Sharp Football Analysis: It’s All On Todd Bowles
July 9th, 2025
Answers for defense?
Famed handicapper turned stathead Warren Sharp had a love/hate relationship with the Bucs last season. [read more]

Answers for defense?
Famed handicapper turned stathead Warren Sharp had a love/hate relationship with the Bucs last season. [read more]

Former star NFL RB reacts.
So yesterday Joe brought word that a gaggle of NFL suits and coaches don’t think Bucs running back Bucky Irving is worthy of being tabbed as a top-10 running back. [read more]

How safe?
We’re creeping towards the beginning of training camp. In two weeks Joe will be typing about real Bucs competition for a change. [read more]

Believes in Baker Mayfield.
Baker Mayfield can rest easy after he reads the following. Because now, the Bucs quarterback will know he has made it in his life’s work. [read more]

Joe wonders what Team Glazer will think of this production on programming it helps fund.
No, not Caillou on PBS. [read more]

So a deep and too-long dive into every NFL team’s offense yielded a bold proclamation about the state of the Bucs’ 2025 attack. [read more]

vee-TUH!, vee-TUH!, vee-TUH! [read more]

Roster security.
It seems one follower of NFL football thinks Jamel Dean is toast. [read more]

Lots of smiles this fall?
Apparently Charles Robinson isn’t expecting much from the Bucs. [read more]

(Lack of) pass coverage.
Wonder if K.J. Britt and J.J. Russell will get blamed for this. [read more]

Bucs offensive assistant Tom Moore.
Joe has an interesting relationship with Bucs veteran offensive assistant Tom Moore. That is to say, Joe has no relationship with Moore. [read more]

This is what happens when the league knows you run behind a tremendous offensive line.
And it’s also what happens when allegedly respected people aren’t paying close enough attention. [read more]

“Bryan, why is our team misunderstood?”
Joe sees quality bias in the latest NFL newsletter from the pay-per-read site TheAthletic.com, a New York Times property with big-name reporters. [read more]
Six-time Bucs Pro Bowl defensive tackle and current head Tampa Bay cheerleader Gerald McCoy is a devoted guy. [read more]

When Baker Mayfield feels the heat.
Baker Mayfield has numbers and tendencies to really craft an offense around. [read more]

Rookie cornerback Jacob Parrish.
The greater Topeka, Kansas region is its own TV market and they love their Kansas State players. [read more]

Collapsing the pocket.
Regular readers of Joe know Joe isn’t much of a fan — hell, no fan at all — of quarterback pressures. [read more]

Ranking.
Whenever Joe types a post about Todd Bowles, the Bucs coach seems to lure both defenders and haters alike. [read more]

Dominant.
Joe knows who to lay cash on for the NFL’s new award, “Protector of the Year.” [read more]