Todd Bowles Has A Brutal Record Coming Off Byes
November 19th, 2024
It’s a sad record after byes.
This is not very encouraging.
Todd Bowles coming off a bye week has a terrible record as a head coach. Disturbing.
One wouldn’t think coming off a bye with a rested team and extra days to prepare for the next opponent that Bowles’ teams would regularly crap the bed. It’s really mindblowing.
In the six previous seasons Bowles has been a head coach, four with the Jets and two with the Bucs, Bowles has one win coming off a bye. One.
As Bucs head coach, Bowles is 0-2 in the game following a bye. His only win came in 2015, his first season leading the Jets. So Bowles is on a five-game, post-bye losing streak.
The Bucs hit the road to face the Giants on Sunday after last weekend’s bye.
Here is Bowles’ post-bye-week record:
2015: Jets 34, Redskins 20
2016: Patriots 22, Jets 17
2017: Panthers 35, Jets 27
2018: Patriots 27, Jets 13
2022: Browns 23, Bucs 17 (OT)
2023: Lions 20, Bucs 6
Bowles’ loss to the Browns was one of the most galling choke jobs Joe has ever seen. Tom Brady was in the midst of marching the Bucs for a late game-winning drive in regulation. But Bowles pulled the rug out from under Brady citing the possibility Brady could throw a pick.
Tom. Freaking. Brady! The nerve!!!
To that point in the season (Game 11) Brady had a grand total of two interceptions.
And all that came after Bowles took the ball out of Brady’s hands at the Cleveland 37-yard line on 4th-and-2 on a drive that could have put the game away.
November 19th, 2024 at 2:18 am
But, his Great Defender will step in to correct everyone as to why results are wrong and deflection, slight of hand and a lot of words are correct.
November 19th, 2024 at 3:10 am
The start of the questionable/costly decisions. At least he has been consistent with his decision making and over confidence in his defense. He is what his record says he is. Not much room for error left for this season that has been full of errors. Up to the players at this point. Go BUCS!
November 19th, 2024 at 3:14 am
“Todd Bowles Has A Brutal Record Coming Off Byes”
Most of our coaches did.
November 19th, 2024 at 3:16 am
To be fair, his Bucs teams have played harder after the game after the bye 😉
November 19th, 2024 at 4:19 am
If we lose Sunday, he has to go. There’s no excuse. I don’t care about injuries, Liam Coen is doing just fine, why can’t the defensive guru mastermind do just as well? I expect a dub, won’t be surprised if we lose tho.
November 19th, 2024 at 4:22 am
All he had to do was hold up his end of the bargain and the sky was the limit for this team. He couldn’t do it. The team and season were handed to him on a silver platter. And he blew it.
November 19th, 2024 at 4:58 am
Wow, stats don’t lie. Disappointing memories. 2015 looked good for the Jets though. Maybe, just maybe, this will all change this time around and we will win the next four to six games. From the other Joe posts, Bowles is making some changes. Unfortunately, if there are limited wins after the bye, I guess hard decisions will have to be made by the Glazers.
November 19th, 2024 at 5:45 am
We have seen enough of Bowles to pass judgement ! Poor clock management , not aggressive , takes his foot off the gas & not a winner ! Two straight seasons with mid season slumps ! Pathetic coach . He’s never gonna be more than a mediocre.500 leader… his track record is proof !
November 19th, 2024 at 5:50 am
I am amazed the Bucs are favored by 5 points, considering that Bowles is the head coach and he is awful coming off of a bye and makes back up quarterbacks look like Kurt Warner on the ’99 Rams. If, Bowles manages to lose on Sunday, it is pretty much the end of the season and the Glazers can start putting their new head coaching search into overdrive though Tampa will have plenty of competition for candidates: Saints, Jags, Bears, Jets, Dallas, possibly Cincy and Cleveland, so thee Bucs may not be the least desirable open position (New Orleans due to the cap, Jags or Browns for ownership and GM issues?) but it will not be the most coveted either.
November 19th, 2024 at 5:55 am
The Bye week does not matter much because we have seen Coach Bowles wont make adjustments in his ideas and plans. He wont change. We have seen it and if you listen to his words he does not think his philosophy, his scheme, his plans are wrong. He thinks the issue is that we just dont make a couple of plays or a couple of tackles every game. So he wont change his approach and that makes the Bye week irrelevant.
I think we have seen what a Bowles coached team is in these 2 and a half years.
8-9
9-8
And we probably be around that record again. Mediocre.
His game management and clock management are bad.
We have not see any progression. We are in a similar situation like last year.
Started good enough then have a run of losses and in close games that we could have won with better decisons. Yes we could have made some plays but the decisons were bad, he coaches scared.
We see the same things over and over again. That means no progression. That is the issue. Resolts sometimes can come down to details and can go either way. But when you constantly make bad decisions over and over again, when you constantly doing the same things over and over again even when you see they are not working then there is a problem.
I cant expect much from this team. We will have some good games, we will have some bad. We will win some we will lose some. But i dont see any progression, i dont see this team getting better and getting stronger.
Go Bucs
November 19th, 2024 at 5:56 am
I’ve been thinking about it lately and this is a fine roster, I didn’t like The idea of Bill Belichick being our coach, but the more I think about it, he would be perfect to instill discipline and install his defense for our team as long as we keep Liam Cohen. I’m sure he could help us win and keep our defense in line.
November 19th, 2024 at 6:55 am
I hate going there, hes a good dude….but its time
November 19th, 2024 at 6:59 am
Bed coach can’t even defeat the bye.
November 19th, 2024 at 6:59 am
Bowles should’ve been fired after that Cleveland game. You don’t take the ball out of Tom Brady’s hand to win the game. That’s not just coaching malpractice, that deserves a ban from ever coaching in the NFL again
November 19th, 2024 at 6:59 am
Bad coach, bad spell check.
November 19th, 2024 at 7:04 am
This team is utterly rudderless.
November 19th, 2024 at 7:13 am
Trey Alderson-Cloutier I could not agree with you more. Of all the memorable losses we’ve had during the Bowles era that one still sticks in my memory the most because of that post game comment. I have a feeling we are going to see a similar result vs the lousy Giants this weekend.
November 19th, 2024 at 7:22 am
Bowles is not a great HC. BUT with all the “stat lovers” , dig deeper into those games. The division winning 1st place Redskins were lead by “you like that” Kirk Cousins that year. The division winning 1st place Panthers were lead by Cam Newton in his prime. The TWO Patriots games he was up against Belichek and Brady. The Lions were a playoff team that we got our revenge in the postseason so the ONLY true embarrassment was the Browns. Bowles is mediocre at best But every one of those bye week games he put up a competitive defensive game plan with the extra week against some good teams. And let’s not forget he put one of best defensive game plans of all time when he had an extra week against the Chiefs when we won the SB. I expect Liam to have the offense rolling with the extra week.
November 19th, 2024 at 7:22 am
Bowles is so bad he loses games during the bye week…
November 19th, 2024 at 7:31 am
Another nail in Bowles’ coffin.
November 19th, 2024 at 7:58 am
meh
November 19th, 2024 at 8:06 am
If they lose to the giants he should be exterminated at once
November 19th, 2024 at 8:17 am
He sucks before a bye
November 19th, 2024 at 8:19 am
Bowles has a brutal record anyway.
November 19th, 2024 at 8:23 am
And the Giants have a new shinny toy in The Quarterback position. If we loose to this joker, Todd should be dismissed.
November 19th, 2024 at 8:27 am
Bowles record against no name QBs is brutal, too.
November 19th, 2024 at 8:38 am
Call Gruden!
November 19th, 2024 at 8:50 am
Say what you want and say what you will, but in 2025 Bowles will be the Bucs HC still.
1. Evans and Godwin injuries will be pointed to as justification for losses.
2. Glazers hate giving away millions for early termination.
3. Belichick would demand total control of everything.
4. Glazers would not want to see Todd hired by a Division opponent-Saints.
5. The devil you know is better than the one you do not know.
November 19th, 2024 at 8:58 am
6. there are not many better options, belichek is old and has brady the parrots could not wait to get rid of him, gruden is old too… can coen be head coach? back to the dark ages
November 19th, 2024 at 9:03 am
He blows and anyone defending him at this point is content being a loser
November 19th, 2024 at 9:27 am
Does that surprise anyone? His teams are regularly unprepared.
November 19th, 2024 at 9:43 am
If the Aints were to hire Lovie, that would be the greatest gift they could give Jason and the Glazers. Belichick too old? How old is Andy Reid?
The Bucs coaching and oversight dream team:
Jason Licht, GM and President of Football Operations
Bill Belichick, Head Coach (period, no other powers)
Liam Coen, Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator
Robert Saleh, Defensive Coordinator
Drop the microphone.
November 19th, 2024 at 9:55 am
As has been said, and as I said in a post that Algo Rhythm batted away like a good CB defending a pass (something that doesn’t happen in Lovie’s defense) — this guy has a brutal record, period.
November 19th, 2024 at 10:22 am
Theres film on devito. And there’s no reason he should beat us unless Todd does what Todd always does and plays zone all game lol
I swear sometimes I wish a player would just slap him in the face with some of the decisions he makes.
November 19th, 2024 at 10:23 am
Todd Blows at being a head coach so not shocked
ZERO expectations with this team going forward
Would hope the media in Tampa would ask this clown some tough questions for a change
November 19th, 2024 at 10:35 am
Well sounds like he is due lol.
That’s a pretty bad stat for any coach to have to their name tho.
All the great coaches have amazing records after the bye typically. Mainly thinking Andy Reid / Bellicheck / Tomlin / etc
November 19th, 2024 at 10:44 am
Bucsfan: thanks for the laugh with your reason # 4! Bowles coaching the Aint’s with their salary cap situation will set them back another 5 to 10 years minimum. As far as your other reasons, yes there were injuries but Bowles inability to adjust away from his soft zone, poor clock management and inept decision making in crunch time has cost the Bucs a minimum of 3 games this season. Add in losses from the previous 2 seasons including that mind boggling loss in Cleveland back in 2022 and last years debacles in Houston and Indy just illustrates that he has not shown improvement despite being given numerous second chances by the Glazers.
Plus the dude is unaccountable, he truly does not believe that he is the main problem with the defense and also has the tendency to go turtle at exactly the wrong times but then dials up fake punts at exactly the wrong times. The last coach who I recall was as unaccountable as Bowles was Dennis Allen (who got launched 2 weeks ago). For the Bucs we have to go back to Byron Leftwich, Smitty and Lovie to find coaches who were as dense and unaccountable as Turtle Todd.
November 19th, 2024 at 11:07 am
Clueless Todd strikes again! He’s a trash DC that’s gotta go!
November 19th, 2024 at 11:52 am
Bye Bye Bowles
November 19th, 2024 at 11:56 am
I am not surprised.
November 19th, 2024 at 12:09 pm
Flaccid Todd’s record after byes shows:
He doesn’t take advantage of that extra time to study his opponents and prepare specific, well-thought out strategies to win.
He’s not a leader of men that has his team excited and ready to go after a week of rest, healing and preparation.
Can’t wait til he’s gone.
November 19th, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Todd Bowles isn’t going anywhere if Bucs win 6 of last 7. The team has been competitive all year notwithstanding a non-existent defense. Glazer’s will have a hard time firing a coach with a 10-7 record. Many of the same group who scream for Mayfield’s benching with every interception, now seem to have accepted Baker as the franchise QB. If Licht acquires some speed at LB and a legitimate pass rusher in 2025, all will be forgotten and forgiven.
November 19th, 2024 at 1:29 pm
As others have said he might be the nicest guy off the field and a blast to knock down some cold brews with on a Sunday afternoon but what he’s not is a top level head coach, never has been and never will be. 7 seasons is a large sample size. What you see is what you get.
November 19th, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Todd Bowles has a brutal record……
Lol
November 19th, 2024 at 1:55 pm
If he loses Sunday, his fate is sealed.
November 19th, 2024 at 2:03 pm
His whole resume for the most part is brutal…
Bad coaches usually have telling resumes….
November 19th, 2024 at 3:38 pm
Todd Bowles has a brutal record period
November 19th, 2024 at 3:39 pm
Bowles loses this one and he should be fired
November 19th, 2024 at 4:23 pm
This will be his last HC job in the NFL. He’ll probably get another DC job elsewhere.
Let’s just hope he doesn’t last his entire five year contract in Tampa.
Otherwise you can just chalk those seasons up as wasted time now.
It’s almost like certain attributes are more important than wins to the Glazers.
November 20th, 2024 at 9:21 am
If we lose this week against the Giants, he should be fired on the spot. We shouldn’t lose anymore games we have soft schedule coming up.