Bucs Legend Laughs At Todd Bowles Haters
May 26th, 2026
Bucs Super Bowl MVP has Todd Bowles’ back.
The very first Super Bowl MVP in Bucs history is solidly behind Bucs coach Todd Bowles. And whenever he reads social media posts or hears someone blasting Bowles on sports radio, this man gets a good chuckle.
That man would be the good Dexter Jackson, MVP of the Bucs’ first Super Bowl win for the 2002 season. In a sitdown with the gambling site Betway.com, Jackson openly mocked the Bowles haters and gave props to Team Glazer for not caving to the loud crowd.
Todd Bowles has received criticism, and many fans think he will be on the hot seat as soon as the 2026 NFL Regular Season starts. What are your thoughts on this?
I laugh whenever people say things like this about Coach Todd Bowles. He’s been head coach for four seasons and won the NFC South in three of those seasons. There are teams in the NFL who haven’t won in years and are desperate for just one division championship.
Because of the ‘microwave’ world we live in, people want championships right now. They don’t understand the process. They don’t understand what it takes to be a successful team. …
But I believe the Buccaneers do have strong ownership in the Glazer family. They understand the game. They understand that they can’t let fans’ chirping lead to them losing a good football coach.
Jackson did seem to confess if Team Glazer thought there was a better option than Bowles available, maybe they would have replaced him. But Jackson was adamant that Bowles is a good coach.
The Bucs focusing on the front-seven on defense this offseason was a major positive, per Jackson. He said he learned playing with the Bucs that a good defense starts with the trenches. So like loved the Bucs drafting Rueben Bain and thinks he will be a really strong addition.And while he said Lavonte David is a major loss, Jackson likes the players Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht brought in.
We will see how patient Team Glazer is this year if things go south.
While Joe is highly confident Bowles will finish the season — Team Glazer has never made a midseason coaching change and Joe doesn’t like betting against never — the fact is the only coach Team Glazer has retained after two straight years losing seasons and no playoff berth has been Chucky.
And remember, Chucky got the Bucs a Super Bowl win, so he had a little more rope to play with than most other mere mortals coaching the Tampa Bay.
May 26th, 2026 at 4:25 am
Winning the south isnt good enough. Period. Look at those win loss records. It screams mediocre.
May 26th, 2026 at 4:51 am
The criticism of Bowles is warranted, unfortunately, for his defenders. When you’re a defensive “guru” and your scheme gets picked apart by quarterbacks who are bad to mediocre constantly, you’re gonna get haters. I will give him credit for not completely turtling anymore like his first year, but the defense being what it is is still unacceptable
May 26th, 2026 at 5:01 am
3rd and 28.
7-9
10-7
9-8
8-9
Mike Evans gone for less money just to get away from him
But please, go ahead and tell me how great a coach Todd Bowles is
May 26th, 2026 at 5:10 am
Love me some DJ. So TB has been the HC during a run where offense was the focus while the team was going through salary cap purgatory and all he’s done is win division titles. Sure some capital has been spent on defense and the results aren’t there. Is that all on coaching? Show me where the castoffs have had success elsewhere. Joe can say that Todd’s scheme messed with their heads all he wants but that’s just Monday morning quarterbacking. If these new bullies don’t work out for Bowles then there’s no other choice to make. But for now I’m excited and eager to see how it all works out. I’m firmly with Dexter on this one.
May 26th, 2026 at 5:21 am
Bowles made Kirk Cousins look like Joe Montana in his prime the last 2 years. Cousins looked like Kyle Trask vs. the rest of the league. I guess Dexter didn’t watch those games.
May 26th, 2026 at 5:31 am
Biggest knock has to be his 1-3 playoff record. Another 9-8, 8-9 record with no playoff wins, sorry he needs to be gone.
May 26th, 2026 at 5:54 am
Would he be laughing if he was still on the team? If you’re content with running in the middle of the pack and not leading, so be it. Just don’t thumb your nose at people who don’t.
May 26th, 2026 at 6:04 am
The Glazers have owned the bucs since 1995.
Jason has been GM since 2014.
Todd has been head coach since 2022. He was DC in the Bucs best 2 years in the last 14.
Todd averages 8 losses as head coach, all in 17 game seasons.
The 10 years before Todd which includes Bradys two good years with, the bucs averaged 10.2 losses. Most of those years were 16 game seasons.
Glazers and Jason perform better with Todd than without Todd. What was their role in last years collapse? Perhaps that is why Todd is still here. Perhaps there are other factors than Todd holding the Bucs back. Be careful what you wish for.
May 26th, 2026 at 6:23 am
Amen Bucsarg. Todd Bowles was head coach of the New York Jets, the most dysfunctional franchise in the NFL Only God can turn around that franchise.
May 26th, 2026 at 6:24 am
The same “process” Liam Coen and Dave Canales just did in no time with non playoff teams? Bowles.was left a playoff team and had gotten worse. He’s a man without accountability. He will never amount
May 26th, 2026 at 6:27 am
Winning the weakest division in the NFL doesn’t matter; it should be a given.
Bowles’ results are not good enough. Period.
That said, I’ll support the team as usual this season and hope Bowles proves me wrong. Go Bucs!
May 26th, 2026 at 6:35 am
Currently winning the south division is like kissing your sister. Nobody respects you. Couple that with a .500 winning percentage plus not doing much in the playoffs and this is why HE IS ON THE HOT SEAT. There were better coaches available but Glazers were too slow to make a decision.
May 26th, 2026 at 6:43 am
I don’t know much. And I’m not a long time Bucs fan like most of you folks who read JBF. But to anyone here that wants to tell me we’ve had the dawgs on this defense to make Bowles successful, I’ll tell you that I know more football than you know. No team in the NFL has changed their defense like we have this offseason. None. Muhammad, Robinson, Chop, Anzalone, Rozeboom, Bain, Trotter, Scott, Capeheart, and Kancey and Walker healthy? That’s 11 roster spots and that’s some guys that’ll be competing with some attitude. Todd Bowles is gonna look like a genius when he has the players to man his front 7. Scott is the only one of these 11 players who isn’t a front 7 player, and he plays like a linebacker. Surely out of these 10 new signings we’re gonna be better? We’ll be different, that’s for sure.
May 26th, 2026 at 6:50 am
Todd is a great coach. Let’s keep making the team better for him so he can win us another Super Bowl!
May 26th, 2026 at 6:55 am
And Mike Evans didn’t run from Todd. He ran away from too much competition at his own position. He wants 10 passes per game, not 5. That’s *ALL*. So stop feeding this myth that isn’t true. He’s played for Todd for a few years and already resigned while Todd was coach. The only thing that changed was drafting Egbuka.
May 26th, 2026 at 7:05 am
What Matt said—he went to be a big fish in a small pond for hos last 2 years
May 26th, 2026 at 7:05 am
Jackson did seem to confess if Team Glazer thought there was a better option than Bowles available, maybe they would have replaced him. But Jackson was adamant that Bowles is a good coach.
Oh Give me a break…. the Bucs are stuck with Todd Bowles because the Glazers fear the Beard aka Rooney Rule
I am sick of hearing this Todd Bowles Defense Baloney!!! It’s a Raging Dumpster Fire
Also, I watched the Raise the Flags last night, I thought it sucked!!!
Here’s why!!! They focused too much on the negative… I am sorry about Doug Williams and what happened to him, but the bright lights who produced and directed Raise the Flags focused on every negative event…. rather than the positive ….. Sure Culverhouse was a clown show by being so cheap and petty…. however there are a lot of NFL Owners that were nuts and and still nuts today!!!
SMH
May 26th, 2026 at 7:18 am
Just more idiocy. Apparently, we have to trust a process that only leads to mediocrity. Bowles does just enough to keep his job. He wastes talent.
May 26th, 2026 at 7:25 am
Todd Bowles is not a motivator. His players won’t run through walls for him.
They had a coach they let slip through their fingers. Liam pumps up his players. He doesn’t rely on them to fire themselves up.
May 26th, 2026 at 7:30 am
The anti-Bowles crowd acts like he’s 2-15 every year while ignoring division titles, playoff appearances, and the fact the team never quit on him. If the Glazers wanted him gone, he’d be gone. The constant “dumpster fire” whining is getting more exhausting than the actual defense.
And blaming Raise the Flags for showing the ugly history is hilarious — the Bucs WERE a clown show for years. That’s what makes the turnaround matter.
May 26th, 2026 at 7:37 am
Lefty R… It was a documentary. Basically filmed what happened. There’s some really crazy & negative stuff that happening in the bucs organization for most of that 50 years. Sure we had a decent percentage of good years but it’s probably like a 70/30 ratio of bad versus good. They can’t make a documentary about the Buccaneers and have it be 50% or more purely positive material or the whole documentary is much much shorter and focused on two super bowl periods. What happened, happened. I’m glad it wasn’t a propaganda piece, I’d rather see and learn what truly happened. And with the material they had to work with, I was impressed with how it turned out.
May 26th, 2026 at 7:45 am
Hodad Says:
May 26th, 2026 at 5:31 am
Biggest knock has to be his 1-3 playoff record. Another 9-8, 8-9 record with no playoff wins, sorry he needs to be gone.
BINGO!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
May 26th, 2026 at 7:57 am
Definition of “good” :
Generally a positive outcome, satisfactory, useful, kind, virtuous, effective…..
In other words – average. And 8-9 and 9-8 is average in a below average division and it just doesn’t put hometown fans in the seats…..
May 26th, 2026 at 8:15 am
Just listen to what Sean McDermott and Mike Tomlin have to say about the Bucs when asked, they will both be very complimentary, because when Glazers ultimately sicken of Bowles after this season, one of those two will be your next HC-Halleleujah.
May 26th, 2026 at 8:19 am
When you think of garbage, think of Todd Bowles!!!
After a 2-7 collapse any other coach would have been fired.
But not in this case. Not the genius defensive guru.
The Glazers have doubled down on mediocrity. They love it!
Oh the culture!!!!! ??????
May 26th, 2026 at 8:25 am
I’ve long believed just observing pro sports and pro sport fandom, that things fans can’t explain will get put on the shoulder of the coach as the figurehead of the team.
No different here.
Some of you, in your whiny rhetoric get to talking like Bowles is on the field putting up points and taking down ball carriers lol
May 26th, 2026 at 8:31 am
Todd Bowles has received criticism, and many fans think he will be on the hot seat as soon as the 2026 NFL Regular Season starts. What are your thoughts on This?
He should have no seat at all; hot, cold or otherwise.
May 26th, 2026 at 8:40 am
#99 I think you missed Lefty (ironic) main point. It’s because teams are required to consider hiring a black coach is why Bowles is so bad and the Glazers are afraid to fire him. The Culverhouse owners weren’t so bad and we need to forget about how they treated Doug Williams. That history should be whitewashed and talk about the good parts.
May 26th, 2026 at 9:22 am
A season-by-season breakdown of Bowles tenure with the Jets:
Pro-Football-Reference.com
2015: 10-6
2016: 5-11
2017: 5-11
2018: 4-12 And in 2019 his very good friend, whom he stabbed in the back, saved his career by giving him pitty and offering him a job, that CLEARLY BA HAD A “RED PEN” READY, FOR BOWLES NONSENSE! And BA quickly re taught Bowles HOW TO run a defense!
With the jets, Bowles took a team that was on the brink of breaking out and DESTROYED THEM! Sucking the organization into an inescapable VORTEX of hopeless depression and sickness.Of which they STILL haven’t recovered from! What a BAD CHOICE!
Todd Bowles record as the head coach in Tampa Bay has been Very Similar. The job was GIFTED TO HIM! His tenure that started with a team that the VERY YEAR BEFORE Was in contention for another SUPER BOWL (the Buccaneers) and the results after Bowles took over, WITH NO LESS THAN the LEGENDARY “TOM BRADY” LEADING THE TEAM, Have been in many ways just as pitiful if not worse considering that a fan base has Moved Back Into the a dark hole known as and appropriately named, “THE DEN OF DEPRESSION”! And THAT is where we NOW LIVE!
By the way, Bowles Orchestrated the CLAPSE of the CAREER LONG WINNING RECORD that Tom Brady Proudly Proved his WHOLE CAREER! (Tom Brady Never Once had a Losing Season UNTIL Todd Bowles NONSENSE and inability to simple manage a team, took Tom Brandy’s HARD FOUGHT LIFETIME RECORDS DOWN WITH BOWLES!) In FACT, you Never ONCE saw Bowles discussing ANYTHING with the Leader of the team (Brady) in even ONE SINGLE GAME! WHAT KIND OF A HEAD COACH DOESN’T SPEAK WITH THE LEADER OF THE TEAM???????? I’ll give YOU a clue….. NOT A GOOD ONE!
Tampa Bay under Bowles “direction”
8-9
10-7
9-8
8-9 / Lost the Entire Team..
A “Trend” IS CLEAR…
During Todd Bowles tenure for Tampa Bay, he has LITERALLY CHASED AWAY THE GREATEST QB OF ALL TIME AND TWO, 2, HALL OF FAMERS WHO REFUSE TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN IN TAMPA BAY UNTIL BOWLES IS ESCORTED OFF THE PROPERTY!
AND “YES”! IT MATTERS!
The ONE THING ABOUT TODD BOWLES THAT IS CLEAR THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, AND ATTEMPTS AT RUNNING A FOOTBALL TEAM, “IS THAT” HIS TRAJECTORY IS ALWAYS DOWN! And Now it’s to the point that the players have REFUSED to play for him!
I’m sure you people think that the 50 to 60 MEN have forgotten THAT FACT… And in a mere few months, these men “now”, WHOLE HEARTEDLY BELIEVE that the failed head coach whom in some MAJOR WAY, Broke their hearts l, probably via “betrayal”,is the guy who can take them all the way…… Let me just say, YOUR DREAMING! GROW UP AND GET REAL! They haven’t forgotten A THING!
And let me tell you a real life “truth”. They… Don’t….Trust… HIM! So why should I, and why should YOU?
May 26th, 2026 at 9:45 am
It’s players. Mike Vrabel and Brian Flores run, likely, 70% – 80% of what we run. They have the right players doing it. Dexter Jackson knows what he’s looking at. For some reason—the Bucs lack long term planning that brings sustained success. The coaches do a good job. They need better players.
May 26th, 2026 at 10:23 am
Fact: only 12 teams have won more than 35 regular season games in the NFL over the past four years. That puts Bowles just below the top third. Last year the Buccaneers beat Seattle and Houston on the road and San Francisco at home.
May 26th, 2026 at 11:26 am
Huh…
Interesting how some will just grab “stuff” right out of the nebulous. Just desperately digging. Lipstick and dirty animals and all.. It’s all just a bad dream and the reality doesn’t really seem to count. Or it’s fractional at best and doesn’t hold weight due to the “Inevitable Eye Test” And I’d counter with… Even blind squirrels find nuts concerning Bowles. BUT was it Bowles keen leadership ? Or did a HUNGRY TO WIN QB carry a squad on his back “while/when” he could? In otherwords… The OFFENSE.
So I’ll pick a guy that I like and respect, to ask a question or two.
Budda,… So tell me. Using your criteria concerning Bowles using your averages with Bowles time with the jets. Hummmm.. Where would Bowles be with his record there? Please Don’t tell me the top third. I’ll know it’s mushrooms man..
Or here’s another. Budda,…. what was Bruce Arians averages using your criteria with the Bucs?
Just a couple of questions to chew on without even trying very hard to come up with some Seriously hard hitting, Nowhere to hide questions.
Budda, do you really believe that Bowles is going to take us to a Super Bowl this year? Seriously? Do you really like the Den of Depression that much? I mean who knows?
Man…. It was GLORIOUS just a few short years ago. When I compare it to now… I really get sad about how far we’ve fallen. Remember when we were ON TOP OF THE WORLD AND COULDN’T BE STOPPED? It truly is hard for me to understand why fellow Buccaneers aren’t Fighting to get back there ASAP. You ALL KNOW in your hearts and your minds that we’re not going or getting back there under this leadership. Why pretend? Why not pound your fist and DEMAND BETTER?
May 26th, 2026 at 11:27 am
heehee – “Because of the ‘microwave’ world we live in, people want championships right now.” The Bucs have had 3 and only 3 eras of success : 1979-1982 1997-2002 and 2020-2021 – During the intervening periods the Bucs were basically trash – 15 years and then 18 years of mediocrity – does “right now” mean that we wait another 15 years ? Just admit the truth and the truth shall set you free – apparently what Dexter thinks Bucs fans should appreciate and relish are the “golden years” of winning the division in 2005 and 2007 with Luke McCown and Jeff Garcia – oh wait you forgot about those seasons ? me too – we have had 4 seasons with Bowles, two of them losing – nobody is expecting playoffs for the Bucs this year and nobody rates them an “elite” team – they are our Bucs and we love them win or lose but let’s quit the gaslighting
May 26th, 2026 at 11:29 am
Bowles’ defenders say he needs more talent while praising Licht as a draft guru. Neither of those can be true at the same time. Geeeezzz.
May 26th, 2026 at 11:42 am
And JamesCo,
Huh? Wait a minute now… You DO realize that Mike Vrabel and Brian Flores, KNOW HOW to and Have Proven, that they can Coach men up and Make them better players!
You haven’t seemed to realize that for ALL 4 YEARS that Bowles has been incharged of YOUR defense? Who exactly has he (Bowles) PROVEN to have “TRULY” coached up? Just give me 3. Three that Bowles has PROVEN to mold into a Real impressive defensive specimens. O… and you can ONLY provide 2 from the secondary if you can prove those with some stats and figures. BUT…. you’ll have to provide JUST ONE other defensive player “heck” OR OFFENSIVE player he’s PERSONALLY molded into a FAR BETTER professional player. Just give me three JamesCo…
May 26th, 2026 at 11:43 am
i think the fans that want him out agree with jackson that bowles is a good coach. but good doesn’t get you past the mcvays, shannahans, mcdonalds.
May 26th, 2026 at 11:52 am
Licht is a bobblehead
No. I Don’t think I WILL stop Telling the TRUTH! Also bobblehead, what are your aspirations man? Years and years of more of the same? That’s pretty much what you Just Said… No thanks bud. Not my style. I tried that LAST YEAR!
The crap show IS OVER for me without some SCATHING TRUTH! I’m just keeping my promise. But don’t worry. I’ll Keep It REAL….
May 26th, 2026 at 11:54 am
And btw, do you believe the “Joe’s” are saying anything different? The articles Keep Coming. So…
May 26th, 2026 at 12:33 pm
I todd we trust! They were 6-2 last season ,playing the best football ! Then the injuries and the wheels fell off not Todd’s fault simple ..anyone is delusional if they think other wise .Maybe they just need a hug Hes the coach they had a good draft and a qb that bleeds pewter Go Bucs!
May 26th, 2026 at 1:14 pm
7-9
10-7
9-8
8-9
This is his record…. injuries or hardly any.
May 26th, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Steve V. Says: Says:
May 26th, 2026 at 12:33 pm
I todd we trust! They were 6-2 last season ,playing the best football ! Then the injuries and the wheels fell off not Todd’s fault simple ..anyone is delusional if they think other wise .Maybe they just need a hug Hes the coach they had a good draft and a qb that bleeds pewter Go Bucs!
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This wonderful coach you speak of needs to get his head out of his hind end this year, and maybe his players (some, anyway) won’t quit on him.
May 26th, 2026 at 1:43 pm
Never said he was a wonderful coach steak em! I said hes the coach, just all the grown men wining isnt changing anything, Im just not a negative human being! great fans roll with the punches and play the hand that im delt Sorry but its just too easy to be an azz!
May 26th, 2026 at 2:13 pm
I laugh at people that laugh at people who want Bowles gone.
May 26th, 2026 at 2:51 pm
Maybe Dexter will answer this question???
Or Joe????
WHAT OTHER TEAM talks about division wins???
NONE
This Guy gets more passes than a Bus driver
What has he done as an NFL Coach?? NOTHING
I playoff win in 10 seasons
Heck the Glazers fired a SUPERBOWL WINNING COACH for 4 losses in one season
Bowles has had 4 winning seasons
JOKE
May 26th, 2026 at 3:16 pm
Obvious One says :
During Todd Bowles tenure for Tampa Bay, he has LITERALLY CHASED AWAY THE GREATEST QB OF ALL TIME AND TWO, 2, HALL OF FAMERS WHO REFUSE TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN IN TAMPA BAY UNTIL BOWLES IS ESCORTED OFF THE PROPERTY!
I like your sentiments but it seems you have edged just a bit into hyperbole :
“escorted off the property” ?
BWAHAHAHA – l love it
May 26th, 2026 at 3:22 pm
Some of you wankers have every excuse in the world for Bowles. ?
May 26th, 2026 at 3:27 pm
He’s wrong.
His record is not good. The division sucks.
His wanted defense has progressively gotten worse since the Super Bowl. If he does not win the division, have at least 10 wins, and win one playoff game, he should be fired immediately.
May 26th, 2026 at 3:28 pm
^
*Vaunted
(not wanted)
May 26th, 2026 at 5:41 pm
Dexter must not be watching the games cause there was not one phase of the game where we were well coached post bye.
May 26th, 2026 at 6:41 pm
Any of you people that are actually “Willing” to fight for “garbage”, well it’s TRUE! YOU… deserve Garbage. You are welcome to Move on along with your hero when he’s Thrown OUT of the building…
That Includes the Bozo “danglers” that are hanging off Bowles arse. Like Bowles gimpy buddy goooberbreath bobble girl.. Definitely a “dangler”! He/she/Other is Right up Bowles……. alley.
Buddy. Some people dont deserve good things. It won’t be hard to find them. They’ll eventually look in the mirror when they take their bi=weekly bath.. If that.
May 26th, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Kenton … Bowles doesn’t adjust.
You don’t have dawgs? Make some dawgs!
Guys don’t get the message in week 10 and look unmotivated week 11…. In week 12 I have the practice squad guys in there. Guys who wanna make a name.
You think AWJ and McCollum and Dennis don’t have any pride? If they dont bear down and get their head in it real fast then they aren’t worth their salary. There are ways to fire guys up without yelling or making them hammer each other in practice… Todd just doesn’t use those ways either.
May 27th, 2026 at 6:42 am
Jocks supporting Jocks it’s a disease that causes loss of common sense and creates blindness !! No Cure it’s actually beloved for robbing fans blind and unwarranted earnings/ job longevity !! kinda like a government job, but the pay is much higher !! obviously Dexter has the disease in it part of the fraternity !!
Dexter, thanks for the great Super Bowl victory !!
But You are not a Civilian , you’re still a delusional, jock, in a delusional jock world !!