Extended Todd Bowles Discussion Time For Team Glazer
September 20th, 2026
Team Glazer
Despite the wall of unity that is Team Glazer, Joe absolutely cannot believe the six siblings with the title of “owner” agree consistently on all things Buccaneers.
And that includes their biggest decision of the offseason.
Despite fan outrage at the Bucs’ 2025 collapse and fans’ collective assignment of blame to head coach Todd Bowles, Team Glazer opted to keep Bowles for the 2026 season. Does Joe think it was a unanimous decision at the Glazer table? Absolutely not “this Joe.”
So what is happening now in the Team Glazer suite as Joe types this during the Bucs-Browns lightning delay? The Bucs are trailing 23-19 at the 2:00 warning and Tampa Bay is driving for a potential winning score.
That’s a long time for ownership to sit together on the brink of disaster, which would be losing to Cleveland in the home opener.
And that’s not long after signing Baker Mayfield for huge money and giving Vita Vea a new contract after he held the team hostage. Neither player has played well in the first two games.
Today is/was a must-win for Todd Bowles’ as it relates to his job stability. Not security, “stability.” But Joe thinks regardless of today’s result, all that extra time for Team Glazer to sit on the precipice of a franchise-crushing loss can’t be good for Bowles long term.
Once ownership starts thinking about a move it inevitable becomes more likely.
That’s just human nature.
September 20th, 2026 at 4:58 pm
NO!
FIRE BOWLES š©
September 20th, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Just a comedy of errors
Choosing Todd over Coen
Extending Baker
Extending Vita
Keeping Todd after 2025 collapse
This is not a serious franchise
September 20th, 2026 at 5:01 pm
The Bucs has made some the dumbest decisions in NFL history
Mayfield record extension
Vita Vea extension
Cade Otton new deal
Anzalone signing
Gainwell signing
They could have signed Devin Lloyd with Anzalone and Gainwell money
There’s a lot more
September 20th, 2026 at 5:01 pm
They wonāt fire him. They love Bowles and his mediocrity. Most fans wanted Bowles fired last season.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:01 pm
Joe was all in on Bowles. Donāt take the bait. Heās running cover for Todd.
Glazers love Todd and the culture. Nothing but stormy skies ahead.
From the Taj Mahal to the ghetto.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:02 pm
Discussion? What is there to discuss….should have been canned 2 years ago!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:02 pm
Fire Licht, fire Bowles, bring in a new GM with carte blanche to trade or cut whoever they want, hoard draft picks, tank for the rest of the season and start fresh. It feels like we are at the beginning of a wooden roller coaster inching higher and higher, except we are inching lower and lower over the past 3 seasons and eventually there will be no lower to go, so might as well get started now.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:05 pm
Jason and Todd need to go.
Time is up – itās over.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Should have been FIRED last Jan.
Hopefully the owners are taking this time to call Coach McDermitt and set up and meeting to be Bucs next HC!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:06 pm
And Zach Robinson can go with Bowles. Not impressed with his schemes in ATL or here so far.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:07 pm
Hope they had a backup plan if this clown fell on his face at the start of this season. But don’t promote Robinson.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:07 pm
The time for this discussion was two years ago. Doesn’t matter anymore now.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:08 pm
Eating Lās with Todd Says:
September 20th, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Choosing Todd over Coen
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STOP.
This is total 20/20 hindsight.
We weren’t going to fire a coach coming off a 10-7 season and consecutive playoff appearances to take a chance on an OC who had one good season. Not after basically doing the same thing with Raheem and having that blow up in our faces.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:08 pm
It’s hard to support a franchise like the Bucs
They should get rid of all these listed
Zac Robinson
Baker Mayfield
Todd Bowles
Jason Licht
Bruce Arians
These 5 has to go, for this team to improve
September 20th, 2026 at 5:10 pm
š¤” It’s Lovie 2.0. Let the clown show continue…….
September 20th, 2026 at 5:10 pm
Let’s see, Baker is struggling this half, the Defense is making Deshaun Watson look like Tom Brady, no one on defense tackling worth a damn!!!!!!!!! This team is coming up shorting the same ways it did last year, oh did i forget, we can’t get to the passer, or? Our blitzes fail?????
YOU GUYS SUCK!!! AND YOU DIDNT TOTALLY FILL THE STADIUM EITHER.@!!!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:11 pm
The fact they let Bowles stay after last seasons debacle let me know, we are not a serious franchise. The man lost 6 or his last 8 games. And Like Mike Evans said, 3rd and 28 and our Defense could not get off the field. Its ONE of the big reasons he left.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:12 pm
No discussion needed. There shouldn’t have been one 2 years ago or last year.
He is a D minded head coach with a bad D.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:12 pm
WTF !
Joes !
Bowels should have been fired at the end of 2024 !
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September 20th, 2026 at 5:14 pm
Enough time to essentially create a script like itās the beginning of a game.
3rd and 28 didnāt cost Todd his job, but anything less than 28 yards here might.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:17 pm
Anzalone SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
Thatās all.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:17 pm
Todd is the greatest Bucs coach of all time. Canāt fire a genius that the players love.
He is a good guy and he needs to feed his family.
Also the Glazers got him on a blue light special. No returns.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:19 pm
Hell no on Mike Tomlin for next HC
Also recommending Sean McDermott, former Bills HCā¦
September 20th, 2026 at 5:19 pm
Bowels should never have been hired. He certainly should have been fired after 2024 when we lost Coen. Watching the Jags-Broncos game on NFL Sunday Ticket and there is no comparison to the pablum of this awful game with two loser teams.
Coen should have been our coach. Bowels is the definition of mediocrity, which is apparently what the Glazers strive for.
If he loses today, he should be fired tonight!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:20 pm
In 50 years we will remember the greatest Bucs defenses like
Montyās Tampa Two with HoFers Brooks, Lynch, Sapp, Barber, and Rice
Bowles Low T defense with Bain, SirVocca, Dean, Anzalone
Legendary
September 20th, 2026 at 5:20 pm
The only thing that makes sense to me is that Licht bought into this nonsense about the āBuccaneers manā and the culture. Part of that was Bowles, who is a genuinely nice guy. Heās not a good coach. No one else would have hired him as a head coach. We got suckered into Bowles by Arians and its been crap ever since. Arians was looking to set up his ālegacyā coaches Leftwich and Bowles. Leftwich is out of the league with absolutely no prospects sitting on the couch. Bowles won the worst division in football for a few years with mediocre teams. and now here we are, drenched and miserable, waiting for the Bucs to barely beat the worst team in football. Shoot me now.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:23 pm
20 games under 500 as a HC after todayās loss
3 winning seasons out of 8 years being a HC after todayās Brady played 23 years only losing season of his career came under this a$$ HC. Guess there wonāt be a midseason collapse this year. Still canāt beat afc north. Still canāt cover a TE still canāt tackle. F!!!! Canāt believe stuck watch this trash HC again
September 20th, 2026 at 5:23 pm
Sad for the fans. THese guys are bazillionaires. Sad for TAMPA BAY
September 20th, 2026 at 5:24 pm
Oh how them
Jags looking again
September 20th, 2026 at 5:25 pm
When there’s a turd in the Bowles, always flush
September 20th, 2026 at 5:26 pm
It is clear no matter what personnel we have, we have a Todd Bowles issue. Most of us have known for years, but it should be abundantly clear to ownership after this pathetic excuse of a game.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:26 pm
We had our next Super Bowl head coach INSIDE THE BUILDING and let him go to the Jags!!! In favor of Todd “Head Clown” Bowles!!!
I still cannot believe it to this day.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:26 pm
Why arenāt there ever articles like this about Licht?
Just about every major decision heās made over the last few years seems to have been wrong.
Thereās not a single player on this team living to up to his contract. A terrible mismanagement of finances.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:26 pm
They love him. Itās all emotions with these clown owners. Their pops would have sent him packing years ago.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:27 pm
Iām starting to think Bowles isnāt the guy
September 20th, 2026 at 5:29 pm
Bowles is no longer mediocre. 2-9 (assuming they lose) is TERRIBLE!!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:30 pm
This is so ridiculous. Bowles and Licht shouldāve been gone two years ago. Glazer boys are just as clueless as the dummies they hire and inexplicably extend.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Ive been a bucs fan since the Dungy days. I have no interest in watching this team at all this year.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:32 pm
DEI unfortunately, hate to say it!!!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:32 pm
Bowles shouldāve been gone a lone time ago, the Bucs let the next GREAT coach walk out in Liamā¦ bunch of fools
Now for the first time I feel licth needs to go too
September 20th, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Dear Glazers,
How much do you regret that you just didnāt say, āFffckit, weāre betting on Liam Patrick Coen instead of Bowles?ā
Iām watching the Jaguars game due to the rain delayā¦and I mean, come on. His overall coaching is Varsity vs. Junior JUNIOR Varsity compared to the Bucs.
Two games in, and Iām already selling my hopeium on a downtown corner.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:34 pm
Please stop bringing up Coen. The Bucs were fair to him. Offered the highest OC contract in history. You couldn’t fire Todd with two consecutive division titles and.a playoff win. Coen pulled a scumbag maneuver and left us at the altar. We are now at a fork in the road. You could fire Todd. But we are now stuck with a lame duck QB for the next three years making $3m a game. We also caved and have VV too much money to take every third play off. Ultimately, our family environment and “sign your own” mentality has burned us. We better win this game… lot more than 0-2 on the line.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:34 pm
Why were the fans the only ones to see what has been going on with Bowles since he became defensive coordinator. I think the Bucs defense played well at the end of the season in their Super Bowl year despite of Bowles not because of him. Itās always the same thing. The defense seems to play well until itās crunch time and then they fold like a cheap suit. Donāt look now but the Panthers are playing well and so are the Saints. Not even sure the Bucs could beat the Falcons right now. If we go on to lose this game I could see the Bucs starting the season 0-5 the way they are playing and the way the schedule is set up.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:34 pm
the Glazers see the Rays win games yet not fill the Trop – the Bucs are mediocre yet Ray Jay seats are filled – this is a BUSINESS – THEY DO NOT CARE – the Glazers have nothing but sneering contempt for any fan that is not an obsequious lickspittle
September 20th, 2026 at 5:35 pm
Who agreed to re sign baker too?
September 20th, 2026 at 5:36 pm
Whars with all the .mediocre talk? They are dying against what is
A bottom 3 team in thr league. Mediocre team beats the browns
In their home opener by 2 touchdowns. This group looks bad
September 20th, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Iāll defend Bowles cause heās our HC. Defense hasnāt played terrible. The one touchdown was missed tackles. Correct me if Iām wrong but did Bowles miss that tackle ? No he didnāt. Winfield missed , smith missed and Alex missed which isnāt a surprise. Monken is a good OC he got 1 on Bowles with the other TD other than that heās called a good game. The players have missed tackles. You are the same fans blaming Bowles for bakers fumbles and shoot baker thru a terrible int again Bowles fault right. Bucs offense has bin bad guess thatās Bowles fault to right since he calls the plays right. Coverage has bin pretty good outside of a few plays and weāve missed some sacks. They really havnt ran the ball on us to well. Our offense canāt sustain drives or score TDs. Honestly baker and the offense is sinking the ship not Bowles and his defense for once
September 20th, 2026 at 5:39 pm
Bowles defense hasnāt been able to stop any offense since mid-season last year. This is looking very much like a very long seasonā¦again.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:40 pm
My daughter is at the game. She said it was empty. People got up and left even before the rain delay. That’s too bad. Things are THAT BAD
September 20th, 2026 at 5:42 pm
It took a special effort to coach Tom Brady to an 8-9 record. Was terrible with the Jets and cost the Bucs in the NFC Championship game. The Glazers do not care about winning. Their concern has always been the bottom line. Owning an NFL team is like getting the key to Scrooge McDucks Money vault. Let alone the money printing machine they own in England in Manchester United – who are also a complete, non-competitive, mess. It’s all about the money. The Bucs could easily start the season 0-7.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:42 pm
Bredeson I absolutely agree. Of course 20/20 says coen would have been better. At the time though? Only a couple years off a Superbowl, two division.titles.. didn’t make sense to fire Bowles at the time and trying to bring the gang back was the main focus. Anything else is revisionist nonsense. You would have had some serious locker room issues getting rid of a guy like that given trb circumstances. Coaches deserve ast least that much loyalty otherwise you’ll just be a revolving door. Now? By all means get rid of him if we can’t turn it around soon
September 20th, 2026 at 5:47 pm
Thereās āWhereās Waldoā and now thereās āWhereās Reuben.ā
I think Iām going to use AI to create the āWhereās Reubenā Bucs fanās storybook.
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September 20th, 2026 at 5:47 pm
No excuse whatsoever to lose to the browns at home. No matter who is on defense we suck. Itās time the glazers put the fans first. Fire Bowles and bring Mike Tomlin home
September 20th, 2026 at 5:50 pm
If you look back, I repeatedly argued that the team should fire Todd Bowles and promote Liam Coen if that was what it took to keep him. At the very least, management should have offered Coen a co-head coach or assistant head coach title, matched whatever Jacksonville was offering financially, and allowed Bowles to transition out aka retire after the 2024 season. Unless Coen wanted to retain him and keep him as his defensive coordinator and assistance “head coach” by title at that point essentially.
Offensive coordinators who put together the kind of dominant season the Buccaneers had in 2024 are extremely rare. Prioritizing Coen and maintaining continuity on offense should have been the front office’s top imperative, regardless of how they handled Bowles’ exit. That’s what should have happened.
PERIOD!!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:51 pm
This has been a cumulative affect of the last 5 years. Letās go back to the playoff game against the Rams. His defensive call to blitz Stafford and the subsequent failure cost us another possible Super Bowl. He then is gifted the HC job by Arians and promptly hand the greatest QB in history his only losing season. He then treads water for the next 2 years and keeps getting a pass by āwinningā the division 3 times. Then last seasons collapse should have been enough to have ownership make a change, but for reasons that escape logic, they keep him when multiple championship coaches were available. He cost us the greatest offensive player in team history because he no longer saw a way to win with a Todd Bowles coached team. He has/never will win a championship. That should be the only criteria that should be used in evaluating him continuing to coach this team. I think any players who say the respect and want to continue playing for him are just afraid of what accountability of new leadership will bring!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:51 pm
The problem I see is thereās nobody currently on the coaching staff you can really have enough faith will be an upgrade (to Todd). Maybe Foote? The last guy we had who had āitā was Coen, and he already got out of Dodge. I think ownership has hitched its wagon to Bowles for this year (and next?) with the contracts they gave Bowles and (perhaps pressured Licht to give?) Mayfield? Ride or die I guess š
September 20th, 2026 at 5:53 pm
Any time they eventually fire him will 3+ years too late and counting.
September 20th, 2026 at 5:56 pm
I am PIZZED at the local sports media for not calling out the franchise management, coaching and ownership!
September 20th, 2026 at 5:56 pm
Barely winning the worst division in the NFL 3x, by default, is not an accomplishment.
The goal is to be a solid team and a serious threat to win a championship. On that measure Bowles has been a dismal failure.
There is no reason to keep him around for the rest of the season.
September 20th, 2026 at 6:03 pm
Your local sports media will never call out the teams. Between the sponsorships and jeopardizing access if they dare speak the truth is too dangerous.
September 20th, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Should have been let go after Rams playoff loss in NFC championship
September 20th, 2026 at 6:17 pm
BENchBREDESON
Stop bringing up Coen? Cause the Bucs couldnāt fire Todd because he had 2 years left on his contract? Liam did a scum bag move by leaving Bowles for a HC job with the gm of his wishing taking over the Jags with all those picks they have?
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September 20th, 2026 at 6:18 pm
Na na Na Na Na hey hey good bye Bowles
September 20th, 2026 at 6:20 pm
Bowles needs to be fired tonight. No ifs ands or buts!
Show him the door!!