Bucs Coordinators Made Case To Stay
January 23rd, 2022
Not a great day.
Bucs defensive and offensive and coordinators Todd Bowles and Bryon Leftwich have interviewed or plan to interview with so many teams Joe has lost track.
Joe has a hunch those interviews will slow down after today.
Joe already detailed how Bowles committed coaching malpractice today by ignoring all statistical documentation and evidence that Rams quarterback Matt Stafford thrives under the blitz and opened the game by blitzing Stafford anyway, damn the evidence.
Leftwich? Without going into a long spiel here, Joe doesn’t know what to fully make of Leftwich but in the first half, it sure didn’t seem as if Leftwich was doing enough to help backup right tackle Josh Wells. To be fair, Leftwich was playing with a bad hand and few options due to more injuries than what’s recorded on a Saturday night at Tampa General Hospital.
Let’s just say today’s loss to end the Bucs’ season was not their finest hour. Or day.
So unless NFL team officials that still (?) plan to interview Leftwich and Bowles were out of the country and didn’t have access to the broadcast, the performances by both coordinators won’t do anything to help them land a head coaching job.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:28 pm
NO WAY! BOWLES MADE WORST CALL EVER
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:28 pm
That’s on Todd…
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:29 pm
Made a case to become bartenders more likely.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:30 pm
My biggest fear….We’re stuck with both of them.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Bowles blew it! Moronic. That last play called for a rush 3, drop everyone back.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Bye bye Todd..and your fn weak backfield
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Get Bowles out of here !!! 🤬🤬🤬
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Left too much time on the clock after Lenny’s TD, I was screaming at the screen to get down at the one.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:32 pm
Twice Bowles left his safety one on one with Kupp best receiver in football. Twice he burned us. Bowles sucks.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:32 pm
Good bye Mr Brady, thank you…..
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:32 pm
For the life of me, I don’t know why you blitz in that situation and leave Antoine Winfield alone to cover Cooper Kupp deep.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:32 pm
should have rushed 3 and defended the pass deep. Bad call on Bowles
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:32 pm
jacksonville, u can have Bowles or Leftwich…. goodluck on that!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:33 pm
TODD BOWLES SUCKS
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:33 pm
@Rob- it was perhaps the dumbest call in the postseason I’ve seen.
Todd Bowles let his hubris lose the game for us.
Way to go Todd! No one is hiring your dumb arse now!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
WTFFF!!!!!!!!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
What r u stupid? All game we cant score because of his crappy play calling, all season when they talked about the bucs weak point it was always the secondary.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
It sucks but post Monte Kiffin era, Bowles has been the best Def Coord we have had so far. We went 12-4, had numerous injuries on the Def side, we lost to a great Rams team. I wish we could’ve taken them to OT.
The injuries and AB’s temper tantrum caught up
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
Brady wins that game in overtime. I have no doubts. Unfortunately todd Bowles had other ideas.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
Do not allow inteviews of playoff teams!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:35 pm
Good season fellas, hell of an effort. Not every decision is correct, live by the sword, die by the sword. LFG!! Here’s to next season, cheers
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:35 pm
So Bad to lose the game like that,, Really sucked..
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:35 pm
u leave the best wide receiver in the NFL one on one how stupid was that.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:36 pm
Bowles was awful. Stupid. A major reason why the Bucs have had such a hard time with the Rams is that they play into Stafford’s strengths. You blitz, and Stafford has an easy time finding an open man. He’s one of the best QBs at handling the blitz… and yet that’s exactly what Bowles does. His PREGAME PLAN was to blitz, leading to two quick LA scores before he figures it out. Then in the end, HE BLITZES again, leading the Kupp’s long game-winning gain.
And then on the Kupp TD, it looked like preseason football. The CB Davis plays Cover 3, stops in his zone, believing that the Safety man picked up Kupp. But no Safety appears. The idiot Safety watches Stafford’s eyes and remains in the middle of the field, even though there are NO Ram WRs remotely near the middle. Poor communication, poor defensive coaching. That’s on Bowles.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:36 pm
I said it 42 seconds for this defense to mess it up. You rush 3 and send everybody back.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:36 pm
I meam to come out not ready to play and have poor gaenplans and then make adjustments and suddenly get rolling (with some help by rams) suggests they weren’t prepared
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:36 pm
Yep. We are stuck with them. Unless Brady retires and we can talk him into a coaching position.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:37 pm
Bowles…do not let the door hit you on the way out. Go Away
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:38 pm
Forget Byron. At the end of the day, Brady pulled off the miracle to tie it. Todd schemed a brilliant call by letting Kupp have one on one coverage. That’s fireable. Todd sucks tremendously. That’s all any sane person needs to see. We see how pedestrian of a coach he is if you want to put it mildly. That was the definition of insanity. Beat on back to back Cooper Kupp plays to the tune of 64 yards. 2 plays in a row and 64 yards all because our D coordinator is terrible at his job. COMMON SENSE! Brady refused to lose but Bowles insisted. I am not very religious but I will pray hardcore that some stupid team hires that guy away.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:39 pm
Amen (to all comments)!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:40 pm
Brady would have won it in overtime but for Bowles.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:40 pm
Even a school child knows to protect against the long pass! Inexcusable and costs us overtime. Both coordinators sucked today. Thanks Tom Brady for you time as a Buc. What a way to lose!!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:40 pm
Agreed passingthru. That was terrible but the end of the game. You F*****g have 1 on 1 coverage with Cooper. I don;t care what you do, you don’t do that with whatever scheme you are running. Like I said. That’s not hindsight stuff. That’s COMMON GD SENSE stuff.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Anyone on this site can tell me we wouldn’t be a Super Bowl team with a Sean Payton as a head coach? Leftwitch even at his best sucks at play calling and that lazy old man needs to retire already.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Leftwich… pretty gutless game plan. All year long they’ve been average at zone blocking. The Rams are a team that you can run on, and yet they can’t run on them. Poor zone blocking, and of course a backup RT who sucks (Licht’s fault). He’s less guilty than Bolwe, but it was a tepid game plan.
What the Bucs needed was a good slot receiver for dink and dunk, that’s not Johnson. Godwin got injured, AB went nuts. Gronk was needed to block. The Bucs lacked the horses.
Ideally they Bucs should have gone for 2 point conversion and not blitzed at the end. That would have likely resulted in a different outcome.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Agreed passingthru. That was terrible but the end of the game. You F*****g have 1 on 1 coverage with Cooper. I don’t care what you do, you don’t do that with whatever scheme you are running. Like I said. That’s not hindsight stuff. That’s COMMON FRICKING SENSE stuff.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Agreed passingthru. That was terrible but the end of the game. You freaking have 1 on 1 coverage with Cooper. I don’t care what you do, you don’t do that with whatever scheme you are running. Like I said. That’s not hindsight stuff. That’s COMMON FRICKING SENSE stuff.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Not a big fan of Leftwich, but Brady looked like sh!t in the 1st half.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:42 pm
How do you let the best WR get behind u? Damn u stupid
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:43 pm
Bowles is another Todd Grantham. All he knows is the blitz. Fire him.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:43 pm
On to next year. Get rid of the coaches and if Brady stays we will win it all. Clean House of the staff top to bottom. Let Brady pick the staff and run the whole show.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:43 pm
Leftwich is the main one got to go. 50 passes again??? Abandon run too early. No double team to slow down pressure until the third quarter. Bruh!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:44 pm
There is a reason that Bowles looked so bad as the Jets coach. He re-iterated that today.
Leftwich has run on first down almost every first down. That is childish, especially against the Rams, who could pin their ears back and go after Brady too often. At least we had Brady to put the game on his shoulders.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:45 pm
@HC Grover
Not all coached just Leftwitch and old man head coach
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:46 pm
Stafford has also played like garbage under the blitz. Todd Bowles can’t call the plays and be on the field. The Rams OL handled the blitz, that’s the difference.
Tod Bowles didn’t all of a sudden crap the bed, you can’t let Stafford get all day to throw to Cooper Kupp.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:47 pm
@Red86
Exactly, Bucs where running the ball well so why stop. BECAUSE U HAVE A IDIOT AS A OC AND A LAZY HEAD COACH.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:49 pm
FIRE BOWLES NOW. how so you gameplan to have the leading receiver be single teamed all game long especially on the last 2 plays…
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:49 pm
BA say he is Back next year and “does not know about Tom’…I rather have Brady back. W/O Brady BA is a loser in TPA with his buttboy Gabbert. Noooo!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:49 pm
These 2 will definitely get a HC job just to satisfy the “Rooney rule”. smh…
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:50 pm
Pretty sure a defensive coordinator was fired for a cover zero blitz at end of game not that long ago. maybe slightly more crazy but not by much. They are Keats had guys in the end zone covering at end of it
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:50 pm
Bowles only understands blitzing and pass rush. He’s limited, pass defense and coverages are seemingly beyond his grasp.
I’m being harsh, but some of this is also on Licht’s door step. The CBs were the weakest position group on the roster, and also the thinnest in terms of depth. Haig left. And yet Licht spent a second round pick on a QB, drafted a special teamer CB in the seventh round, and didn’t bother with a OT (no, Hainsey is not a OT).
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:51 pm
64 yards in 2 plays by Cupp. PHOOEY!
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:53 pm
Todd Bowles made a case to be fired. F that guy. One guy lost the game in what could have been a miraculous comeback. f you Todd, go work at a shoe store you stupid fn moron.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Keep Brady get rid of the Coaches.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:54 pm
If the OL is handling the blitz, and it’s not working, then you abandon it. It’s called pass coverage. The defense needs to learn some.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:57 pm
They should fire all coaches. Hire others, preferably a puppet for OC
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:58 pm
Both coordinators leave a lot to be desired.
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:58 pm
@Lambchop. You’re right, coaches can’t be on the field, but they can put their team in position for success, limit risks, and know the fnck!no fact that he will be leaving MVP candidate Kupp with single coverage (by a S) if he blitz the CB over CK. Jus sayin, looks like Bowles didn’t call the play or get on the field to play
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:00 pm
HC, perfectly put
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:02 pm
Well, said defensive coach could at least not alley oop the opposition with just seconds left by covering their best receiver with 1 guy. That 1 guy by the way is a safety. Its prevent time and Todd goes aggressive. You can’t make up that kind of incompetence. Byron didn’t call a great game but at least he was down a stud receiver and a stud tackle. Todd has no excuses for being a moron.
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:03 pm
I hope Bowles takes BL with him–they are 2 peas in a pod
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:04 pm
Our coverage suck cause we running a 5-2 on all shotgun and other set. JPP and Shaq aren’t great in coverage.
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:15 pm
Francisco Guzman Says:
January 23rd, 2022 at 6:34 pm
Brady wins that game in overtime. I have no doubts. Unfortunately todd Bowles had other ideas.
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100% correct.
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:17 pm
Fire Bowles and get the Miami HC Brian Flores as our DC. He is a Bill Belichick student and understands defensive coverages.
January 23rd, 2022 at 7:47 pm
Bowles certainly looks like the bad kind of goat after this final Rams drive.
January 23rd, 2022 at 8:09 pm
Please take Bowles, if we have good players on defense they will ball regardless of his replacement. Honestly all the blitzing has gone stale, he has no other type of plan to stop top teams
January 23rd, 2022 at 8:15 pm
Let’s face it Bowles blew the coverage call on Rams final possession.
January 23rd, 2022 at 8:28 pm
Made the case to stay? When? With 10 minutes left in the game. Hell no. Goodbye to both of them.
January 23rd, 2022 at 8:36 pm
Bowles cost us that game, IMHO.
It was stupid to not keep a safety back.
January 23rd, 2022 at 8:43 pm
Both should be fired. Rams weakness is the running game and we do nothing!! Bowles and leftwich gone period
January 23rd, 2022 at 8:51 pm
I’ve been a fan of Todd’s Bowel. Not anymore.
That was almost like sabotage. How could BA or Licht watch that unfold and be excited to keep him???
January 23rd, 2022 at 9:00 pm
Perfect storm. We had banged up players on both sides, our backups are all big drops from our 1stsyringers that were out. Bowles is not as bad as our DBs who can’t cover a roof if they had the Tiles to do it. Byron is so vanilla for 3 quarters and rarely calls short routes and the few he did there were many drops
January 23rd, 2022 at 9:41 pm
How TF do you allow the receivers to get behind the defense?? Cardinal sin!! Statistically the best receiver in the league?? Piss poor defense and piss poor defensive game plan. Period.
January 23rd, 2022 at 9:49 pm
I hope Bowles gets a HC job. That pass defense was a phouecking disgrace and then giving up those big plays to Kupp at the end was completely inexcusable. Idiotic defensive calls.
January 23rd, 2022 at 9:52 pm
I don’t trust a Bowles defense against strong passing games. If the pass rush isn’t getting there enough, or in time, we get shredded. We saw it all year. Enough.
January 23rd, 2022 at 10:25 pm
I know one thing, Leftwich is terrible at scripting early in games to get his QB’s into rhythm. So often, even when everyone was healthy throughout the year, they make picking up first downs look so hard. Considering the personnel on that side of the ball, that should not be the case.
I really don’t know what to think of Bowles. I don’t think he’s any kind of genius scheme design wise. JPP got old and beat up this year, our corners are all suspect, and we don’t have a true center field safety. Devin White and Lavonte David both look slowed by injuries. Shaq is injured too.
This team was just a walking M.A.S.H. unit all year. I’m inclined to give Bowles quite a bit more leash than Leftwich. Some of the assistant coaches getting Head Coach interviews these days are pretty head scratching and Leftwich’s name is part of that group of head scratcher’s.
Let’s be real too. The only reason the Bucs had a chance in this game is because the Rams kept on giving them chances. Without the fumbles this game is a blowout.
January 23rd, 2022 at 10:49 pm
Bowles is way over rated. Cowherd commented after the game that he knows a couple of people in or around the team and Brady and B.A. pretty much decide on the offensive game plan not Leftwich. Pretty sure Brady has more input than most quarterbacks on the game plan and calls made during the game.
January 23rd, 2022 at 11:35 pm
We are all upset about the game. Bowles is a great coordinator. Only issue I had was that he seemed to focused on getting another job this week then beating the Rams.
January 24th, 2022 at 3:11 am
We had 2 good runs ar start of game. But after that the defense was getting home, and tackling for loss. To me the better option would have been Vaughn or bernard they are smaller and more elusive than fournette not to mention better pass catchers.
January 24th, 2022 at 6:54 am
Not double teeming the best receiver in football, when the Rams were trying to get in fg position to win the game ??? Send Bowles to the Saints, that will really help the Bucs !
January 24th, 2022 at 9:50 pm
Everybody did a great job Todd and Byron BA. Just that last defense Play win or lose GO BUCS
January 24th, 2022 at 11:32 pm
Todd made a bad decisions
to blize in that situation.. the
only way they could have lost
Even Stevie Wonder could Ser
that
January 25th, 2022 at 9:59 am
Who Dat Who Dat Dat y’all bucs blaming if it’s Leftwich and Payton leaves us we will take him he deserves a head coaching job