Bruce Arians Talks About Crying, And 5 More Things The Head Coach Talked About Tonight
February 10th, 2021
Bucco Bruce Arians was drinking and partying with his Buccaneers on the Hillsborough River today, and tonight he visited SiriusXM NFL Radio.
Here are highlights of Arians chat with Hall of Fame GM Bill Polian and Friend of Joe host Alex Marvez.
On crying: “I can honestly say, it really hadn’t hit me til we got halfway down the river. I shed a tear or two. It was like, ‘Wow.’ It finally hit me we’re Super Bowl champs.”
On the overall plan against the Chiefs: Arians said the Chiefs aren’t known for physicality. “We wanted to beat them up in the trenches.”
On offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich: “Byron put one of the most unbelievable game plans together offensively. … To have two weeks to prepare was absolutely amazing.”
On a special moment that revealed some of Leftwich’s greatness: “Watching [Leftwich call plays for the Cardinals] when I was doing CBS [in 2018], you know, with Josh Rosen and they had so many injuries. And he scored points and beat Seattle. I’m like, “This guy really knows what he’s doing.” So yeah, I can’t say enough. This guy’s a superstar. Thank God for me that the hiring process has already taken place, because I’d probably lose both my [coordinators].” Editor’s note: Joe looked it up. Arizona did not beat Seattle that season. But hey, the drinks were flowing today. Joe loves good fiction!
On coaching Tom Brady: “I picked his brain a lot.”
On Devin White: “Oh, man. We just left the [party] bus and he’s getting ready to go ride his horse around the stadium. I mean, he’s an unusual cat, man. When you got a guy 235 [pounds], 240 that runs a 4.30 [40-yard dash] and he’s got great hands. He’s a freak of an athlete. The kid’s a great kid. I love him to death.” … “When you have two linebackers that run like [White and Lavonte David], it’s kind of easy coaching.”
Bruce Arians joined @alexmarvez & Bill Polian and told them the reality of what was accomplished really set in during today's parade….
"I shed a tear or two. It was like 'Wow'… it finally hit me, we're Super Bowl champs" @Buccaneers #GoBucs
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— SiriusXM NFL Radio (@SiriusXMNFL) February 11, 2021
February 10th, 2021 at 9:09 pm
Licht has to make it a priority to sign Lavonte David. With two fast LB, teams can’t run the perimeter and unlike most LBs, these two can cover the best Tight Ends.
February 10th, 2021 at 9:22 pm
Nice to see our guys liquored up and having a great time….letting it all hang out.
February 10th, 2021 at 9:53 pm
BA keeps talking about 2018 Cardinals like they won the Superbowl, in reality they finished 3-13 and were ranked last in points scored ……with a QB they drafted in the first round. I don’t see anything worth praising the OC here but BA never fails to bring it up.
February 10th, 2021 at 10:02 pm
Great work getting this for us, Joe.
February 10th, 2021 at 11:06 pm
Keep David
February 10th, 2021 at 11:35 pm
EA- yes, the cardinals in 18 were bad. They had little talent and rosen has shown that he is not NFL starting caliber. But i think arians saw something in leftwich that he believed would make a high quality OC. He was right too. His accomplishments as the coordinator the last 2 years are pretty impressive.
February 11th, 2021 at 12:21 am
The game he’s talking about was the debut of Rosen, who looked pretty good, he put them in a position to win only to have the kicker lose the game. I think Arians just blocked out the kicker part of the story, and who can blame him?
February 11th, 2021 at 12:48 am
BA and Evans and Devin were all over LVD and Godwin On the stage after the parade letting them know that they are not going anywhere and that everyone is coming back. They told that the Shaq and Suh also.
I don’t think Suh will be a problem and Shaq has made it very clear that he does not want to go anywhere else, so that’s a good sign
February 11th, 2021 at 1:15 am
BL had some excellent additional training on game planning from TB12 this year. He’s probably better then ever now.
February 11th, 2021 at 9:31 am
Coach of the Year.
February 11th, 2021 at 2:19 pm
They probably should have released Griffin & had Rosen take his place on the roster.