Todd Bowles Confidence Poll (Week 16 Edition)
December 16th, 2025Flash poll posted at 12:36 p.m. Poll closed at 1:36 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.
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Flash poll posted at 12:36 p.m. Poll closed at 1:36 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:38 pm
No confidence. Coach Bowles isn’t the one to lead this team to a championship. I’m happy to have him prove me wrong tho.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:43 pm
I’m
Like the players
NC
December 16th, 2025 at 12:46 pm
Little confidence, still have hope we can make the playoffs and then make some noise in said playoffs. The saints did us a solid, now we need to capitalize.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:46 pm
👎🏼🤡
December 16th, 2025 at 12:47 pm
Defensive scheme is a mismatch with the players they have…
No effective in-game adjustments…
Players are making constant mental errors…
Overall approach to game management is lacking..
No. Confidence.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:47 pm
I voted totally confident, because I’ve voted “no confidence” in other polls and I was proven wrong right. Maybe, I’ll be proven right this time and a 7 win close out to the season.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:48 pm
We are in the same spot as last year. Possibly making the playoffs..barely. It will probably come down to a key play. Nothing has changed. We can put up a good fight sometimes. Still quite far away from being a serious threat in my opinion.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:50 pm
No worries folks !!!! We have a “Defensive GENIUS” coach…. 🤡🤣🤣🤣
December 16th, 2025 at 12:51 pm
Is there a category below “no confidence?”
December 16th, 2025 at 12:51 pm
Licht has filled the team with goody two shoes high character guys. Problem is they can’t do their job and keep blowing assignments.
December 16th, 2025 at 12:54 pm
Confident 🏈😊❤️
December 16th, 2025 at 12:56 pm
Everyone’s realizing the truth a year too late
December 16th, 2025 at 12:58 pm
Kubiak 2026
December 16th, 2025 at 12:59 pm
Until the deed is done, I remain a vote of NO confidence.
Career .500 coach with a large sample size
Outdated, over complicated scheme (limits mid-season signings)
No adjustments
No accountability
Win in spite of him, never because of him
Never has the team ready to play
Always slow to make obviously needed personnel changes
SO MANY players (rooks, backups, nobodies) have personal best days against us
Huge chunk of all time 500+ yard games in HISTORY are against a bowles D
FIRE todd bowles
NO confidence
GO BUCS
December 16th, 2025 at 1:00 pm
• Little Confidence
December 16th, 2025 at 1:01 pm
As of the moment of this post, there were six votes for “totally confident.”
You know, I thought Todd could only vote for himself one time. You need to tighten up the polling rules, Joe.
December 16th, 2025 at 1:03 pm
Fire Todd
December 16th, 2025 at 1:03 pm
Numbers don’t lie. 35-34.
Less than zero confidence.
Fire Bowles before he ruins another season.
No team in the NFL wants him as the HC, besides Licht and the Glazers.
The Panthers could do us a huge favor on Sunday.
December 16th, 2025 at 1:10 pm
The only way a leader can truly be judged is by looking at those that he leads. Are they productive, and moving in the same direction ? Are they motivated? Do they buy in to the program? If they have these things they should be productive. This defense is not productive and is barely competent. This reflects poorly on the leadership. The proof is in the pudding. You have to have the right leader at the right time as well. I think Todd is just past his shelf life. I like him, but he is not handling the DC duties very well while being the head coach. You cannot be a part timer.
December 16th, 2025 at 1:12 pm
No Confidence — same as I’ve voted since these polls began.
Licht & the Glazers, please end this nightmare
December 16th, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Really would like to see a Jason Licht Confidence poll and others would too
Joe runs those before the season, at the bye week, after the season, and before and after the draft.–Joe
Here’s a link to the Licht bye-week results. https://joebucsfan.com/2025/10/have-your-say-138/
December 16th, 2025 at 1:13 pm
I’ve voted little confidence for the last 3 years.
I voted no confidence today.
Truly pathetic “coaching”
December 16th, 2025 at 1:23 pm
The pill results should have been 100% no confidence
December 16th, 2025 at 1:37 pm
We have all seen this movie before – Bucs somehow manage to win the worst and weakest division in the NFL and go to the playoffs and the Glazers will consider that good enough for Bowles to keep his job.
And then we will all be going through this exact same thing this time next season
December 16th, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Joe
You do these polls too quickly. I would have liked to have voted no confidence 100X.
December 16th, 2025 at 1:48 pm
Joe better run that Licht poll a little bit early this year. Licht might not last long after the season ends. I’d like to see the Glazer’s answers to that poll!
December 16th, 2025 at 1:51 pm
I would love to see a Licht poll and a Baker poll. Cmon Joes, don’t be scared
December 16th, 2025 at 1:55 pm
I just checked one of the “NO CONFIDENCE” IP address and it belongs to Bruce “Bucco” Arians…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
December 16th, 2025 at 1:56 pm
From the link Joe provided for the Licht poll, someone actually posted this:
“As to Todd Bowles…I like him…he makes mistakes, yes, but he’s mostly solid.
No that he finally started addressing the defense in the draft, it’s developing nicely. Getting better and better.”
That didn’t age well…..
December 16th, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I am confident that I am going to make money on betting the over on Bryce Young’s passing yards this weekend
December 16th, 2025 at 2:01 pm
NO CONFIDENCE
HIRE KLINT KUBIAK
GO BUCS!!!!
December 16th, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Who are the 5 trolls who voted Confident ?
😂😂😂😂😂
December 16th, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Over 90% voted no confidence/little confidence. I’ve seen more than enough from this guy. He’s an absolute detriment to the development of this team. Tykee Smith might be the ONLY player who’s improved from last year on defense.
On offense Graham Barton has regressed as well. Can’t any of Bowles staff actually coach? Sure doesn’t look like it. Clean house in 2026.
December 16th, 2025 at 2:10 pm
He is such a HORRIBLE HC!!!
No confidence!
December 16th, 2025 at 2:18 pm
Zero
December 16th, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Jets fans tried to warn us….
December 16th, 2025 at 2:23 pm
No confidence. Time for a new coach.
December 16th, 2025 at 2:31 pm
Watching the tribute series on Prime, amazing how the coaching staff ‘lit a fire’ to get the players to produce. This coaching staff is a joke. Even though players are paid millions to play they still need a kick in the a$$ to get the most out their talent.
December 16th, 2025 at 2:31 pm
Panthers +3,, locked in a short term investment. I’m on a great run right now. Thanks Todd
December 16th, 2025 at 2:40 pm
Lol. I have confidence in Bowles, but not this defense. The players are simply not good enough. How many missed tackles were there. We had run plays stuffed for loss but the guy misses the tackle. Without getting pressure with the front seven, we are severely limited in what we can do. Two rookie corners getting significant playing time… LBs that are not NFL starting caliber to say the least of being an impact player. Two fumbles failed to be recovered. When we made plays, we didn’t make the plays.
Defensively we put our hopes in Kancey,Reddick and a breakout from Diaby. None of which happened. McCullem regressed, rookies struggled. LBs, with the exception of David at times has been absent.
If you want to fire Bowles, that’s OK. But he isn’t the reason this team failed. It failed because of bad luck with injuries and it simply didn’t have the talent on the defensive front seven it needed. Licht better look everywhere to fill that void.
December 16th, 2025 at 2:46 pm
Zero confidence from my husband and me ! missed the pole
December 16th, 2025 at 2:50 pm
You guys are a bunch of bummers, we’re in 1st place, and we got MVP Baker at QB! We’re going to the SUPER BOWL!!!!
December 16th, 2025 at 2:52 pm
Totally disgusting to see Liam Coen doing what he is doing in Jacksonville with a roster worse than the Bucs roster. The guy is an offensive genius, and he hired a really good DC. A large number of us Bucs fans were hoping Jason Licht and the Glazers would make the right call to promote Coen and ditch Bowles. Unfortunately, the organization tried to punt on it and make him the highest OC in the NFL instead of promoting him to head coach.
December 16th, 2025 at 2:55 pm
The Canales Confidence is the key now. Will Canales take the dive?
December 16th, 2025 at 2:56 pm
2019 to 2025
The players change, free agents are brought in, players are drafted, the team has tried a lot of different combinations to fix the defense but the constant is Todd. No matter what he does the team can’t defend the forward pass. They are always good at stopping the run or at least decent at it.
7 seasons of blown coverages, receivers left WIDE open, 3rd and longs converted easily, opposing QB’s made to look like Hall of Famers weekly… NOTHING CHANGES
Todd is not able to adjust and limit opponents from passing all over the field on this team
It’s time to move on, well actually it was time to move on last year but Licht was too scared of the Dirk Koetter experience to do so
December 16th, 2025 at 3:39 pm
No confidence.
Canales will look like the guru by Sunday night.
December 16th, 2025 at 3:44 pm
Rate your Confidence in Bowles
I’m …
VERY CONFIDENT … This team is going nowhere
With …
NO CONFIDENCE … In Bowles or his Coaching Staff
December 16th, 2025 at 3:48 pm
Much love to the 5 masochists that voted “very confident”.
December 16th, 2025 at 4:18 pm
Smarter than Joe Says:
December 16th, 2025 at 2:56 pm
2019 to 2025
The players change, free agents are brought in, players are drafted, the team has tried a lot of different combinations to fix the defense but the constant is Todd. No matter what he does the team can’t defend the forward pass. They are always good at stopping the run or at least decent at it.
7 seasons of blown coverages, receivers left WIDE open, 3rd and longs converted easily, opposing QB’s made to look like Hall of Famers weekly… NOTHING CHANGES
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Literally fake news, the Bucs don’t win the SB in 2020 without a top high-end defense. Also the Bucs were really good at the end of 2019, and for most of 2021.
In 2022, Arians retires, Bowles is put in charge, and changes the scheme from an aggressive man-to-man defense to a passive zone defense. Without Arians there to tell Bowles to be aggressive, Bowles goes full turtle mode, and we see the results.
Frustrating thing is when the Bucs are aggressive and don’t play zone, the defense still can look really good. The Lions game was a lot more of a mix than most games, the Pats game, where they only really gave up 21 points while getting a turnover, giving Baker the ball three times in the 4th quarter with a chance to take the lead, that game the defense was more aggressive and mixed things up.
By far the most frustrating thing about Bowles is that he has an answer, and it’s simply to call different plays. It’s still his playbook, but on every 3rd and 4th and long, you know he’s going to retreat to his super soft zone crap, because he’s more scared of losing than wanting to win.
December 16th, 2025 at 4:40 pm
So in order to vote in the poll, I’m expected to check your site every hour. That is ridiculous. Joes, You are as set in your ways as Lovie Smith and Todd Bowles. No confidence in Bowles and starting to lose confidence in this site.
December 16th, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Dang it! I missed it again!
#noconfidence
As the saying goes, he has his rock bottom in confidence and begun to dig!
Side note, you should have ran the Licht poll after the trade deadline. I remain confident him but it took a hit from very confident after the trade deadline debacle.
December 16th, 2025 at 5:36 pm
@jack sparrow 🤣🤣that’s too funny! It could be true. Bowles should have asked Arians to show up this week and showed Bowles how to really get after players!
So if they do win the last 3 games and make the playoffs, will the confidence poll shoot back up to confident from the fans??? Or has it finally hit home that a defensive guru that says you have to change every couple of years has the exact crappy D that the Rams beat and went to the Super Bowl
December 16th, 2025 at 6:20 pm
No confidence in the GM either…. His players!
December 16th, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Don’t hire Jordon Hudson
December 16th, 2025 at 6:28 pm
Todd Says
“Really would like to see a Jason Licht Confidence poll and others would too”
First, don’t presume to know what others want.
Second, most of everyone here knows Jason Licht is one of the best, and certainly the best we’ve had.
Is your major complaint about the defense? Because Licht was building the offense around Mayfield for the past few years. Last draft was the first time in a while he could focus on some defense.
And if you believed it would only take one draft, that’s on you.
December 16th, 2025 at 6:31 pm
Currently at Little Confidence in Todd Bowles…because of the losing streak and his meltdown with the press. I imagine the players are not having doubts too.
Now, if the players are actually ashamed of themselves and are intent on fixing things, and not turning on Bowles, then my confidence will improve again.
Sure would be nice if Mike Evans have three 330 yard games to keep his streak going (not gonna happen obviously).
December 16th, 2025 at 6:31 pm
Bonzai,
I need to see Licht get a legit edge rusher or two to feel “totally confident”. It’s pathetic the amount of draft capital spent at that position to be so toothless
December 16th, 2025 at 6:47 pm
SteveK, We have barely spent draft capital on edge rushers (that I’m aware of).
Plenty of free agency though.
December 16th, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Cometowin2 – I will sell you my vote. For just $500/week and I’ll endlessly hit refresh and be the first to vote on your behalf. Payments can be made via check or money order.
December 16th, 2025 at 7:09 pm
When they invent a league that ends in October, Todd should be the first coach hired
Until then, please revoke his key FOB immediately!!!
December 16th, 2025 at 8:10 pm
Joe’s, how does this rank compared to past coaches and Bowles earlier in his career?
No doubt, this is one of the worst in poll history…yes?