Was Chucky Indirectly Coaching Up Baker Mayfield?
May 11th, 2025
“You GD right I was talking with Liam Coen last year about Baker Mayfield. LOVE that guy, Baker, Jiminy Christmas!”
This got Joe to thinking.
Now Joe has zero clue if the following actually happened or if it is true. But dang, Joe’s nose for a story is going off like someone transported Joe to Black’s Barbecue in Lockhart, Tex. (Not to be confused with Terry Black’s, which is also good.)
So yesterday after Jags rookie minicamp practice, 1010XL radio reporter Mia O’Brien noted that head coach Liam Coen was raving about Jags undrafted free agent quarterback Seth Henigan.
Why go crazy about some schlep QB when Coen has Trevor Lawrence? Well, Coen said he got tipped off about Henigan, out of the University of Memphis, based on texts from Chucky.
Henigan had been in Tampa to tape one of Chucky’s quarterback camp episodes for Barstool Sports. Chucky liked Henigan so much he texted Coen telling him he ought to sign Henigan.
So let Joe get this straight: Coen has developed such a close tie to Chucky in the 3 1/2 months since he became Jags coach that Chucky is tipping him off about quarterbacks? That seems to be an awfully tight bond in such a short amount of time.
And given Coen was the Bucs’ offensive coordinator last year, Joe finds it difficult to believe Coen never had a sitdown with Chucky when both lived in the same city — especially considering so many coaches visit Chucky’s lair to pay homage to the Bucs’ Super Bowl-winning coach and to talk shop,.
That brings Joe to the next logical step: Was Chucky, even in a small way, indirectly coaching up Baker Mayfield through Coen?
Joe doesn’t think that’s much of a stretch given Chucky thinks so much of Coen he’s become a bird dog scout for the Jags and Coen trusts Chucky’s evals of quarterbacks enough to sign one.
Intrigue!
May 11th, 2025 at 12:25 am
I can’t make head or tails out of this.
Joe, ketamine is dangerous.
Joe is not on drugs and Joe is confident your issues have been fixed. –Joe
May 11th, 2025 at 12:42 am
Coen ran the best offense, running and throwing, both combined, not just good at passing, I have ever seen since 1976 for the Bucs.
Why wouldn’t Gruden like and respect what Coen was doing last season.
Seems like a normal thing to see something like this happening.
GO BUCS!!!!
May 11th, 2025 at 1:03 am
Both offensive guys so I can see it. Just cringe to be tight with a snake like coen 🐍 🐍 I use to lowkey root for Jax when they weren’t playing the Bucs but not anymore
May 11th, 2025 at 1:44 am
Been to Blacks in TX a couple times. Chunky gets way too much credit.
May 11th, 2025 at 2:08 am
This Qb looks 10x better than the camp arm (Connor Bazelak) the Bucs signed as a UDFA. I’d like to think that Bucs staff knew about Henigan but were just unable to sign him. Why no team drafted him late day 3 is crazy. The guy is 42-2 W-L and his TD to Interception is 79-14. Threw for over 7k in college.
May 11th, 2025 at 2:34 am
The beef ribs at Black’s (not “Terry Black’s”) are what dreams are made of.
May 11th, 2025 at 4:37 am
Article started off with … ‘Joe has ZERO CLUE if the following actually happened or if it is true.’ Fair enough.
It pretty much ends with … ‘That brings Joe to the NEXT LOGICAL STEP: Was Chucky, even in a small way, indirectly coaching up Baker Mayfield through Coen?’ Huh?
I know that this is a really hard time of year for Bucs’ news Joe, but in what world does ‘ZERO CLUE’ progress to ‘NEXT LOGICAL STEP’?
Oh wait, I forgot about Washington DC. My bad.
May 11th, 2025 at 5:04 am
Given Chucky’s record of developing QB’s, I’d be wary of attributing any of Baker’s success to him…
May 11th, 2025 at 6:15 am
I think that is a huge stretch.
Gruden doesn’t coach up QBs. Never did.
May 11th, 2025 at 6:17 am
Coen was focused on his next job more than the game plan to beat the Redskins. How many plays was White in for? Oh? Chucky is gone so is Coen. They are both entertaining and have zero to do with the bucs 2025 season. Baker needs neither of them nor do the Bucs nor do I.
May 11th, 2025 at 7:06 am
I have a different interpretation.
I think the reason you told Corn about him is that perhaps he realizes that this quarterback deserves a shot and well Trevor Lawrence has been very underwhelming. Perhaps he felt this guy would have a better shot of making the roster on a team like the Jaguars rather than on the Buccaneers.
May 11th, 2025 at 7:15 am
If Trevor Lawrence is dethroned by a UDFA, I’d assume that draft pick the Jags gave up for Hunter will be valuable.
May 11th, 2025 at 7:17 am
yawn
May 11th, 2025 at 7:19 am
Who’s the best QB Gruden has coached? Rich Gannon? Don’t know why he’s considered such a guru.
May 11th, 2025 at 7:27 am
The drama and hype will only get worse. Can’t wait for preseason to start.
What happens on the field will be the telling story.
May 11th, 2025 at 7:39 am
Chucky, our next head coach.
May 11th, 2025 at 7:43 am
I wonder if they considered bringing Chucky in as an offensive offensive coordinator! 😂😂😂
May 11th, 2025 at 8:00 am
I would go with Bruce Arians every day and all day long on understanding QB’s over Jon Gruden.
Not even close for me.
If Coen and Jacksonville, has Chucky for his inside information on QB’s
AND
Grizzard and the Bucs, have BA and Tom Moore as their inside information guys on QB’s.
Really no comparison. Go Bucs.
May 11th, 2025 at 8:12 am
Yummy! Black’s BBQ in Lockhart is about 77 miles from me. The closest one is in New Braunfels which is 40 miles away.
May 11th, 2025 at 8:41 am
Let the controversy begin!
#TradeTrevor
#StartHenigan
#FireLiam
Yeah, let the rumors begin!!!
May 11th, 2025 at 8:44 am
What in the Fox News is going on with this article
May 11th, 2025 at 8:55 am
I went to San Antonio last month and had Texas BBQ for the first time, it made me want to move there and marry waitress.
May 11th, 2025 at 8:56 am
*the waitress
May 11th, 2025 at 9:02 am
Chucky probably reached out to several coaches, not just Coen. Chucky working to remain in the loop.
May 11th, 2025 at 9:18 am
Chucky over Arians. He didn’t hamstring the organization by forcing them to hire a bumbling fool.
Bowles wasn’t hired he was installed.
Gruden would be a breath of fresh air.
Drop the zero and get with the hero.
Fire Bowles now!!!
May 11th, 2025 at 9:30 am
Meh…Ill take a nothing burger with speculation a side of complicity and one order of coterie.
May 11th, 2025 at 9:53 am
I don’t personally hold hard feelings toward Liam Coen. He did what was best for his career and his family. Not my place to jusge.
I found him to be an okay OC, not great..but in a pinch, I would accept him coming back as OC if he fails there and iur new OC does poorly.
May 11th, 2025 at 9:57 am
This was a HOF response: “Joe is not on drugs and Joe is confident your issues have been fixed. –Joe“
May 11th, 2025 at 10:03 am
Gruden, to my memory, NEVER had a decent young QB to develop. Simms? Just search about him in Manhattan getting pulled over with smoke pouring out windows. He was unserious about the job and then he injured his spleen.
Gradkowski? Guy was not an all star but he had a long backup career. Thanks to Gruden. Josh Johnson? Ditto. Still in NFL. Thanks to Gruden. Hell, Gruden even made Brian Griese look good.
May 11th, 2025 at 10:35 am
Ain’t no way Joe has fixed my myriad of issues 😁
May 11th, 2025 at 12:10 pm
It would be dangerous for Joe, both financially and physically, to live in east-central Texas.
May 11th, 2025 at 2:05 pm
Chucky is just another loud mouth old guy trying to stay relevant.
Last year he predicted Kirk cousins and Atlanta would win the nfc. 🙄
May 11th, 2025 at 5:06 pm
More back story; Coen and Gruden lived in the same community and were essentially neighbors when Coen was in Tampa