have proven to. It be NFL starting QB’s.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:14 am
No rebuild… really… what game were you watching Coach? The game I saw demanded a complete teardown of the teams philosophy and playbook. He should be beyond embarrassed after that showing. They weren’t even competitive.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:14 am
LOL
The 2023 will be one ugly season with Brady not there along with alota familiar faces on the roster……..losing season again
It’s a Bucs Life!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:16 am
Our coaches the great non communicators
Give me some fired up coaches motivators.
Excitment!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:16 am
Go after Derrick Carr….. then Draft offensive lineman in the first two rounds.
We need a starting Left Tackle and Right Guard.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:18 am
All we need is some new coaches, a quarterback, offensive linemen, a third wide receiver, defensive linemen, linebackers, a few DBs and a kicker! The good news is we’re $50 mil over the cap. Yes, this is a rebuild and it should start with the coaches
January 17th, 2023 at 8:18 am
I think Brady will stay, he’s not going to the west coast and has made that abundantly clear in his podcast.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:19 am
FIRE BOWLES NOW, OR WE WILL BE RELEGATED TO MEDIOCRITY AT BEST.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:19 am
Fire him… Don’t let him touch anything else..
January 17th, 2023 at 8:20 am
The first tweak is to have Todd clean out his office. His team has done nothing this past season to put any faith in his ability to be the motivator and leader to the team. He failed miserably when he had bye weeks, teams playing guys off the street and playing teams that just fired their coaches.
The first mistake the organization made was promoting him to head coach. Now that they will have an offseason to interview and meet with coaches that have a better vision for the team, then they can do the rebuild.
There isn’t much to reload. Mostly players to cut or try to trade. It just didn’t workout the second time around for coach Bowles.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:22 am
Brady ain’t staying in an Organization that will be a fire dumpster of a roster come this season…..no way
I think he’s tired of getting hit so much
January 17th, 2023 at 8:26 am
Not sure why you would reload when its clear the coaching staff cant manage the talent they were given this year. There should have been an offensive mind leading this team, not a lame azz DC who still thinks its the 90s. The OC they bring in is likely to be his successor if they have any kind of success, so just rip the bandaid off already. Lovie 2.0 is even lamer and more boring than the original.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:29 am
Sure hope the next thread we see is . They Have Been Fired!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:30 am
Reload the gun pointed at bowles and Leftwich. Wish ya well boys just won’t be here!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:30 am
Tweak some things?! This season, with the roster we had, was a disgrace. Not so sure Bowles deserves another shot if this is what he thinks.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:31 am
STUPID IS WHAT STUPID DOES!!!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:31 am
I think we’re stuck with Todd Bowles for another season….given The Glazers history of Head Coaches…….
January 17th, 2023 at 8:33 am
My treat if they fire both of them! I rather have no coach then these two.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:34 am
Sorry. Very little to no chance of competing with Todd at the helm. Even in our own division, everyone will have better draft picks than we do. Brady will be gone. NO will have a new QB. Carolina is on the rise. ATL, who knows. Time to get a new coach. We will be lucky to not end up in the division cellar next year.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:34 am
According to PFF – BL has been FIRED!!!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:35 am
This roster is not good. Only made the playoffs in a bad division. J licht cannot draft impact players and build a long term roster. Need to clean house this off season.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:36 am
You lie? Panhandle Buc Says:
January 17th, 2023 at 8:36 am
Please be gone — we do not want a wasted 2023
January 17th, 2023 at 8:36 am
On the upside, with this staff , they can try and give it their 100% and we will still have great draft picks.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:37 am
Is Todd and the Band of Bowzos still here? If so I could care less what they do.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:38 am
Some random thoughts:
Fire entire coaching staff
Hire Sean Payton
Let Brady walk, if he’s so inclined
Acquire Derek Carr
Clear all dead wood from O line and defense
January 17th, 2023 at 8:39 am
I gave the source – why lie?
January 17th, 2023 at 8:40 am
Flush this turd.
What do you expect will be different next year?
This guy is an average coordinator, awful HC.
Fire the staff today. Starting with BA.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:40 am
If it wasn’t for Brady we wouldn’t even have made it to the playoff. I can’t believe they gave the keys to these two coaches.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:41 am
Lol !!!!!
Denial!!!
Fire sale and trade any player
Total rebuild
Amputation!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:41 am
Don’t get mad at Bowles. He’s been absolutely consistent. He’s a substandard head coach who is utterly set in his (limited) ways. He always will be be this way. Get mad at Licht, the Glazers, and Arians for allowing him to fail upward.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:42 am
As you read the comments, I have not seen one that says”stay the course” we as buc fans deserve a better chance. Todd “toilet” Bowles is a good defensive coordinator. Head coach not so much. FIRE him and let’s stop him from sinking our ship into another lost decade. Not even upset about last night knew it was coming
January 17th, 2023 at 8:43 am
My apologies I read it wrong I thought/hoped it said TB ( Todd Bowes) had been fired. I guess wishful thinking overcame me. Sorry. @Panhandle Buc Says:
January 17th, 2023 at 8:43 am
Jason Licht needs to hit the road too, there is ZERO alignment between Bowels and Licht on the way they want a franchise built, Licht got lucky that Brady showed up Only 2 players on the bucs should not be available for trade and that is wirfs and the rest should be made available, and it includes Mike Evans and that hurts to type that
January 17th, 2023 at 8:43 am
Toilet Bowles + Trask = #1 pick
January 17th, 2023 at 8:43 am
Although Bowles has proven he isn’t the guy, he is correct in saying we need to re-load (for a different coach). We will tank regardless of who we have with him at the helm. Focusing on the O-line and receivers this draft will help in that re-build. But Licht will find a way to suck.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:43 am
If the Glazers don’t fire Bowles, the message to fans is that the owners don’t care about winning. Bowles was set up for success this year and he failed miserably. I do not give him any credit for the division title. The Bucs backed into the playoffs and last night’s game proved they had no business being there. I keep reading the Joes write that because Bowles didn’t get to pick his assistants, he deserves a second season. What would make anyone think the results would be different if Bowles had his own assistants? I know the Glazers have never fired a coach after one year, but this is not the usual case where a coach was hired to build a winner from nothing. Bowles took a winning team and ran it into a ditch. One year is enough to prove he is not the right coach for the job going forward. The Bucs need to cut their losses and move on.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:44 am
Seriously? “Reload” starts with firing this clown and his entire staff. Face it: if you can’t win with Brady, you can’t win. Period
January 17th, 2023 at 8:46 am
Most first round QB’s seem to fail, the oddity is when one DOESN’T
January 17th, 2023 at 8:47 am
Todd Bowels doesn’t want to be a head coach, he wants to be a defensive coordinator. You can tell because he still wants to call all the plays on defense and not fix the offense. Todd Bowels WILL NOT CHANGE. He will not make gutsy calls or play no risk it no biscuit football. It will be more of the same next year and I have absolutely NO FAITH in him to change for the better. We need an offensive minded head coach who lets the DC and OC call the plays while he manages the game.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:48 am
Please Brady, stay or go, inform the Glaziers that this coaching staff sucks and has to go…
January 17th, 2023 at 8:48 am
How many how many more examples do Glazers need to give this entire coaching staff the boot? There is NO one part of this team that has played well. We have a kicker who bombs kick and that’s about it.”Tweaks and schemes” The man is a loser as a coach and leader of men. Stands in his sideline pose while one of HIS men lays on the ground injured. Never went onto the field until the Cowpies coach showed more concern than him. He even got showed up in an injury response! These clown coaches need to be gone immediately!
January 17th, 2023 at 8:49 am
Fire them all. What they did to the offense is criminal and unforgivable.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:51 am
LEFTY GOT THE BOOT, BUT TODD WILL BE BACK
January 17th, 2023 at 8:52 am
All sources claim Lefty getting the axe. Heavy, bleacher report. USA Today Steelers now etc.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:52 am
Why would we trust Jason Licht to rebuild anyway?!?! He moves up for kickers and this years 1st round draft pick’s biggest contribution was taking out our pro bowl centers knee while in half pads.
He did get Tom here but there also weren’t a ton of choices. Tom did the rest. Just wait and see who decides to stick around post-Tom.
He did get Bruce here, but then Bruce got to control the staff thereafter by getting his friends a job.
If we rebuild, start in the front office.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:52 am
Leftwich to be fired….Likely OC for the Steelers……lots of luck with that.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:53 am
What is wrong with you guys? Lovie part 2 will do a great job next year.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:53 am
Blows said he is going to call Brady to see what his intentions are. I heard Brady changed his VM to: ” Hi this is Tom, I can’t come to the phone please, leave a message unless your coachless Bowles then go eff yourself, lose my number!”
January 17th, 2023 at 8:53 am
Can someone tell me any logical reasoning for keeping Bowles? He failed with a “stacked” team assembled to make a run. Nobody will want to play here and no decent coordinator will come. Ya he’s just going to all of a sudden look like a good coach with a far less talented roster. Get real
January 17th, 2023 at 8:54 am
This team is void of any high end talent outside of Wirfs. Time to clean house and that includes Licht.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:59 am
Most media sources claim they will keep Bowles. I think it would be a Super Blunder. It will lead to even more calamity and disaster for our team. Shattered and tattered.
January 17th, 2023 at 8:59 am
Reload, rebuild, whatever. If this fool is running it, it will be a failure.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:00 am
It’s really hard to get the number one pick with a competent head coach, and we need a year to run some cap off the books, so Reload it is.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:02 am
With Bowles as HC, Sam Darnold may end up becoming a Buc.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:04 am
Bubby Says:
January 17th, 2023 at 8:52 am
Why would we trust Jason Licht to rebuild anyway?!?! ”
Jason Licht is the BEST GM we have ever had. Not even Rich was better.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:06 am
Sure would be nice to have a Josh Allen or Joe Burrow type to keep us nationally relevant for many years to come. I’m thankful for this whole Brady thing but it’s already tiring going in to every off season with a sense of impending doom. Things need to stabilize. We’re kinda old and slow across the board. Idk if I’m really a fan of the actual construct of the team. We need to get bigger, tougher, faster, younger. I want the Bucs to build a brand other than us being a truck stop for old free agents. It can be done. No one has been more irrelevant or boring than the jaguars – but they’re, dare I say kinda trendy and cool right now. Idk what Bowles os talking about with this reload thing being 45 mil over the cap and not particularly talented or athletic anymore
January 17th, 2023 at 9:06 am
I can’t see anyone wanting to be the OC for Bowles, but maybe you tell Todd Monken he’s got a shot at being the successor if he comes.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:08 am
Did Bowles keep himself as DC while head coach in NY?
January 17th, 2023 at 9:09 am
Doctor_Berto Says:
January 17th, 2023 at 8:54 am
This team is void of any high end talent outside of Wirfs. Time to clean house and that includes Licht.
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Well, that is wrong. We’ve got talent all over the place. Injuries were why we had to rely on 3rd stringers all year (promoted to starters).
Coaching is the root cause of them not playing well.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:09 am
With Bowles the Bucs will be at best, semi-competitive next year. Less than mediocre, We will end up like Houston with Lovie. My 8 Ball says: Outlook not so good. Predict last place NFC South. Brady is prolly on a fast plane to anyplace but here.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:09 am
I’m sick of defensive minded coordinators as head coaches. This is an offense run league now and 2001 Ravens or 2002 Bucs won’t work anymore. Defensive minded head coaches are not creative, do not take chances, and have bad to middle of the road offenses. Lovey and Bowles are prime examples. Let them just stay defensive coordinators where they belong.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:11 am
If Bowles remains, the Lefty will to…if not, they will promote from within.
New coach = all new staff.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:11 am
Hire Gordan Ramsey! LMAO! Did you see the blank stare on Bowles and Byron Sandwiches face last night? Clueless! Bye man! Maybe they can make a Ham and Cheese, but I doubt it!
January 17th, 2023 at 9:12 am
Bowles has to go. He would have been a good coach in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s when a defensive coach with his philosophy of score 14-17 points a game and we’ll win with defense that hold the opposing team to 10 points a game but in the 2000’s the game changed in favor of of the offense. The rules are made to score points and if you don’t score at least 24 points a game you are doomed to mediocrity. Bowles was given a team that under Arians averaged 30 points a game & he turned them into a plodding team that averaged 17 points a game. This is all on Bowles, as bad as Leftwich is as a Offensive Coordinator this is all on Bowles philosophy as a Defensive Coordinator & next year will be worse if we keep this coach.
Come on Glazers listen to the fans and jettison this entire coaching staff and bring in a Offensive Head coach. Maybe even Sean Payton as we’ve seen the Saints will let Carolina talk to him so why not Tampa?
January 17th, 2023 at 9:12 am
Here’s an idea…since everyone wants to tank…make the woman asst coach HC. Make history.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:13 am
Don’t really care what he says, because he shouldn’t be the one making those calls next season. Bye Todd
January 17th, 2023 at 9:13 am
We’ve got some heartless players to be rid of even if Brady does come back.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:13 am
with 55 million over the cap, the bucs mismanaged the salary cap. They can’t sign a QB. Their plan was to play Trask while they get out of the 35 million cap hit that Brady imposes next year. Expect 2-4 years of sub 500 records. By then, most of the staff will be new.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:14 am
Bonzai, who outside of wirfs is high end all-pro type talent? Evans is getting old, Devin white kinda sucks, lavonte is too old. Missing anyone?
January 17th, 2023 at 9:17 am
Hey Joe(s): Time for the FIRE TODD BOWLES (Bowels) Poll…..not a Confidence poll, a “Should he be fired poll!!!”
January 17th, 2023 at 9:17 am
“We’ve just got to tweak some things”, such as replacing the entire coaching staff.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:17 am
I have faith in Todd delivering us the #1 pick in 2024 so I ain’t mad
January 17th, 2023 at 9:19 am
Winfield
January 17th, 2023 at 9:19 am
I agree with Bowles. Bucs fans have resorted back to our loser mentality. We don’t need to rebuild. This team has too much of at least a decent core to think about rebuilding. Licht needs to hit big in the draft. He must draft some players who could contribute next year.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:20 am
What is the value of a coach who can squander a defense like ours like he did? The same applies to Leftwich about our loaded offense, but in a far worse way.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:22 am
Dean, Edwards, Mason, Stennie, Wells, Hicks, David, Julio, Gholston, and Brady are the only free agents of note that are up. Miller, Gabbert and etc. will play for peanuts cause nobody will want them.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:22 am
Byron and Brett Maher hanging out at a Hooters in Tampa after the game.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:22 am
Tweak things?
You had all training camp to tweak things. From game #1 of the preseason it was obvious the offense was broken. The entire regular season it was obvious the offense was broken. Every week it was the same lip service of ” we talked about it, and this needs to be changed”. Low and behold, the next week was the same issues.
Sitting on your hands with your phalanges up your rear end isn’t tweaking, buddy.
If Bowles and Leftwich are still on that sideline next fall the Glazers will be tweaking their bank accounts to compensate for an empty stadium.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:24 am
Nobody… I mean nobody… that has watched the games for 30 or more years, would remotely think that changing the OC would solve the problems this team has. Our D picks have been marginal. And don’t think that Todd hasn’t had a large say in that. Game planning, motivational leadership, game time decisions. NONE OF THOSE WILL CHANGE WITH TODD AT THE HELM. So let’s get real.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:24 am
Leftwich also had Winston….couldn’t make him serviceable. He’s had Trask, can’t get him to QB2 status. The Jags dodged a major bullet not hiring him, he would have train wrecked Lawrence’s career with his square peg/round hole play calling.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:25 am
They will not fire Bowles. I’m telling you that right now. Next year will be awful no matter what. They will use the year to fix the cap, find a journeyman QB, and let Bowles go down with the ship. Then next year will start the rebuild.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:25 am
We have the worst o line in football
We can’t run or pass pro
54 is done
Secondary is marginal
D line ?? Below average
The biggest problem…
People think the guy who is the head of personal decisions is doing a good job
Jason licht is awful
January 17th, 2023 at 9:26 am
delusional
January 17th, 2023 at 9:26 am
LOL Rebuild? Are you serious bro? The bucs are over the cap and you have over half of your defense as pending free agents. Sorry its time for the Bucs youth movement. Need to get young across the board. The draft should entirely focus on the trenches. Build the front line on both sides of the ball. As for QB just admit that was a waste of a pick in 2021 on Trask in round 2. Should have been building the defensive line after that Super Bowl win in the 2021 draft. The first 3 picks imo should have been defensive players just to be for this moment when the new league year starts in March.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:29 am
With Bowles as HC, a deliberate tank job won’t be necessary.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:29 am
Spot on big Bucs
Problem is who is driving the draft car mate
January 17th, 2023 at 9:31 am
Let the firing begin
This playoff appearance was a fluke of randomness
The team played poorly all season and was lucky to get to play Arizona without a pro qb and back into the playoffs
Time for a rebuild with a new foundation – build the base first (new coaching and new culture)
January 17th, 2023 at 9:33 am
This team is so screwed it’s not even funny. The losing culture is going to infect this locker room worse than MRSA real quick when Brady moves on/retires.
Wirfs, Winfield and maybe Vea are keepers.
Everyone else should be on the market.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:34 am
Where in the written history of mankind does it show that Tampa can develop a rookie quarterback?
Nowhere, that’s where.
Ready my lips no Rookie Quarterbacks in Tampa!
January 17th, 2023 at 9:34 am
Assumingh Lefty is gone what good OC will want to work as Bowles assist with Gabby and Trask as his QB?
January 17th, 2023 at 9:34 am
Seems everyone forgets that the consensus was that Brady demanded that Arians be replaced. Bruce had said some bad things about Brady in the press.
Brady brought this on himself to some extent along with the retire and unretire fiasco, and the limited practice demands. As well as humiliating guys on the sidelines.
Bowles and the coaching staff need to go. But maybe Brady too.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:35 am
Not firing both Bowles and Leftwich would be like wiping one ass cheek only. Shet still there. FIRE THIS CIRCLE JERK SHET SHOW.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:35 am
Agree with Bowles, we should reload. But not with him or Leftwurst. Coaches need to be canned today. We need a younger veteran QB that is mobile. OL. DL, and TE.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:36 am
We were one Cooper Kupp play from the Super Bowl last year. What changed between last season and this one? No B.A. Lost a couple O-linemen (Jensen most of the year). Lost Pierre-Paul, Suh, and Whitehead.
Out of all of those no B.A. and O-line seem to matter the most. Draft O’Cyrus Torrence and get a new O.C.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:39 am
Eric Says:
January 17th, 2023 at 9:34 am
Seems everyone forgets that the consensus was that Brady demanded that Arians be replaced.
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That was later determined not to be true.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:42 am
It looks like by keeping Bowls and only replacing 1 clown the owners are setting up a sale this coming year after they get rid of MU. I bet 24 will be the year of new owners.All the owners are doing is trying to keep the show on the road til then.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:42 am
Well, if BL is fired but Bowles remains then the new OC better be able to get at least 35 points per game because Bowles defense sucks and is as much to blame as the offense. If Licht and the Glazers can’t see that then I hope the BUCS lose every game next season. Pfffft
January 17th, 2023 at 9:46 am
Who is drafting The players ???
It starts and ends with that person
Go through the roster and U will see it
January 17th, 2023 at 9:48 am
Todd Bowles … “Never rebuild, you always reload. You feel like you have a chance to win every year. You’ve just got to tweak some things from a schematic standpoint all the way around – offense, defense and special teams.”
The very idea of ‘tanking an entire season for a high draft pick’ is repulsive, BUT … Todd’s ‘tweaking’ this roster doesn’t cut it either. Call it what you want, but the Bucs are in for a major rebuild.
Yes we have a core of younger players who we can build around, along with several veterans whose contracts can’e be dumped (too much dead CAP involved), but that’s not THAT large a core to start with. Bucs have 26 FAs now, and have only 32 players under contract for 2023 (19 offense, 10 defense & 3 S/Ts). And several of those under contract won’t be with us next year I’ll bet because of their salaries. IOW, call it what you want, we’ll have a LOT of new faces next year because the faces that we had THIS year didn’t cut it. And since we’re already MINUS $42 mil on the projected salary CAP, that won’t be an easy puzzle to solve.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:50 am
My 8 Ball say Brady retires and go to FOX. Gabbert will start for Bowls and his new assistant clown.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:50 am
I assume Brady is going to retire. It’s the only sensible thing for him to do. The Bucs do not have anything on the bench that would qualify as even a good backup QB (you Kyle Trask people are delusional).
The Bucs won’t fire Bowles after only one season so they need to do the obvious – fire Leftwich and get a true offensive guru as the O.C. After that, they need to either really shore up the offensive line or get a mobile QB.
If they can shore up the line, I know it sounds crazy, but the best choice for QB out there is Matt Ryan. He’d love to finally have a team with high quality receivers – something he has not has in quite a few years.
If they go status quo with the O-line, the best choice in a somewhat mobile QB right now is (dare I say it?) Baker Mayfield.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:50 am
I can’t get the stoic I don’t give a F face Bowles had while Gage was down is indicative to his personality and team management. Bucs van do better!!!
January 17th, 2023 at 9:52 am
Going to be slim pickings finding a good OC that will come in here with no QB, no cap space, and a head coach that will enter the season on a hot seat. Good luck whoever wants that job.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:53 am
Dr Berto – Antoine Winfield. Otherwise I’m with you. Winfield and Wirfs are our 5 star guys and foundational pieces. Evans and Godwin are good to very good but it’s not anywhere near like 2,3,4yrs ago. Brady and offense were big issues all yr but I’m not sure any of our receivers were exactly “elite” at creating separation. Anyway, I’m with you- to me we aren’t anywhere near as talented as we like to think we are. We WERE. But like aura said we got old and slow overnight, that’s the reality
January 17th, 2023 at 9:58 am
This team wasn’t as good as the last few years and I don’t know why some of y’all can’t or won’t understand that.
January 17th, 2023 at 9:58 am
I’ve been intentionally avoiding all Cowboys fans today LOL
🫣
January 17th, 2023 at 9:59 am
Total failure on every level. I said that Bowles was playing his cards to prepare for the post season and was some savant genius about to spring the trap on other teams or that a sub 500 underperforming team is about all he can produce, and he was a lousy HC in almost every aspect of the game. I guess he answered the question for me pretty emphatically.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:02 am
TombsEN.. No S sherlock. Find that grain sorting through some cowpie? It is one thing to Win a SB or lose in the last series to the team that is going to win a SB. It is another to vastly underachieve and end up looking silly and poorly coached. But then, the cowboys have looked that way for a decade. So maybe you do know how that feels.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:03 am
Bingo Jerry. Hiring a good OC knowing that the HC is falling through thin ice and he will likely be looking for a new job in another year? Tony had that problem his last year or two. And Bowles is no Coach Dungy.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:03 am
RELOAD!!!!! WITH WHAT CAP SPACE. WE ARE $42 MILLION OVER THE CAP WITH 32 PLAYERS SIGNED FOR NEXT YEAR.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:04 am
Don’t avoid Cowboys fans, Jack.
Be a man, congratulate them.
Their team showed up Monday night.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:04 am
Why haven’t Bowles and Leftwich been fired yet?
Todd’s winning percentages with the Jets .625, .313, .313, .250. He doesn’t reload he, he empties the chamber
January 17th, 2023 at 10:08 am
Jerry Says:
Going to be slim pickings finding a good OC that will come in here with no QB, no cap space, and a head coach that will enter the season on a hot seat. Good luck whoever wants that job.
Exactly, need a clean slate!
January 17th, 2023 at 10:10 am
Jerry’s on the mark. What OC wants to come to this clown show.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:13 am
So in other words, Jerry. Just firing Lefty to somehow “placate” the fans into thinking that the biggest problems on this team are solved, is basically fool’s gold.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:18 am
Frankly, if we don’t fire Bowles and Lefty, I think we might actually be in the worst situation that we have been in during the last 30 years. Brady goes, no QB. Old team, salary cap problems, rising teams in the division well into rebuilds, worst draft picks in the division next year, rising teams in Jacksonville and Miami, and a shaky economy. Looks pretty bad.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:19 am
Trade for Derek Carr and hire a new O-Coordinator. Do that, and you’ll have a 10 win team.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:20 am
Oh yeah!? 43 mil over cap screams rebuild!
January 17th, 2023 at 10:21 am
Owners need to step down from all football operations immediately! They are bringing back Bowles, confirming they are not competent to make rational and responsible Decision on a head coach. 2023 season will be a complete embarrassment to the country.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:21 am
It’s time to send Greg Olsen packing and not a moment too soon.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:22 am
Jeff…Not with Bowles calling the shots Jeff. A defense that can’t stop the run. that constantly gets punked by average QB’s and average Receivers? Bad in game decisions from the sidelines at game time. No motivation and leadership. Loss of many FA’s and even a bigger salary cap issue with Carr’s salary and paying Brady what we owe him? Can I have some of what you are smoking?
January 17th, 2023 at 10:23 am
Jeff, did the Raiders have a 10 win team with Carr? Actually have they ever had a ten win season with Carr. He is another Jeff George, Dalton, Jamais, Tannahill etc. 2nd, 3rd tier. He can’t win.
The team needs to fire Bowles and hire a HC with a relationship with a good OC and build from there.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:24 am
Swanee… the flight of Midstate fans going elsewhere and an empty stadium will let them know they are totally wrong to bring Bowles back. Some people need to learn the hard and expensive way.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:24 am
Joe & fans can I ask a question? I’m wondering if having to many different types of receivers is the issue with TB12? One minute you have a short but speedy receiver in the game then u have a tall but slower receiver in the game then u have a slow Lenny and then a fast White. Could it be that all the swapping of different skilled and body type make things difficult for TB12? Just wondering why one throw is to high and then one is to low ect.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:28 am
True NE. He can likely only win with a Bucs 99 , full of future HOF’er, defense. And Bowles would never put a defense of that caliber on the field. He would be lucky to have one that can hold their own against good teams playing decently.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:29 am
Don’t worry with Bowels as head coach we won’t have to try hard to draft first overall.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:30 am
LVM… you need different kinds of receivers. If anything, the Bucs missed having a AB fast, quick and shifty receiver that can get open, alongside Evans and Godwin.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:31 am
If Bowles stays then we’ll probably be in position to draft a top QB next year for the new head coach!
January 17th, 2023 at 10:31 am
Report on Gage sonds OK he has a concussion and a neck injury with nothing paralyzed.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:34 am
It is just like Bowel Movement to act like he even has a say in the matter. Between Brady’s inevitable departure, aging veterans and salary cap, the Bucs will be substantially weaker personnel wise. Call it reloadif you want to, but you will be 1-16 next season and fired at the end of it.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:34 am
You can sum this year up in one word. Undisciplined.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:35 am
First thing on the priority list is to move on from Brady
January 17th, 2023 at 10:35 am
“Joe has no problem with #CollapseForCaleb”
You were bigly on Johnny Manziel. 😛
January 17th, 2023 at 10:35 am
It is tough as fans to know that we may have to wait an entire 20 months until Bowles is canned and this team is worth watching again.
He failed in New York, he failed this season. Why should we believe another season will be any different?
They could fire him now and save us 20 months of uselessness.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:37 am
Rebuild starts with getting rid of Bowles and Leftwich
January 17th, 2023 at 10:37 am
“You’ve just got to tweak some things….”
Please show me the tweaks you made this year that were worth a damn.
Hell, show me the tweaks you made AT ALL.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:40 am
This has got to be a joke. If the Bucs keep Bowles they need to play Trask and take the 2-15 medicine required to get Caleb Williams or Drake Maye.
Bowles is the worst head coach in the NFL so getting rid of the worst OC in the league will not be enough when they are going to lose the GOAT.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:41 am
The Bucs are incapable of developing a QB. They haven’t done so in their entire history. The few that have found success after their Bucs years could maybe be considered partially developed by the Bucs while one could also say their ‘development’ while a Buc was such that any improvement would be success. Doug Wiliams, Steve Young, Vinny, are 3 that I can think of who flourished after leaving and the list of failures is staggering…Winston, Frreman, Simms, Gradkowski, the guy from Maryland whose name escapes me, Leaf in his short time here. There’s been so many I can’t remember. There’s one from the past (Craig Erikson) who I saw develop back in the Wyche days. You could actually see him progress and it was fun. Other than that I cannot recall a QB who these clowns drafted that you can say were developed into a franchise QB.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:42 am
I think Glazers take a shot at Bill O’Brien…..possibly Payton. If you can get an elite coach for a 1st rd pick who can lure Brady back and develop another QB, I think Bucs have to consider it. Brady likely has 2 more years in him….that’s plenty of time to draft and groom a replacement. If Brady doesn’t return, we’re still prett darn attractive to other available QBs.
We stick with Bowles and his conservative philosophy, job is a bit less attractive and frankly some will assume he could be fired if he produces another disappointing season.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:44 am
Sadly this roster is aging too much at this point… And the dead cap… If you do anything less than a rebuild at this point it feels like we would just end up sucking it at best being mediocre for longer instead of biting the bullet. We need a huge youth infusion
January 17th, 2023 at 10:44 am
If Bowles comes back there will be a mass exodus from the stands. The whole team has become a dumpster fire in one year. Unbelievable!
January 17th, 2023 at 10:51 am
No one is mentioning how the defense Besides the 1st 2 series , awful,slow, lost and embarrassing!!! Where were the turnovers, ludicrous!!!!
January 17th, 2023 at 10:56 am
I don’t think there will be a mass exodus of fans because the Glazers have a lot of fans locked in for at least another year. Which leads me to believe a lot of this was anticipated.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:56 am
As long as we have these inept coaches we are screwed. The only thing better than keeping Bowles and Leftwhich is if they bring Winston back on top of that. This team is in desperate need of a rebuild. A bunch of slow old guys that are constantly hurt.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:56 am
@ Upstate NY BUC
……all dedicated Bucs fans have been saying this all season long bro……
The Defense is it’s own mystical creature right now………
January 17th, 2023 at 10:57 am
Hedge your bet and hire – Jim Caldwell as the new OC
Jim Caldwell
* Years Coached: 18
* Record: 179-109-0
* Win%: 62.15
* Playoff Record: 13-11
* Playoff Win%: 54.17
Also see if you can bring in Frank Reich as the new QB Coach
January 17th, 2023 at 10:58 am
Bucs are finished for another decade. We’re screwed.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:58 am
I’ll tell you what though…..what veteran QB would wanna come to this dumpster fire of a roster right now???? I don’t any of them would unless they’re just straight up looking for a pay day.
I can seriously see a young QB under center come this new NFL season.
January 17th, 2023 at 10:59 am
Maybe 4 wins next year? The Bucs are back. 🙁
January 17th, 2023 at 10:59 am
If they tank for the 1st pick, why would you want to watch that garbage? Just like Herm said, you play to win the game. I won’t waste my time or money knowing they aren’t trying.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:00 am
Old Sombrero speaks the truth
January 17th, 2023 at 11:01 am
@ LUVMYBUCS
Jim Caldwell hasn’t been linked at all to any coaching positions????? Besides, why in the world would any established coach come to this dumpster fire???
I’m telling yall this….the Glazers will not fire Todd Bowles in order to save some pennies…….that’s just how they are.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:02 am
I thought Todd Bowles was a defensive specialist. Apparently not, time to move on from him.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:03 am
If Bowles stays, we should rename the area Stompa Bay.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:05 am
Grab the Cowboy’s OC
and make him HC
January 17th, 2023 at 11:06 am
My preference is to clean house, get the cap under control, and get some draft picks for several vets. Restock.
Otherwise, it’ll be more of the same, if not worse.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:09 am
When they promoted Bowles to HC what was the reason they gave? Was it because it gave them the best chance of winning the Super Bowl?
That’s not what was said.
They promoted Bowles to for racial equity – not because they wanted to win the super bowl. Winning the super bowl is not the priority in Tampa. They are more interested in identity politics. This is why they won’t fire Bowles. They don’t care about winning in Tampa – that isn’t the priority.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:17 am
Mike S with a HOT TAKE, and a bad one at that.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:19 am
Where is the HEADLINE?
We are All waiting for ?
January 17th, 2023 at 11:19 am
@ TheBucsAnthem
Coach Caldwell names comes up annual for HC positions around the league; and as
recently as last month he spoke about his desire to rejoin the league. Even if that means he’s on the sideline.
Of course I’m not saying we should fire Coach Bowles. But if the organization wants to move in a different direction in the future – they’re got a viable option within the ranks.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:21 am
Oh Mike. Bowles was Arians right hand man. And Lefty the guy he got off the sofa to run the Offense. He thought they were ready to take this team to the SB, and Arians politicked for them and gave the Glazers his stamp of approval. The Race angle is wacky.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:24 am
Not sure we shouldn’t look at a guy like Eric Bienemy. Don’t know why he doesn’t have a HC coaching gig yet. Maybe it is because Andy is really running the KC offense. But if anyone has a year in, year out good Offense, it is KC.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:24 am
I agree %100 with Cobraboy !
Rip off the band-aide , trade of any one of value and rebuild.
Chris Godwin has taken a beating his whole career and as much as I like him set him free , trade .
If Jenkins needs surgery someone made a huge mistake after hearing about the multiple injuries left to “heal “ on its own.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:25 am
No that’s literally what happened. They said black coaches are never given the right opportunities and this time it would be different. They were going to hand the keys of a playoff team with Tom freaking Brady as the QB over to a guy with a bad head coaching resume because it was the MORAL CORRECT thing to do.
What part of that am I getting wrong? That’s literally what happened. Did they say “We’re moving on from B.A. because Bowles is the better choice for us to win the Super Bowl?” No they didn’t say that.
This is the hard reality – this is what happened. When B.A. stepped down was it because he was done? No they had to kick him off the sidelines during game time. His heart was still invested. The whole thing was to setup Bowles – and to a lesser degree Leftwich – for success. That ended in dismal failure. You may not like that fact, but it is the truth. Accept it.
So knowing that – why should I as a fan give them one red cent if winning isn’t their priority?
January 17th, 2023 at 11:25 am
It will be said that Bowles hasn’t really had a chance. He inherited a coaching staff and given the job in mid-March when free agency has already begun. These aren’t his people. And that is a fair take of the situation.
You do have to blame Arians and Brady too. If Arians wanted to step aside, he should have did so after the Rams playoff game. Not two months later. I understand if it was for health reasons, but Arians said it wasn’t. So I’ll have to go on that. Brady also screwed this team in 2001 with his flirting with Stephen Ross while under contract in the middle of a season. I don’t understand why people are glossing over that. I don’t care if he has a falling out with Arians and I don’t care if it was Arians fault. You don’t do that! That was a selfish move. If Brady wanted out, wait till the end of the year and ask for a trade. That’s when you pull that crap…not October.
That being said, my problem with Bowles isn’t his X’s and O’s or his coaching decisions right now. My issue is he failed in most important aspect of coaching…motivation. Most of this season this team seemed to have no heart, no fight, and no care whether they win or lose. They seemed unprepared, clueless, confused, etc. That is a much more concerning problem. And a problem that needs addressing or Bowles will fail no matter who he hires or who his QB is. If he thinks the problem with this team is a few tweaks here or there to the roster and not his own coaching style, he’s in for a long and torturous 2023.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:28 am
Cobra…agree 100%. Anything else is only dealing with lesser parts of the problem.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:28 am
The defense collapsed wasn’t prepared for a playoff game. Enough of Bowles and Leftwich I say. If we can get Brady but I doubt it. Get a competent QB and we can be in the mix in the NFC south. I’m not ready for a tanking team. What a bummer of a night. I barely slept. Players must be pretty down
January 17th, 2023 at 11:30 am
Ah so now I’m being censored because I dared to speak the truth. LOL Joe.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:34 am
BOWLES NEVER HAD A CHANCE! LOL!
This was a team that just made two deep playoff runs including winning the super bowl. TOM BRADY AT QB BUT NO CHANCE! LOADED WITH TALENT BUT NO CHANCE!
HAHAHAHA!
January 17th, 2023 at 11:36 am
It’s very hard to rebuild a train wreck that caused a dumpster fire while a clown show was happening in the dumpster.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:37 am
In 6 months time all of a sudden they got old. I’m sick of the excuses. Hire a damn capable coach and stop BS’ing us all.
You see what Daboll did for the Giants? COACHING MATTERS! ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS!
January 17th, 2023 at 11:46 am
UNLOAD…
Left Foot, Bowles and Licht.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:47 am
Bad coaching did not put this team in a position to win all year. Clean house now and bring in some coaches that know how to run a team and put together a solid game plan. I am done with this team until they do!
January 17th, 2023 at 11:50 am
“Joe has no trust in failed offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and Bowles to develop one. Bowles had two high-draft-pick quarterbacks in New York (Sam Darnold and Christian Hackenberg) and both busted out. Leftwich had first-round draft pick Josh Rosen in Arizona and he busted out. That’s 0-3 between those two with first or second round quarterback picks.”
Good observation. But then one cannot say second round Trask is not the guy. One, he has not played a single down with the first team. Two, he has been “developed” by guys you say cannot develop quarterbacks.
So, we do not know. Thanks for clarifying that. 😛
January 17th, 2023 at 11:52 am
MikeS, exactly. Daboll is a good example of how a coach can turn a team around. Bowles had a good team, and destroyed it.
January 17th, 2023 at 11:53 am
Fire the whole coaching staff .. it’s bloated and useless.
Beg Brady back with his choice of coach..
Find him a tight end that gronkish..
January 17th, 2023 at 11:57 am
If the glazers want to tank just keep Bowles. After 4 years of being head coach he is what he is. A bum
January 17th, 2023 at 11:59 am
The players should also be asked why they couldn’t get motivated to play a game they are paid handsomely to perform? Coaching is bad, but good players play for themselves and their teammates.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The GoatPacker, seems to have a very astute knowledge of the game of football.
I suggest, he show up at Bucs facilities, and state his grievances in person.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:03 pm
How does Todd Bowlesack and his sidekick Leftover even have jobs this morning. I would have fired them on the sidelines last night before the game was over. They’re pure garbage. A team that started off badly and got progressively worse all season, only to end the season with more disappointment. Tampa Bay fans deserve better. The players deserve better and Jason Licht needs to fix it now while there’s still time to find a good head coach. Offer Sean Payton astronomical money and give the Saints compensation. He can make any offense good and there’s DC’s out there ready to takeover a team like this who are willing to make adjustments during a game and not get trampled because their scheme isn’t working. Todd Bowles cost the Bucs the NFC championship game against the Rams. Get him outta here, he stinks. I was wrong about him because I thought he’d learned from his first head coaching gig. He didn’t learn anything, he’s stupid.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:07 pm
All name-calling should be done in person. If a person has half a sack, lol
January 17th, 2023 at 12:07 pm
I don’t want Brady back. He made more mistakes than any player on the team and he’s lost his touch. Let’s start fresh.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:12 pm
Most of us called it before the season started. Jets South. That is exactly what we got. With Tom Brady to boot. So if the Glazer boys are stupid enough to keep him here they deserve what they get. No fans and empty stadium.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:15 pm
They had all year to make those tweaks and it never happened.. So, I can’t help but think that they either don’t know what tweaks to make or they’re not capable of making them. Either way, hard pass on seeing this movie play out again. This team is too talented to see it run in to the ground the way they were this season
January 17th, 2023 at 12:16 pm
mark2001 – you know what they say… The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Yes B.A. and Bowles have a great relationship and those guys worked very well together. Bruce himself had a role in handing the keys over, although who knows what really happen behind closed doors, but I think its safe to say this hire was more about doing something for Bowles and making sure he had his opportunity than it was about prioritizing maximum performance. Ownership should have stepped in and stopped that succession plan. If it was too late in the year to fully conduct a coaching search then Bowles is almost an interim coach and its time to conduct a real coaching search for the next phase of this team.
Was it about the feelings of the men in the room helping up a colleague? Yes, I can buy that, but they were the ones who cited race as justification. When they do that a can of worms gets opened.
Fans don’t care about the race of the HC, they care about the team winning. Hire a black coach and win, fans are happy. Hire a black coach and lose fans are unhappy. Winning is always the priority.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:20 pm
Look at the bright side. With Todd Bowles as your head coach, he doesn’t even have to TRY to tank. Just coach’em up like you normally would, Todd. Then Caleb will be here before you know it.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:32 pm
I cringed when they promoted Bowles. Turns out I was right. If he stays, and its very likely he will, next season will be unwatchable.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:34 pm
In from Oregon, went to the game, stayed to the bitter end. Was hoping to wake up to a late Xmas gift of a mass firing. GM and all. Incompetence and coaching malpractice. I could write an entire column on all the various aspects of the misery, but I’d rather hit Clearwater Beach.
January 17th, 2023 at 12:40 pm
Does anyone think that just canning Lefty will turn this team into another SB contender? Or that a great OC will take the job under “thin ice” Bowles? If so, I have some property at 100 feet below sea level out in the gulf to sell you.
January 17th, 2023 at 1:16 pm
Need a LT, LG, QBs, #3-6 WRs, and a TE. On defense, no one earned their paycheck. The coaching staff sucked, all to often the team was unprepared or was unable to make adjustments. Front office can’t draft, so they have to sign injury-prone FAs for too much money. Since the Bucs have a decent kicker and punter, a rebuild isn’t necessary. Just have to reload 45 positions and the coaches and front office and we’re good to go.
January 17th, 2023 at 1:31 pm
Plan 9 from Outer Space has boosted out of orbit and is halfway to the Moon.
January 17th, 2023 at 1:46 pm
The Glazer family seems to want to give Bowles another year considering how he flamed out in NY. I would cut him loose now. However, since I don’t write the checks I certainly hope that if next season is as bad as this, then they will definitely have to show Bowles the exit door. There is no reload and given Bowles’ track record it’s a failing strategy. Me, I’m for a total rebuild. Bring in rookies, new talent and fresh blood. Also, we need round 1 QB that we can build around for the long term. Someone like Justin Herbert. Go Bucs.
January 17th, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Never rebuild reload Bwahwahwahwahwah reload with blanks Bwahwahwahwah……
..
January 17th, 2023 at 2:00 pm
A reload with Gabbert or Trask? Blow the whole thing up including the coaches…smh
January 17th, 2023 at 2:02 pm
Keep Brady and draft big uglies. Fire Bowles
January 17th, 2023 at 2:13 pm
He’sa defensive coach and playcaller but I think the best thing he can do for his Bucs career is find a defensive coordinator who can execute what he wants to do so he can focus on the team and personnel. He is not a good head coach and being overwhelmed with duties makes it worse but I believe he is so stubborn he won’t realize it until he’s fired
January 17th, 2023 at 2:31 pm
Yes Todd, you just need to tweak somethings!! Like the offense, the defense, special teams, and mostly coaching staff!!!! Just a couple of things!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn’t that almost everything?
January 17th, 2023 at 2:33 pm
The tweaking should have started in week one!!! And during games!!! Bowles = loser!!! Tweak that!!
January 17th, 2023 at 2:37 pm
Can’t fire BL without firing Bowles. If they give Bowles another year as HC then the Glazers are not serious about winning another Superbowl, let alone the NFC South. All it would have taken was another team in the NFC South to reach a .500 record to be crowned the NFC Champs this year. Bowles got lucky because the other teams in this division were absolutely terrible. It had nothing to do with his great coaching, period! The Glazers need to look at this like a bad investment and cut their loses now.
January 17th, 2023 at 2:42 pm
Agree No Rebuild
RECOACH
January 17th, 2023 at 2:44 pm
If Bowles stays the Glazer will have to put the concessions back because they won’t need that many seats
January 17th, 2023 at 2:53 pm
Shut up, Todd. You’re a career loser. You have never rebuilt or reloaded anything, only destroyed.
Improvement for this team.starts the day that you are shown the door.
January 17th, 2023 at 3:03 pm
Hahahah Come on Joe using Donald and Hackenberg against Bowels? Because they both went on to tear it up in the league, same with Rosen….
January 17th, 2023 at 3:16 pm
If Arians wanted Bowles to be in a position to be successful, he should of left him as a DC
January 17th, 2023 at 4:17 pm
I hated the Bowles hiring from the very first minute it was announced, because it was a horrible choice based on his previous body of work as a head coach. Having said that, I now have to advocate for the Bucs not to willy nilly fire him. Why? It took the Bucs 26 years to win their first NFC championship, and then 18 more years to do it again. Rather than wait another 20 years, I would prefer that the Bucs do their homework and find a winner for a coach and not just someone who has coached before. In 46 years of history, we have had 4 good coaches, John McKay, Dungy, Gruden, Arians. In between has been a cadre of bad choices. I would rather spend another year or two with Bowles, if that is what it takes to find the next Arians. Licht needs to have a real plan in place to find the right staff to rebuild with and not chase bad candidates for the sake of change.
January 17th, 2023 at 4:28 pm
The only way HC Blow-it-Bowles and OC-No-Imagination Leftwich should be retained is if BA decides to un-retire and step back in to the HC’ing role. Otherwise, Licht fire them both and jettisoned off the plank, then order someone to FIRE THE CANNONS to let all Bucs fans know:
NO RISK IT NO BISCUIT IS BACK!
Without that, TB walks. Let’s go Bucs, fire them cannons!
January 17th, 2023 at 4:31 pm
Hey joes, let’s see how many yahoos are still left once asshole fossil Brady is gone on here. That fossilized thing lost the game last night. I bet he celebrated with Jerry Jones in his suite afterwards. Right up creepass Brady’s alley. And no, the game wasn’t fixed.
January 17th, 2023 at 6:02 pm
Why is he still here? He should’ve been canned this morning
January 17th, 2023 at 6:44 pm
I get that the Coaching staff certainly deserves a significant part of the blame.
But the elephant in the room is who is the QB next year.
TB12 is certainly starting to hear footsteps and rushing throws and making bad passes and bad decisions. Can he play next year? YES. But at what level and what cost? Not just $$$ but let’s be honest…there was a LOT OF DRAMA around TB12 this year that certainly didn’t help.
TB12 was way down the list of sacks absorbed by QB’s. 26th. Viewed another way our OL was 6th best at protecting the passer…at least statistically. One could make an argument they had a part in Brady’s obvious fear in the pocket.
OR could it be that his 45 year old brain rebelled against his body and he remembered all those decades of painful hits?
BTW the guys at the top include Justin Fields, Joe Burrow and Kirk Cousins. Jalen Hurts was also in the top ten. All but one of those guys played for playoff teams. Perhaps the NFL is no longer a place where you can build an OL strong enough like in the old days to protect statues like Johnny Unitas or Dan Marino.
Not only is age a factor against Brady it’s the evolution of the game as well.
January 18th, 2023 at 6:50 am
My friends if the Glazers bring Bowles back, I don’t feel the least bit sorry for them. The media tries to make it appear that Bowles is brand knew on the scene This was at least his 3rd year as a member of the coaching staff but his first year as head coach If the owners look at his 29-45 record with the Jets and watched him not blink for 18 games and bring him back for another losing season, they deserve it. SURELY we aren’t looking at a Hugh Jackson 2 seasons (1-31). The media would say he needs time to adjust. Don’t be surprised. At my age, i don’t have time for Todd to adjust. I want a team that can win more like the Texans, Steelers, Panthers, Falcons, Southern New Hampsire University etc etc