Bucs GM Jason Licht Confidence Poll (Annual Bye Week Edition)
November 11th, 2026Poll posted at 11:04 a.m. Poll closed at 12:45 p.m.
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Poll posted at 11:04 a.m. Poll closed at 12:45 p.m.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:26 am
111 losses – MOST IN THE CAP ERA BY ANY GM(besides JJ and BB).
46% losing percentage
SO many horrible picks and extensions. That Godwin extension was one of the worst.
Licht must go with Todd on black Monday. The franchise needs new blood.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:39 am
80sBucFan summed it up! The only thing I would add is that he drafted a kicker in the 2nd round. That alone is enough cause for termination.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:42 am
Who replaces JL? A SB winning GM.
Guy has been knocking drafts outta the park.
Throwing the Bucs record and losses in his face is meaningless. He inherited an inept franchise. He wasn’t supposed to pick Jameis 1st overall in his 2nd year in the position? Sure now in hindsight you can say trade the pick find a vet QB blah blah.
That vet QB wasn’t gonna do squat. Throw less picks, very likely, win a bunch more games, very unlikely. Team and culture were bad. JL is responsible for turning that tide and building a SB winner! Tom doesn’t come here if it’s not a roster capable of winning it all. He would tell you the same himself, he’s not an idiot.. and what happened? Won the SB.
His biggest mistake has been Bowles, who has held this team back. He has consistently been acquiring good talent through the draft and this year through FA without mortgaging the future.
Get some good coaches in here and this team can compete for a SB again sooner than later. Why the hell would we get rid of the architect?
November 11th, 2026 at 11:43 am
JL is not going anywhere. If you think they love TB imagine how they feel about their GM.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:45 am
About time Joe threw this one up there and for anyone who believes there’s confidence in Licht, I have some mountain view property in New Orleans I can sell you.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:51 am
Licht has constructed a team capable of winning 10 straight SB titles.
And he’s hired the right HC for the job!
Ultimately Confident AF!!!! He’s the best!!!!
November 11th, 2026 at 11:56 am
Clean house!…. extending such a bum as HC should be the nail in his coffin….
The bucs will be much better off without Bowels and Licht!!!
November 11th, 2026 at 11:57 am
Keeping TB and Baker contract are enough to tell you all you need to know.
Terrible management equals terrible product.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:58 am
Ah. The insufferable no life pos trolls jumped on this one quick!
November 11th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Well, I’ll point out that all of you are in the minority.
November 11th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
I hesitated, but I selected Confident.
November 11th, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Interesting, thought it would be about a 50, 50 split. Take Brady’s first two years here away, and what has Licht delivered? Buc fans live to be disappointed. Licht needs to be sent packing on the turnup truck he fell off of.
November 11th, 2026 at 12:15 pm
Little confidence.
Baker contract, and Mike Evans leaving are big ones.
November 11th, 2026 at 12:17 pm
Saskbucs, I agree with your point of view. He’s the architect of a Super Bowl winning team. Who are the Bucs going to get who is better? No one. There are many teams who have been hamstrung for many years with bad cap management decisions. The Bucs aren’t one of them. Howie Roseman has been with the Eagles for 16 years and they’ve won two Super Bowls during his time. He’s had good years and bad years. That’s the way it goes in sports. I feel like this offense is an O-coordinator and a single player or two away from being great.
He should have fired Zac yesterday, but maybe he and Todd Bowles have an understanding of sorts.
November 11th, 2026 at 12:28 pm
I voted confident. I think he drafts pretty well, but I don’t like his signings of our players or the timing of those signings. However, the Glazers have some input I would think as well.
November 11th, 2026 at 12:47 pm
Make no mistake, a vote of “Confident” is a “C” grade. ??? Make no mistake. That’s now how the grading is to be interpreted. It’s very straight forward. The results are what they show. –Joe
A=totally confident
B=very confident
C=confident
D=little confidence
F=no confidence
Hopefully Joe addresses the overall mediocrity valuation of JL. Great scouts are not necessarily great leaders. JL is a great at drafts (mostly), but does he live up to his paygrade?
November 11th, 2026 at 1:03 pm
The Professor is spot on. Great take.
November 11th, 2026 at 1:15 pm
Some people are BUSY trying to change REALITY…….
The “””””GLAZERS”””” EXTENDED THE MAYFIELD CONTRACT AGAINST HIS WISHES!
You people are either Liars or DESPERATE. It’s DEFINITELY ONE OR THE OTHER NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT.
I get it. I was DESPERATE to Get Rid of Bowles 4 YEARS AGO and have been DESPERATELY TRYING TO POINT OUT that bozo was LITERALLY walking us STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE DEN OF DEPRESSION! 4 YEARS AGO! But you people made EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE after he trashed EVERYTHING THAT WAS WORKING!
But the ONE THING I DIDN’T DO WAS LIE ABOUT IT! I Only pointed out the TRUTH!
It’s WELL DOCUMENTED, “EXACTLY WHO”… OVERRODE LICHT’S DECISION TO HOLD ON BOTH THE MAYFIELD AND VEA CONTRACTS! EVERYBODY KNOWS IT WAS THE GLAZERS!
So YOU PEOPLE are SO DESPERATE that you’re willing to play THE FOOLS!?
WOW! BRILLIANT… YOU really look like idiots because EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR LYING! I’ve been quite but this has gotten PATHETIC!
How? How can ANYBODY TRUST ANYTHING THE ONES DESPERATELY LYING EVER AGAIN? It’s a running joke around here.
BTW… Why don’t you name off the GM’s in the ENTIRE HISTORY of this team that even sort of COMES CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT OF TALENT THE MAN HAS BROUGHT TO THE TEAM WHILE PICKING IN THE 20’S or 30’s? He picks an average of 3 to 4 SERIOUS contributors per draft on an average. Have ALL DRAFTS been equal? NO! But for the MOST PART HE “IS” A TOP TEN GM!
I don’t like the hording of picks and the holding on a little too long with some BUT the man DUMPS MULTIPLE AWESOME TALENT YEARLY IN HERE!
HE….. has a SUPER BOWL RING THAT HE BUILT FOR HIS FINGER! Who else did that? THE OWNER MALCOM! NOT ANOTHER GM!
You people either are new and DON’T KNOW OUR HISTORY… OR YOUR A FOOL!
November 11th, 2026 at 1:16 pm
Is LOSING CONFIDENCE an option?
He crushed it for several years but then he forgot his formula. He’s too loyal and backs losers. He set up the perfect “Prove It” scenario with Baker and then blew it.
I’d love to give Barber a shot at GM. I think he’d crush it.
November 11th, 2026 at 1:24 pm
Thank God for the results!!!!
It shows the majority that complain in the comments about Licht is less than 10% of fans.
Bruce Allen and Mark Dominick now those were bad GMs for the Bucs.
For some people complaining is their hobby. SMH
November 11th, 2026 at 1:40 pm
Rich McKay is not in the ROH – can anyone tell me why ? Anyone ?
November 11th, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Poll closes at 12:45 PM Est! That’s like 9:45am here on the left coast.
Come on Joes, it would be nice that you give us west coast Bucs fans a bit of time to to particpate in your polls too now that getting the kids to school in the a.m is required, or for some like, recovering from topping off a few beers last night.
After all, not only do the Bucs have fans across the good ole USA, but so does JoeBucsFan!
November 11th, 2026 at 2:32 pm
I would’ve said very confident if I’d seen the poll in time. Not sure why you don’t leave it open longer.
November 11th, 2026 at 2:34 pm
Don’t want to give folks working at a certain building on MLK Drive just east of Himes Ave. time to muster the troops and flood the poll.
November 11th, 2026 at 2:47 pm
obvious one is related to jason licht lmao
November 11th, 2026 at 2:58 pm
Rich McKay in my point of view CERTAINLY qualifies as “should be” in the ring of honor EVEN IF his his light hasn’t shined as bright as Licht’s has. He (McKay) DID draft 2 to 3 hall of famers for this team. McKay’s drafts DID lead to our first Super Bowl Winning DOMINANCE… Though he scored Brooks AND Sapp in ONE DRAFT.
But there’s MORE…
Rich McKay is THE ONLY GM in NFL History to pick 2 HALL OF FAMERS BACK TO BACK IN HIS FIRST DRAFT “EVER”…. Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it “ROH”!
He was the First AND LAST GM to do that EVER! “His First Draft”…
Also, McKay drafted “Mike Alstott” ( should BE ) in the hall of fame and another who arguably SHOULD BE in the hall of fame “Warrick Dunn”! AWESOME DRAFTING!
But But WAIT! I This IS far from over because Rich McKay ALSO drafted another Tampa Bay hall of famer… Rhonde Barber! AND… one of histories GREATEST Line Backers in one Mr. John Lynch!!!
It is FAIR to question who was the Greatest drafter in Tampa Bays History between the two… Rich McKay (I believe) was cut out before his time was done and if another team was SMART they would have JUMPED ALL OVER bringing in McKay for their team as a GM. I admit I’m cloudy on what happened to Rich McKay and the why’s… but… if I’m not wrong, McKay was the GM for 8 years…
I believe that our first Super Bowl winning coach required His Own GM (big mistake) before he would agree to terms of taking over as the head coach. “CHUNKY Gruden”!
And so goes the tenure of Rich McKay..
SHOULD THE MAN BE IN THIS TEAMS RING OF HONOR? YOU BET YOUR APPLES HE SHOULD BE!!! If it weren’t for his drafting acumen we WOULD NOT HAVE HAD the talent to have won our first Super Bowl.. JUST THE FACTS!
November 11th, 2026 at 3:00 pm
SteveK Says:
“Baker contract, and Mike Evans leaving are big ones.”
Mike Evans should not he held against him. He offered him more than the 49ers. Mike was never going to stay.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:04 pm
Obvious,
You say Licht was against the Mayfield contract? Prove it? Saying it is documented doesn’t make it so. It takes producing the document to prove it. Can you do that? No? I didn’t think so.
By the way, looks like something is wrong with your cap lock key. Seems to be randomly engaging.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:09 pm
Obvious One, I agree about Jason Licht. And, I would venture to agree that the Glazers wanted to keep Baker Mayfield…though I can see why they would feel that way after seeing him play early last season.
I still think he has it in him. While I do not think he will ever be a solid elite guy, I do believe he is better than Doug Williams, Trent Dilfer, and Brad Johnson ever were…and they all won superbowls.
Also, the new contract means a new head coach would only have to put up with him for a year if he continues to do poorly now.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:14 pm
can-we-get-rid-of-Licht-for-godsake? Says
“Rich McKay is not in the ROH – can anyone tell me why ? Anyone ?”
I can.
Rich McKay had 3 good drafts, put the team in cap hades and then bailed because he was unable to fix it. To top it off, he went directly to a division rival. That traitor doesn’t deserve the Bucs RoH.
Jason Licht, on the other hand, built a superbowl team, followed it up by getting us out of cap issues within 2 years, and has rebuilt a good roster. He’s also rebuilt the offensive line 3 times.
The only times he’s don badly is when the Glazers took control from him.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:16 pm
Not to mention he built a good defense in 2 years of drafts.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:19 pm
• Very Confident…… that Licht over values his draft picks.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:34 pm
Here is what we do know: Licht was very pro-Mayfield. How the contract played out seems to suggest Licht may not have been all-in on the money Mayfield’s people wanted. Or at least Licht seemed hesitant about the money.
Licht was with his son visiting a prospective college and Joel Glazer called and in essence, told Licht to just get it over with and get the deal done.
Mayfield signed hours later.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:36 pm
I agree with your take on both Licht and McKay, Buccaneer Bonzai. He’s the best GM the Bucs have had over the past 30 years and it’s not close.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:37 pm
“can-we-get-rid-of-Licht-for-godsake? Says:
November 11th, 2026 at 1:40 pm
Rich McKay is not in the ROH – can anyone tell me why ? Anyone ?”
Perhaps because he’s an overrated douche?
He had a handful of decent drafts. He’s nowhere near as good as Licht. He had his fair share of high draft pick whiffs – hell he managed to whiff on TWO 1st round picks in one year – 1996 Regan Upshaw and Marcus Jones. Lets not forget the mess that was Reidel Anthony or Trent Dilfer.
Because he tried to force Malcom Glazer into a hire he expressly didn’t want by negotiating with Marvin Lewis behind their backs? Going so far as to offer him the job, even though he was exactly the kind of coach Malcolm did not want?
He was such a good a GM in Atlanta that Blank kicked him upstairs into a ceremonial position. Kept him around in a “do no harm” role just to maintain McKay’s influence on the NFL competition committee.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:40 pm
“can-we-get-rid-of-Licht-for-godsake? Says:
November 11th, 2026 at 1:40 pm
Rich McKay is not in the ROH – can anyone tell me why ? Anyone ?”
Perhaps because he doesn’t deserve to be?
He had a handful of decent drafts. He’s nowhere near as good as Licht. He had his fair share of high draft pick whiffs – hell he managed to whiff on TWO 1st round picks in one year – 1996 Regan Upshaw and Marcus Jones. Lets not forget the mess that was Reidel Anthony or Trent Dilfer.
Because he tried to force Malcom Glazer into a hire he expressly didn’t want by negotiating with Marvin Lewis behind their backs? Going so far as to offer him the job, even though he was exactly the kind of coach Malcolm did not want?
He was such a good a GM in Atlanta that Blank kicked him upstairs into a ceremonial position. Kept him around in a “do no harm” role just to maintain McKay’s influence on the NFL competition committee.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:43 pm
“Joe Says:
November 11th, 2026 at 3:34 pm
You say Licht was against the Mayfield contract? Prove it? Saying it is documented doesn’t make it so. It takes producing the document to prove it. Can you do that? No? I didn’t think so.
Here is what we do know: Licht was very pro-Mayfield. How the contract played out seems to suggest Licht may not have been all-in on the money Mayfield’s people wanted. Or at least Licht seemed hesitant about the money.
Licht was with his son visiting a prospective college and Joel Glazer called and in essence, told Licht to just get it over with and get the deal done.
Mayfield signed hours later.”
Bingo. And I suspect the Vea contract was signed in a very similar way.
November 11th, 2026 at 3:55 pm
If the Bucs moved on from Licht, I have even less confidence that the Glazers could find somebody better. Let Licht pick one more HC and see how it goes.
November 11th, 2026 at 4:03 pm
So Joe says:
“Don’t want to give folks working at a certain building on MLK Drive just east of Himes Ave. time to muster the troops and flood the poll.”
Come on Joe, that’s very small town thinking, JBF’s is bigger than that!
November 11th, 2026 at 4:39 pm
I’m not surprised Licht and his sycophant front office are spending their day refreshing JBF in order to try to flood the polls. How pathetic is that.
This sort of clown operation is why we’re never able to take advantage of such an awful division.
November 11th, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Bonsai
We’ve been over this. Your statement on McKay is straight up, factually WRONG.
Don’t know how you could get it wrong so many times…
November 11th, 2026 at 10:00 pm
He’s not a real GM, and that is where the problem lies. In name only. HE said it himself, that HE doesn’t have anything to do with UDFA signings, that he leaves that part up to the scouting department (and I’m sure coaches). Everyone on here proclaims that HE has nothing to do with FA-signings, player extensions, the hiring of coaches, & etc. There has to be a total house cleaning, and a fresh, brand new CULTURE all around… Top to Bottom. And, it starts with allowing our next HC to ‘handpick’ his OWN GM. Otherwise, nothing will ever change with this franchise. Lickt is just a Glazer lapdog. A PUPPET. Period. End of Story.
November 11th, 2026 at 10:11 pm
And, he does NOTHING on draft day, but stands pat and waits on his pick. Then, tries to act as if HIS GUY” just always miraculously falls into his lap every single time. Hell, ANYONE could fricken do THAT. Anyone, who actually follows H.S. recruiting (and watches games), and watches a ton of college football for over 40-YEARS, while having some common sense and a decent eye for talent. Literally, ANYONE. Especially, nowadays! He’s nothing but a LAZY BLOB. Maybe, he will finally get his FIRST Pro-Bowl selection (Bucky, maybe (as an alternate), and ?…) this season from his last SIX Draft-Classes… FIRST. Again, NOT ALL-PROS. But, “PRO-BOWLERS.” Almost impossible to do even if YOU TRIED. Not even an ALTERNATE. And, you’d think that Hurst and Tex were fricken future ALL-PROS with the way that the people on here talk about em. It’s LAUGHABLE. A freaking JOKE.
November 11th, 2026 at 10:15 pm
SaskBucs
Bowles wasn’t his mistake. Only coach he has personally hired was Arians. Blazers are the ones that have let this head coach circus go on. His drafts are some of the best in the league. We get rid of him and his phone will ring for another job before he makes it to the door. I have no idea how some people can be so clueless. With a real coach this is close to a conference championship contender.
SMH
November 11th, 2026 at 10:19 pm
Sorry for singling out you Saskbucs. That rant was for the 30ish percent of you that have no clue.
November 11th, 2026 at 11:26 pm
The confident have spoken…so the rest of you stfu.