Todd Bowles: “Hunger Will Drive Us”
April 18th, 2023
Todd Bowles explains.
Finally! Imagine Joe’s pain hearing Todd Bowles talk about his team in detail and not being able to share it.
That pain has ended.
Joe’s good friend Rock Riley, host of The Rock Stops Here podcast, sat down with Todd Bowles at the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix a few weeks ago. Joe literaly was sitting on a swanky couch listening to the interview but couldn’t share it here until Rock published it in his podcast, which he did today.
Bowles touched on “the new learning” about to happen on the offensive side of the ball and how that will ignite a new fire and passion within the team.
“I think the newness of what we’re getting ready to try to do now and the eagerness of the guys going forward and the hunger will drive us going forward, so I look forward to that, Bowles said.”
Joe really buys into this. The offense was so damn flat and unimaginitive last season that radical change was necessary. Yeah, Tom Brady was in the house, but the Bucs averaged 18 points per game.
That’s a horrendous total, and every team that averaged 20 or less last season had a losing record — all 11 clubs.
The hunger for the new offense was shared by Tristan Wirfs yesterday when the team reported for optional offseason workouts.
Another thing, unrelated, that Bowles says should help the Bucs? Health. “We were injured a little bit too much the last two years,” he said.
April 18th, 2023 at 9:38 am
Ah, the injury excuses.
The 2021 team has injuries too. Won 14 games but lost to the Rams because of the stooge’s incoherence. And last year…..oh never mind. Too bad Jason is stuck with him.
April 18th, 2023 at 9:42 am
What will help the offense most is if Todd Bowles stays away….and don’t be surprised to see us drafting a TE, OT & perhaps even a RB high in the draft.
Since it’s Baker’s last chance….I think he’ll rise to the occasion Bucz offense surprises in 23
April 18th, 2023 at 9:46 am
Hope TBBF is right. They’d almost have to try hard on purpose to suck worse than last year’s Laurel and Hardy show.
April 18th, 2023 at 9:49 am
It’s painfully obvious that Bowles didn’t want Leftwich as his OC. Bowles’ philosophy is totally different from the BA’s no risk it no biscuit offense. Bowles wants to control the time of possession by running the ball. He doesn’t want inefficient deep shots on third and 2.
April 18th, 2023 at 9:52 am
It drove Pancake Lenny (f/n/a Playoff Lenny), Part Time Vea and Whirlpool Aiken’s last year.
Bucs really, really need a nuitrician specialist on board. How about Alex Guerrero? He isn’t too busy with Brady now retired.
April 18th, 2023 at 9:57 am
2 things jump out at me.
First, Bowles’ negativity…“I think the newness of what we’re getting ready to try to do now” TRY to do now? You’re not going to do? You’re just trying! A winning coach knows his teams direction! Bowles is just going to try!
Second, is there another head coach who repeatedly uses excuses to justify his results? I got news for you Todd, a least one team was starting Mr Irrelevant in the playoffs! Their third qb during the season! NO MORE EXCUSES!!!
April 18th, 2023 at 10:11 am
The excuse litany is just getting warmed up. Soon the dog will eat the playbook and the horse will get lost being led to water.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:19 am
Todd’s so blind – why follow a philosophy that won a SB, that’s what winners do
He is a loser, and does what losers do over and over and over again with excuses, excuses, excuses
It’s like he has a total disdain for the guy that put him in the job and thinks his philosophy is not one that should be followed…
Six wins max
April 18th, 2023 at 10:30 am
It would be exceedingly difficult to be worse and less imaginative than leftnut, so that does give a wide window for improvement despite the drop in QB status.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:31 am
VOT how much money you lay down on that bet?
April 18th, 2023 at 10:32 am
Ahhh the Bowles haters are all out in force today!
April 18th, 2023 at 10:34 am
“I think the newness of what we’re getting ready to try to do”
Running the football more than passing it isn’t anything new, matter of fact it’s even called OLD school football
My God please let us never hire a defensive minded head coach again 🙏
April 18th, 2023 at 10:34 am
“Bucs averaged 18 points per game.”
For the sake of comparison the Eagles averaged 18.5 ppg in the first half of games over the course of the entire 2022 season. Philly put up on average more points in the first half of their games than we did over the course of an entire game, which is terrible. In 2021, our offense averaged 14.8 points….in the first half of games throughout the season which is almost double what we averaged in the first half of games in 2022 at 8.2 ppg in the first half.
Which is a lot more telling than choosing 6 games out of an 18 game season and having that stand as some definitive example of a unit’s overall performance like Goatfarmer has been trying to parade as “facts” the last few weeks lol but, “excuses” 🤣🤣
April 18th, 2023 at 10:42 am
“inefficient deep shots on third and 2”
Brady got a lot of touchdowns for us on such plays, including that famous pass to Scotty Miller right before halftime
April 18th, 2023 at 10:47 am
“Running the football more than passing it isn’t anything new, matter of fact it’s even called OLD school football”
We passed the ball 67.8% of the time last year, partly because we couldn’t build a lead on offense and mostly because we couldn’t close a deficit on offense either. Our last 3 games of the season we pretty much abandoned the run calling pass plays 72% of the time. That’s 1-dimesional football, you know what running the ball effectively does? Makes your offense multidimensional, which is usually an integral part of the formula for success for any football time.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:51 am
Is it just me or does anyone else hear “hunger will drive us to keep out timeouts and play for OT” or “hunger will drive us to punt on every 4th and short”?
I hope like hell I’m wrong, but my history of wanting someone as our head coach and then having him turn out bad is pretty damn consistent, so I’m preparing myself for a losing season.
April 18th, 2023 at 10:53 am
Lol …
April 18th, 2023 at 11:11 am
SO, YOUNGRY IS COMING BACK???
LMAO
I preferred seasoned and winning. smh
April 18th, 2023 at 11:15 am
I think the newness of what we’re getting ready to try to do now and the eagerness of the guys going forward and the hunger will drive us going forward, so I look forward to that,
infomeplease hit the nail on the head. this coach focuses on trying, not doing; effort not results it IS HIS MINDSET … not a winning attitude … he doesn’t expect to win, he tries. no wonder he and brady rarely talked.
he also doesn’t motivate … he expects his players to be hungry. don’t recall any article on what he does to help initiate, encourage or grow that hunger.
i’m not encouraged by leadership direction.
how could arians not know the fundamental difference between bowles and him?
April 18th, 2023 at 11:30 am
To allow Leftwich to coach like he did last season is 100% Head Coach malpractice.
Bowles is a bad Head Coach, always has been.
April 18th, 2023 at 11:41 am
The determination to not miss any opportunity to sh!t on Bowles is pretty impressive.
April 18th, 2023 at 11:53 am
I clearly want to run the ball more effectively. And there are lots of ways to win the Super Bowl now adays.
That being said, the easier way to win the Superbowl is to be one of the most effective passing teams in the league.
Superbowl Winners:
2018 – Patriots – 8th in passing. 57% pass
2019 – Chiefs – 5th in passing. 62% pass
2020 – Bucs – 2nd in passing. 64% pass
2021 – Rams – 8th in passing. 60% pass
2022 – Chiefs – 1st in passing. 62% pass
As someone else mentioned. We passed at 67% rate last year. Improve our running game. Pass 60 to 61% of time, run 39 to 40% of the time.
So, for those of you that want to see closer to a 50/50 split, I will disagree.
Winning in the NFL now means passing the ball in a superior way with running the ball just effectively. Short yardage effectively!
BLs offense was so bad at rushing the football for TD’s and short yardage last year. Don’t forget, that really was the worst part of this offense. I tend to put some of that on Robert Hainsey and our guards. Never saw them just outright win on short yardage or goal line.
If we don’t fix short yardage, not sure our offense can be better.
April 18th, 2023 at 11:59 am
Oh Drooley, you mean the six games against playoff teams in which Bloweszo gave up more than 30 points per game? That’s a fact. Those are the results. Translation – Bloweszo couldn’t stop anyone good. But pretend it’s not true, if it gives you a chubby.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:01 pm
“Oh Drooley, you mean the six games against playoff teams in which Bloweszo gave up more than 30 points per game? That’s a fact.”
As predictable as a 1st down run 🤣🤣🤣 let’s use 33% of the season to speak for the entire season LMAO what a simp
April 18th, 2023 at 12:02 pm
Jack Clark Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 10:34 am
My God please let us never hire a defensive minded head coach again 🙏
^^^^^^^^^^
Yes, that guy with the Patriots never did anything: 329–165 (.666)
April 18th, 2023 at 12:07 pm
Health and injuries are something every team deals with in the nfl. The trick is to have the depth to tie you over. Unfortunately last year when Jensen and Stinnie went down in preseason our GM did not do anything to address it thats one reason our offense stunk up the field last year.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:08 pm
“If we don’t fix short yardage, not sure our offense can be better.”
Redzone too, our offense basically fell off a cliff in the redzone last season. The last 8 games also had a weird 1.5 to 1 TD-Turnover ratio as well, which certainly needs to be cleaned up between Godwin & White still being with the team. Being a team that struggles to score is one thing, but adding turnovers to that just makes the holes deeper.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:21 pm
Bowles for the 20 Buck Hot Dog an a 7 buck Coke.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:41 pm
As long as something other than your paycheck drives you at your job, mentally you don’t qualify to be paid millions! Smh
Bowles needs to replace hunger with integrity.
The NFL is a business not college!
April 18th, 2023 at 1:06 pm
Being ‘hungry’ is what hobos say when they’re trying to con you out of a dollar.
The team is two years removed from the SB, and now they’re being picked to finish in last place in the NFC South, behind even the Atlanta Falcons.
The team needs to be more than ‘hungry’ – it needs to be angry.
April 18th, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Joe in Michigan Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 12:02 pm
Yes, that guy with the Patriots never did anything: 329–165 (.666)
Yeah and what’s that guy’s record without the greatest offensive player of all time (i.e. Tom Brady) on his team??
I’ll wait 🤣🤣🤣
April 18th, 2023 at 1:17 pm
Dooley Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 10:47 am
Nothing you said contradicted my statements. Need me to help you out? Well then try naming the last Super Bowl winning team who ran the ball more than they passed it
April 18th, 2023 at 1:39 pm
“Nothing you said contradicted my statements. Need me to help you out? Well then try naming the last Super Bowl winning team who ran the ball more than they passed it”
Genius, your talking about doing one more than the other while I’m talking about being able to do both makes you tougher to beat for ANY game vs any team. You sound like you need you’re own help lol
April 18th, 2023 at 3:16 pm
Yeah, Bucs fans are also hungry ….for a coaching change. as long as Bowles is HC, nothing positive will happen.
April 18th, 2023 at 3:19 pm
Letsbucinggo Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 12:07 pm
Yeah, ya know, starting quality offensive linemen are just wandering the street looking for work. Jeezus. What exactly would you like him to do? Make desperation trades?
They had young O-linemen who they decided would give them as good a chance as some journeymen types, plus you give young guys experience that helps them develop.
People just like to b!tch and moan without realistically assessing the available options.
April 18th, 2023 at 3:21 pm
Pelsbuc61 Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 3:16 pm
Keep riding the hate train. It’s not getting old at all. Jeezus, do people ever get tired of listening to the sound of their own complaining?
April 18th, 2023 at 3:22 pm
Dooley Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 1:39 pm
Genius, your talking about doing one more than the other while I’m talking about being able to do both makes you tougher to beat for ANY game vs any team. You sound like you need you’re own help lol
The 2022 Super Bowl winning Kansas City Chiefs disagree because they were 20th in the league in rushing genius. You sound like you did need my help lol
April 18th, 2023 at 3:30 pm
Dooley Says:
April 18th, 2023 at 1:39 pm
your/you’re reverse
April 18th, 2023 at 3:32 pm
“The 2022 Super Bowl winning Kansas City Chiefs disagree because they were 20th in the league in rushing genius. You sound like you did need my help lol”
Wow you’re arguing with yourself Jack, again you’re make a contentious point of pass vs.run, that’s preference/tendency Jack. I’m telling you(more than once) any football team that can do both *well* will find success more often than not. Bucs passed >60% of the team and our offense sucked because we weren’t as threat to run the ball outside of maybe 2 games this past season. It’s not that hard to understand, and the Eagles were 4th in rushing average and made it to the SB, that’d be considered “success” smh
April 18th, 2023 at 4:21 pm
I ain’t buying Bowels crap !!
April 18th, 2023 at 5:29 pm
This guy is talking about “hunger”? A so-called head coach who did everything he could to DEFUSE the hunger and passion, and CONfuse everyone on the team about identity, attitude, tactics, game planning, personnel, etc. etc. A guy who showed no leadership, who communicates “sideways”.
There will be no hunger except what the players themselves somehow get out of themselves. It will not come from Bowles, who does not know how to lead.
April 18th, 2023 at 5:41 pm
Drool – you don’t understand the difference between a team like the Chiefs and a team like the Panthers. You’re a maroon.
April 18th, 2023 at 5:58 pm
“I think the newness of what we’re getting ready to try to do now and the eagerness of the guys going forward and the hunger will drive us going forward, so I look forward to that, Bowles said.”
Sorry Coach, I like you, but you need a solid PR person.
Rather… “I think the exciting newness of what we’re getting ready do to now – yeah, kick @ss with Coach Canales and the eagerness of the guys jumping to go forward and their out right snarly hunger to win will drive us for years ahead ahead, so I look forward to that”. Hey, tell your team they are going to win!
Maybe the Bucs as a team, should have gone on an off season Naked & Afraid adventure to really explore hunger and winning.
April 19th, 2023 at 1:27 am
So the hunger will drive us huh?
Geez! I hate coach speak cliche’s! These guys are not in High School anymore. Come on man! Although I have to admitt I kinda liked Arians “No risk it no Biscuit”.