Zac Robinson: “We Need To Reevaluate Ourselves”
November 12th, 2026
Playcaller Zac Robinson speaks.
The Bucs had eight drives of four plays or less on Sunday night in Chicago.
That’s usually a clear path to losing an NFL game. However, one of those drives was a game-tying touchdown effort (2 plays) after the Bucs forced and recovered a fumble at the Bears’ 17 yard line.
If only the Bucs offense hadn’t been so impotent, the Bucs would be a 4-5 team on a roll after starting the season 0-4,
Instead, they’re mired in the NFC South landfill and will be glued to their TVs on Sunday to see who wins the riveting Panthers-Saints matchup.
Embattled Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson reflected on Sunday’s performance during his Tuesday trip to the Buccaneers Radio Network.
“I felt like we did take a step back from an execution standpoint,” Robinson said. “We left a lot of plays out there. We had some procedural issues that put us in some tough spots on 1st-and-10, and then you’re getting to 1st-and-15 and chasing the chains. And those were disappointing things because we were trending, you know, in the right direction and had cleaned up some procedural things that had been popping up early in the season.
“And then missed opportunities in the pass game. We had drops, we had missed throws, we had misreads, we had a multitude of self-inflicted wounds that we just can’t have.
“I thought there was some good things in the run game. The [Bears] did a good job bottlenecking some things up and, you know, I thought Bucky [Irving] ran really well. We left some plays out there in the run game as well that maybe some gains of 5 could have been gains of 8, 9, 10, and you’re at the third level of the defense. So yeah, it was a disappointing game the way that it all unfolded…. Myself and the coaches and players, we gotta be a lot better and, um, definitely one to learn a lot of things from. The bye week’s coming at a good time. We need to reevaluate ourselves. We feel good about where the run game is at, you know, just ways that we can improve and that we can just throw and catch and make sure that we’re, you know, moving the sticks anytime we do pass the football.”
So it’s back to the drawing board for Robinson, who acknowledged that his unit regressed.
November 12th, 2026 at 9:56 am
No spit, Sherlock!!!!
November 12th, 2026 at 9:56 am
No you all need to be fired.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:00 am
It looks like it’s a simple matter of designing more shorter pass plays and laterals.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Zac is on his way to getting another HC fired in consecutive years
GO BUCS!!!!!
November 12th, 2026 at 10:04 am
Different career? DMV?
November 12th, 2026 at 10:07 am
Nice to know we’re still learning the “throw and catch” part midway through the season. ZRob clearly trying to point out the fact that he’s calling a better game than the players are playing. But let’s not hold our breath on him teaching Baker how to read a defense, set his feet and throw an accurate well timed pass. Ted “catches everything” Hurst should be living with a jugs machine, same for Tez “I still catch with my arms” Johnson.
I’ll defend ZRob until I see the simple throws and catches executed cleanly.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:11 am
The writing was already on the wall on this moron before he was hired. Bucs deserve to soak in the spew this guy brings to the table.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:13 am
Jameis isn’t looking too bad right now…
November 12th, 2026 at 10:14 am
The Bucs Offense out scored the Bears Offense.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:16 am
Explain why EE is getting reps over Hurst….
November 12th, 2026 at 10:20 am
Bigpop..! “Ill defend the coach,when the player catches and throws “….WHAT???
execution is on the players
In other words
The players are the playmakers..
Pop! You make no sense….
November 12th, 2026 at 10:20 am
An accurate QB would help. Baker Winston/Freemans brain is not processing fast enough. Why? Is it family, is it meds, is he over simulated or under simulated? Does this team have a sports psychologist? Who is steering this sinking ship? It’s a 3-28 cursed Bucs life.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:27 am
Hey Aquabum. Hurtz can’t catch. Period.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:31 am
You can’t be a one demantional offense in the NFL. Success is achieved when you passing game feeds off of your running game. Robinson needs to draw up some passing play that look like a running play. It can be either but Baker needs to audible the designed play at the line of skimage. Keep the defense off guard.
Baker needs to understand it’s not all on him. Football is a team sport. His style of play can be his downfall. We’ve witnessed this over the last few seasons.
If he doesn’t get it there is no point in keeping an overpaid quarterback that refuses to change.
Bucs fans are over his mentality. He either listens or his gone.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:37 am
“And then missed opportunities in the pass game. We had drops, we had missed throws, we had misreads, we had a multitude of self-inflicted wounds that we just can’t have.”
Dysfunctional AF, this is alot for it to all happen in 1 game.
November 12th, 2026 at 10:40 am
“ZRob clearly trying to point out the fact that he’s calling a better game than the players are playing. But let’s not hold our breath on him teaching Baker how to read a defense, set his feet and throw an accurate well timed pass.”
Baker has played 129 NFL games, if he doesn’t know all of what you think Robinson should be “teaching” him a decade into his career then it’s already too damn late.