Heavier Hand In Defense Expected For Todd Bowles
January 11th, 2026
The Joe typing here thinks it would be moronic to keep Todd Bowles as head coach and strip him of defensive playcalling duties at the same time.
The logic is simple.
Bowles is known for being very hands-off with his offense, and this year he proved he’s no taskmaster or problem-solver on special teams. So if Bowles is stripped of primary defensive responsibilities, then what would be the point of keeping him as head coach?
Actually, this Joe is confident Bowles will take a heavier hand in the Bucs defense in 2026. Why? Because Bowles said in July that he planned to give assistants more influence and power in the defense.
His comments came on the world-renowned Ira Kaufman Podcast. (Poor Ira; some fans are clobbering and insulting him relentlessly for not calling for Bowles’ scalp.)
Here’s the July exchange with Bowles.
JoeBucsFan.com: After all the offseason studying and all the steps you take, what’s the difference, however subtle, in Todd Bowles this year?
Todd Bowles: Probably turning more over to our defensive coaches as far as what we want to do. We’ve been heavy run-conscious on a lot of things and we get easily 2-to-1 pass to run. Obviously, we want to stop the run but we want to get more aggressive in the passing game.
So maybe Bowles gave assistants too much power this season and they proved incapable?
Three defensive assistants left the building last week: cornerbacks coach Kevin Ross, safties coach Nick Rapone and defensive line coach Charlie Strong.
Ira Kaufman Talks Fan Backlash, Inside The Coaching Decisions, Playcaller Thoughts, And Much More
January 11th, 2026 at 2:39 pm
Never forget 3rd & 28.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:40 pm
Don’t underestimate anything coming from OBP
Right about now they are like the youngest kid at a birthday party playing musical chairs…
January 11th, 2026 at 2:41 pm
Gonna be a rocky road until Bowles is gone. Glazers couldn’t have screwed things up more this off season if they tried. Licht better find lots of new starters on defense.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:44 pm
So u watched the defense look like shil and did nothing. Ya ur fired. Again no accountability with this guy. He cant evaluate anything.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:44 pm
At some point during the one and seven stretch, did he think he needed to get more involved in the defense? Especially as the defensive coordinator?
January 11th, 2026 at 2:46 pm
Todd’s idea of coaching defense is the press conference after the game when he says” It’s on the players”.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:46 pm
’27 season can’t come soon enough.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:50 pm
I’m curious when some in the media will finally learn this dude is just talking outta his a$$ & has zero answers on how to coach D in the modern NFL. The league has passed him by & he’s stuck in nuetral just spinning his wheels, trying to convince everyone that all’s good & the team will arrive at their SB destination any minute.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:50 pm
Lmao, this means it will get worse.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:50 pm
The DB’s were eaten alive in 2025 because there was little threat from a pass rush perspective.
Until the Bucs FO fix the pass rush by going and getting a real #1 Edge threat to pair with YaYa, Kancy & Vea (the 50% of the time he’s on the field & 50% of the time playing at 100% effort)….It’s going to be groundhog day week-in & week-out with Bowles soft zone coverage scheme.
IMO, If you have to scheme up sack potential with LB’s, S’s & CB blitz calls…It’s a clear sign you don’t have the horses up front! So, go get the horses up front!!!!
January 11th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Just when you thought he couldn’t make it worse
January 11th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Never forget 3rd & 28.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
I am selling one way tickets to the Skyway.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:54 pm
Maybe someone should have woken Bowles up over the last 10 weeks of the season so he could have tried that approach.
Anyone else notice how he never has a play list like every other coach, and you never see him say anything? I don’t think his headset is really plugged in, honestly.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:58 pm
I hope the blazers are sitting around the TV watching Jacksonville kick ass
January 11th, 2026 at 2:59 pm
None of this makes any sense….>Bowles was HC responsible for everything….his defense was atrocious. His offense wasn’t much better.
He has fired the OC….ST coach….some others…..everybody but himself.
All we can hope for is a much stronger offense with a new OC. Better ST….
Perhaps a good draft and a couple of key FAs…..
The schedule looks brutal.
January 11th, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Go Woke Go Broke
January 11th, 2026 at 3:00 pm
FLBOY84 – F A C T S.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:11 pm
When we going to fire Bowles. If any of these playoff coaches become available is there a chance we can still fire Bowles!!!
January 11th, 2026 at 3:13 pm
It’s refreshing watching good football being played..
January 11th, 2026 at 3:13 pm
“The Joe typing here thinks it would be moronic to keep Todd Bowles as head coach …”
STOP THERE!!!!!
January 11th, 2026 at 3:15 pm
That logic DOESN’T track….
If that were the case then at some point in the losing half of the season, IBS should have reclaimed control of defense… That right there should have gotten him FIRED being so incompetent he LET the Bucs lose when supposedly he could have change things and won…. I would hope ‘this’ Joe was smarter than that…
January 11th, 2026 at 3:17 pm
Watching these GOOD teams in the playoffs just expose how far off the Bucs are to being in their category…
January 11th, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Touchdown Jaguars!
January 11th, 2026 at 3:19 pm
Right. Todd Bowles is only the head coach. His assistants just had too much power. It’s all their fault.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:19 pm
If your defense hasn’t been good, you want it to be better.
Presumably then, you put it in the hands of who you thought could improve it.
And it wasn’t you. Now, the opposite?
Hmm
January 11th, 2026 at 3:21 pm
The defense wasn’t working, you gave away power.
The defense was similarly as bad and now the solution is to take the reigns again?
January 11th, 2026 at 3:21 pm
Nothing to look forward to next season. Jason licht and Todd Bowles are boring as hell and sooooo bad at their jobs
January 11th, 2026 at 3:23 pm
Joe, that does make some sense. Bowles defense was never a shutdown defense like the Bucs was with Sapp, Brooks, Lynch and Barber but they were decent. This year they went from decent to atrocious so, I can believe something of the sort went down this year
January 11th, 2026 at 3:23 pm
Last year was the time to change
Now that necessary change will not happen until the 2027 season
and unless the draft hits it out of the park the Bucs will be officially rebuilding.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Charlie Strong is well practiced at taking money under the guise of being a coach, especially in the Tampa Bay community.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:27 pm
He’s going to make sure corners play 15 yards off the wideouts instead of 10, and get the defensive tackles as well as the ends to drop into coverage.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:31 pm
Watching Jaguars you realize they are way better coached. Glazers keeping Bowles is big mistake. This franchise going to be set back a decade cause of that decision. Everyone in the division is going to gain ground while we go backwards.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:31 pm
What a difference good HC makes. Bears were ferocious throwing their bodies at Packers in 4th quarter last night. Bucs were so lifeless all season. Based on majority of posts here 90% of JBF readers can’t stomach a return of Todd Bowles. It is going to be a hard sell to Bucs fans for another season of Bowles and his passive staff.
Just watch your aTV and see these coaching staffs interact with their players. Fired up coaches get fired up players.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:32 pm
I am a 60 Miami Hurricane fan and don’t want Bain, his size will not translate well into the NFL , sure he will be a very good player but not relative to his college career.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:32 pm
bradley cooper said:
baker mayfield’s name sounds like a “farm to table croissant shop”
🙂
January 11th, 2026 at 3:33 pm
***** The Joe typing here thinks it would be moronic to keep Todd Bowles as head coach and strip him of defensive playcalling duties at the same time. ****
You are correct. So fire him as head coach and problem solved.
What’s with this poor Ira nonsense. He brought the criticism on himself by taking a position counter to more than 90% of fans with no reasoning to back it up. I say “deal with it, Ira.”
January 11th, 2026 at 3:41 pm
Everything Todd says are just empty words. Literally nothing he claims he’s going to do comes to fruition. Nothing changes, nothing improves.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:46 pm
Why. Did. We. Let. Coen. Go?!
January 11th, 2026 at 3:48 pm
Bucsfan81… spot on.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:49 pm
Go Jaguars. Eat snow Buffalo. Let’s see if Jag D can get a stop.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:50 pm
Interesting watching Hainsey start for the jags. But The narrative of letting Coen go needs to end. He was offered a contract making him the highest paid OC in the league. He chose not to sign it and do what he did with the jags. Which was his right. Obviously with hindsight everyone thinks we should have just fired Todd and promoted him but clearly that didn’t happen. But to say we let him go is inaccurate.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:52 pm
Well, well, well! Bob Hanssey is a starting center for a playoff team!
January 11th, 2026 at 3:55 pm
Jags look like a true professional NFL team. Bucs are looking like a community college team from Yeehaw Junction.
January 11th, 2026 at 3:55 pm
Oh, Ira had reasoning on how he thought the team would proceed, trust Joe on that. Some things sadly cannot be discussed publicly.
Joe realizes Ira’s personal assessment — or what fans perceive it to be — is what some fans are beefing about.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Joe … ‘Bowles is known for being very hands-off with his offense, and this year he proved he’s no taskmaster or problem-solver on special teams.’
There seems to be a fallacy in the argument for keeping him Joe. If Bowles as HC adds nothing to the offense and nothing to the S/Ts, AND the defense that he does oversee really sucks, what’s the point in keeping him at all?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Its just sad how virtually every bucs fan knows how bad this team is and how much worse they’re going to be next season because they brought this idiot coach back.
No worthwhile assistant coach is going to come here because of him.
And when they do fire him the Glazers will hire the towel boys assistant from Ball State to be the next head coach because he’s a bargain.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Oh the horror! Oh the Humanity!
January 11th, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Wow, Lawrence goes full Baker Mayfield in the playoffs on that final drive, turning it over when it matters most.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Another first round exit for your golden boy Coen….. lol
January 11th, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Soooooo nice to see El Serpiente choke his Jags in the playoff game 🤭🤭🤭
January 11th, 2026 at 4:07 pm
Bowles coaching tree 1 and done.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
Deeboooo Says:
January 11th, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Another first round exit for your golden boy Coen….. lol
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You’re laughing because he took a 4-13 team to the playoffs and nearly knocked off the Bills, the most veteran team in the playoffs?
You’re a very stupid person to say the least.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
F@#k the fans is basically what the Glazers are telling us. Same as the Culverhouses did back in the day.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
Just here to say that even though Liam Coen lost, he has already proven he’s a superior coach to Bowles.
Joe is also terrible at his job. If “some things can’t be discussed,” then what’s the point of the media? You’re supposed to be the voice of the fans. Pulling the *“I know something but can’t say it”* routine is nonsense. That kind of gatekeeping is exactly why the Buccaneers keeping Bowles made me give up on this franchise.
Saying Ira knows a couple of things he learned in confidence led him to believe Bowles would stay in his job is not exactly a crime against Bucs fandom. It’s the truth. –Joe
This entire organization is a joke. If something “can’t be discussed,” then don’t bring it up at all. Saying you have information but refusing to share it just makes you look unprofessional. Joe won’t argue the professionalism of Joe’s one-liner in a comment section. You are entitled to your opinion. It’s not like Joe wrote a report. ‘Ira knows x, y & z, but can’t tell you.’ In fact, one Joe doesn’t allow that kind of talk on Ira’s podcast. –Joe
So yeah—forget this team, forget Joe, forget Ira, and forget anyone who plays the *“I know something you don’t”* game. Either say it or keep it to yourself. Oh wait clearly you have an inferiority complex….
January 11th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Lawrence did not go full Baker… he hit the receiver in his hands, Baker throws it to the defender’s hands when choking.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
The WR sold on that pass. How do you let that bounce off your hands?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Well, the great Liam Cohen is no better against the Bills than the Bucs were.
Bills win. Jags lose.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Pittbucfan Says:
January 11th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
F@#k the fans is basically what the Glazers are telling us. Same as the Culverhouses did back in the day.
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Is it stupid take day in the comments? I missed the announcement.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Bowles defense playing also left the receiver wide ass open.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:10 pm
Coen is so great oh wait his team choked and they had home field and healthier. I guess some of yall would still prefer him. He tucked last year in the playoff game and his team just messed up now.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:10 pm
BucaneroJim Says:
January 11th, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Lawrence did not go full Baker… he hit the receiver in his hands, Baker throws it to the defender’s hands when choking.
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I stand corrected.
My bad.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Wasn’t a bad pass by Lawrence, just bad luck with the tip and the INT. It happens.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Not so fast- El Serpiente! Jags lose.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:12 pm
Rod Munch Says:
January 11th, 2026 at 4:08 pm
Deeboooo Says:
January 11th, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Another first round exit for your golden boy Coen….. lol
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You’re laughing because he took a 4-13 team to the playoffs and nearly knocked off the Bills, the most veteran team in the playoffs?
You’re a very stupid person to say the least.
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Nice. My intelligence is based on my NFL knowledge….right…..
I can’t stay your stupid, but you should stick to Madden kid 😉
January 11th, 2026 at 4:12 pm
Watching the various playoff games from yesterday and today, it’s obvious that the Bucs are not playoff-competitive. I’ve been very impressed with the quality of play that almost all of the playoff teams have exhibited, and especially the defenses. Bucs have a LOOONG ways to go defensively to be competitive at the playoff level.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:13 pm
You’re laughing because he took a 4-13 team to the playoffs and nearly knocked off the Bills, the most veteran team in the playoffs?
You’re a very stupid person to say the least
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But winning in playoffs is the only thing that matters does it not? You can’t bash Bowles for getting division titles and going 1 and done and praise another coach for the same. That is stupid. The result is the same who cares where they were.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Rod, where have you been? It’s stupid take day everyday the comment section. As someone mentioned above, so-called fans stating they are no longer fans, but yet showing up in every comment section. Clearly still interested in the team just so they can say the same thing over and over again. Oh the irony.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Coen and canales learned from bowles how too go one and done in the playoffs 😊
January 11th, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Jags players will eventually see how fake a personality Coen is, and things will go south…..
EL SERPIENTE -> Murphy’s Law Will eventually catch up to you…
January 11th, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Jags were playing with fire, nothing I saw from the Bucs this year. Notice the tackling?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:14 pm
Jason just let out a sigh of relief when the Jaguars lost
January 11th, 2026 at 4:14 pm
Bills beat the Bucs I do believe.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:15 pm
Was going to sarcastically post that the Rod Munch Jacksonville fan will be posting how bad Lawrence is , but didn’t need to, QB guru Munch posted himself
January 11th, 2026 at 4:16 pm
I’m jealous over all these playoff QB’s, they really know how to play QB, and they get hurt and don’t complain about it and just play the game, and win the games, no excuses….oh and the jags and panthers are one and done, by the way…….but I understand why our ex OC’s left, they left for a better QB….sorry baker you’re not good but you are hurt…….
January 11th, 2026 at 4:17 pm
Joe did the Bucs pay you to write this?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:17 pm
Jags were playing with fire, nothing I saw from the Bucs this year. Notice the tackling
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How does that help them being 1 and done??? They can take that fire to Cancun.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:17 pm
Fire the cannons with bowels in them.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:19 pm
Dang, I just figured something out, Rod Munch is Joe , posting nonsense to drum up more responses. That’s got to be it, because no one could be that dumb
January 11th, 2026 at 4:21 pm
Happy for the Bills. The Bills hadn’t won a road playoff game in 33 years!
January 11th, 2026 at 4:24 pm
A fan of the Bucs for 50 years. Prior to that, a Dolphins fan cause it was the only Florida pro team. I still like to see Florida teams win, even if not my home team Bucs. You’re still mad at Coen for taking the HC job at Jax, when 90% of Bucs fans want Bowles gone?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:26 pm
UGotRobbed Says:
January 11th, 2026 at 3:52 pm
“Well, well, well! Bob Hanssey is a starting center for a playoff team!”
A losing playoff team. No big deal.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:26 pm
All of you can’t forget 3rd and 28 need to instead never forget Cooper Kupp. This year’s team sucked. But that bozo blitz against the Rams cost us a shot at another Super Bowl with Tom Brady. That was ALSO BOWLES heavy hand.
Tired of all of it. This organization is going nowhere.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:27 pm
WHo cares about Jax?
We are stuck with these losers at HC and GM
Y’all commenting about a playoff team?
SMDH. EMbarrassing AF. Our fans are losers. STOCKHOLM SYNDROME.
Joe’s get your ish together and stop protecting Jason Licht. I guarantee you turn on him and those polls will change fast AF and you KNOW it! You know it is true. Your opinions sway the mob.
Jason LIcht is a career loser outside of the Brady sweepstakes and as long as you protect Licht we will lose. I’ll be here when you finally Mea CUlpa on that POS LOSER LICHT
January 11th, 2026 at 4:27 pm
This article is rubbish, when I saw the head coach he had the play sheet over his mouth calling plays.
Oh, Ira had reasoning on how he thought the team would proceed, trust Joe on that. Some things sadly cannot be discussed publicly.
Joe realizes Ira’s personal assessment — or what fans perceive it to be — is what some fans are beefing about.
🤣🤣it always some CIA ish going on with this team
January 11th, 2026 at 4:29 pm
2026 ia going to be rough. The writing is on the wall, you are folling yourself if you think itll be any different Ill gladly eat a $hit sandwhich if Im wrong.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:30 pm
BucaneroJim – For me, I grew up in NY. They are my number two team after the Bucs, since the 90s after relocating here.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Buckybucs…
They can go to Cancun with heads high… and want to come back next year. How many Bucs players will go the Cancun and jump the pirate ship next year. Coen the Jags have nothing to be ashamed of.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:31 pm
Falling in to line of acceptance of Bowles. Not me. Do not like it.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:33 pm
So glad Weasel Coen lost in the playoffs today!
January 11th, 2026 at 4:33 pm
Glad for you Heyjude… Josh Allen is a great guy and player. Nothing wrong losing to him and the Bills.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:34 pm
My love takes like this:
Jason is a career loser outside of…. You know, that time when he wasn’t? You know he had some say in that decision when we won it all right? And by your definition 31 GM’s are career losers with the exception of that time they didn’t lose. See how idiotic that sounds?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:34 pm
Bucky Bucs
You can’t win in the playoffs if you didn’t get there.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:36 pm
Our fans are losers. I take it you are a fan correct buccintimeforchanges,? So you classify yourself as a loser.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:37 pm
Jason Licht is scared of his own shadow.
Jason Licht is garbage.
Jason Licht has a .449 winning % – one of the worst for a 12 year GM all-time
Jason Licht gives the Joe’s freebee’s like dinner passes and other special treatments that make the Joe’s call him fake names
Jason Licht is TRASH and we will lose as long as this POS is GM
January 11th, 2026 at 4:41 pm
@steven – .449% winning % WITH BRADY!!!!!
The guys sucks. He is Mark Dominik that lucked out with Brady.
WHat has he done without Brady? NOTHING!
We had the GOAT for a few seasons. Does that give Licht a lifetime contract?
Yes or no? He sucks without the GOAT. So…right now…today…Jason Licht is a losing POS bc Brady is long gone. WHat have you done for me lately?
Licht sucks and fans supporting him seem to think Brady is walking back in the door…he is not. SO stop pointing to the Brady years as some kind of accomplishment…it’s not unless your name is Brady.
Jason Licht is TRASH
January 11th, 2026 at 4:42 pm
This is gonna be big egg in the face on the Glazers and I think this will end in Licht getting replaced as well.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:44 pm
Well changes, you need to get that resume up to date, get a job with the Bucs, work your way up, and either take over or suggest to ownership that they fire him. Because your opinion unfortunately means absolutely nothing. Nothing. No better or worse than any of ours. Including the Joe’s who you seem to be calling out, which never ends well.
January 11th, 2026 at 4:45 pm
93-104 Licht’s record with Brady after 12 years
what idiot thinks that is good?
Steven? you? anyone?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:46 pm
“The Joe typing here thinks it would be moronic to keep Todd Bowles as head coach……….”
Fixed the first sentence for you
January 11th, 2026 at 4:47 pm
Are you gaslighting me?
January 11th, 2026 at 4:50 pm
Ok, Joe. So how is this year’s defense any different from last year’s defense? They sucked either way!
January 11th, 2026 at 4:53 pm
BucaneroJim – If the Bucs were still in it, I’d be rooting for them. Next season! Go Bucs!
January 11th, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Of course the answer to fixing the D is “more Todd”. It’s getting to be the Twilight Zone at one buc palace. Next they’ll announce David Shaw as OC.
January 11th, 2026 at 5:04 pm
buccintimeforchanges I’m with you man he did nothing to help this team @ the trade
deadline. I get he is decent with O line because he played it.
Really if they didn’t get BA & Brady he would have lost his job.
No one is holding anyone responsible mid season collapse. Do something bold
Like McKay use to do. After this year you need to start looking trying to get Burrows. So get this draft right now.
January 11th, 2026 at 5:15 pm
Old school Shaw will be named OC. Because none of the OC you guys dream of are coming here. Tell me what OC you guys want WHO HAS ACTUALLY IS A PROVEN PLAY CALLER that they have interviewed accept SHAW & Callahan. I know they have more to go, but I will assure you nobody you guys keep dreaming up.
January 11th, 2026 at 5:23 pm
Bottom line is draft n free agency needs to be all Defense except for couple of OL we had no pass rush this season. Bowles stands there glaring onto the field no emotion no yelling at screw ups just stands there like there’s another loss oh well better luck next game. Reminded me of his Jets coaching days look at results back then. He’s great DC not HC to much going on as HC for him to keep up with. He stands on sideline looks like he doesn’t give a crap. Fans will start that pretty soon as less tickets will be purchased you watch and see. Already have no faith in this next season unless they land some notable pass rushers to get some pressure on QB.
January 11th, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Bowles, as a dedicated DC, I still think would be quite good – IF he went back to what he did during the SB run, and that is play aggressive man defense. If Bowles getting more involved means he’s going to go down swinging – not just sitting back in zone, then I’m all for it.
When this defense went to aggressive man defense this year, which wasn’t often, it still looked competent. Yeah, it gave up some big plays, but who cares – it was getting sacks, turnovers, and stopping teams from scoring over the course of a game. The best defensive game all year (not counting the @Saints game) was vs Detroit where Bowles showed the could still pour on the pressure and make stops. Why in the world he went from that game, back to his passive zone, is beyond me – but the aggressive man scheme does work.
BUT, we had this exact same conversation last offseason, and we all saw that in crunch time, Turtle Bowles hid in his zone shell when it mattered most, and it failed pretty much every single time.
January 11th, 2026 at 5:33 pm
JMark. Keep moving the goalpost, people still wanted Bowles fired for making it.
January 11th, 2026 at 5:34 pm
@steven – I asked you some simple questions…
Do the Brady years give Licht a lifetime contract? Yes or No?
Is .449% a good winning %? Yes or no?
If you had any coach or GM after 12 years and a .449% would you keep the loser on staff? Why?
January 11th, 2026 at 5:39 pm
He scared to play man press. I played corner/SS in college. You keep your eyes on your man. I have seen everyone of our corners looking back @ the qb. So where’s your man if you looking back @ the qb in man coverage.
My college coach use to say,when he went to pro camps how undisciplined DB’s can be
In the Pros.There’s your big plays. Lean on your fundamentals.
January 11th, 2026 at 6:05 pm
BuckyBucs,
You sound really ridiculous.
Would you not rather have Coen as HC over Bowles?
Please let us all that with a straight face.
Coen just took a 4 win team to 13 wins. He has a young team believing, playing with passion and he understands how to manage a game, the QB and the clock.
You just sound butt hurt that Coen left, or your one of those Bowles apologist..hard to believe you all still exist.
January 11th, 2026 at 6:13 pm
Sb-LV says,
I dont want Bain, his size won’t translate to the NFL.
Wtf are you talking about??
Not sure if someone mentioned him in the comments or you just decided to randomly post that.
Bain is the top edge rusher, plays the run as well as the pass and is 6’3″ 270. Please tell me how that doesn’t “translate”
Im not sure why I bother reading most of these comments. You can literally get lose brain cells reading most of them.
From this ridiculous take to folks trying to bash Coen for losing a close game in the PLAYOFFS. Just dumb
January 11th, 2026 at 6:18 pm
BUCCINTIME SPEWED:
– I asked you some simple questions…
Do the Brady years give Licht a lifetime contract? Yes or No?
Is .449% a good winning %? Yes or no?
If you had any coach or GM after 12 years and a .449%
NO lifetime contract, but putting together a roster that won a superbowl should give him plenty of time and we’ll deserved.
You know, the roster with plenty of drafted players mixed with FA Licht brought in like Brady, Gronk, Brown, Shaq..
You sound young, so I’ll excuse your ignorance. You must not have been around when the Bucs had decades of double digit losing seasons.
January 11th, 2026 at 6:19 pm
Absolutely wrong approach. He needs to hire a DC. If Todd Bowles wasn’t acting DC this season, then who was? He has been the DC the entire time he has been here. So, logic would dictate he has not been able to give the D the attention it needs because he is the HC. Ask Ryan Day how calling the offense worked out for him and Ohio State against Miami.
January 11th, 2026 at 6:46 pm
26/27: The lost season.
January 11th, 2026 at 6:46 pm
@fanofdabucs – so bc the Bucs sucked in the 80s we should settle for .449%
How much time? It’s a simple question that you tried to dodge.
12 years? .449%
That sucks. Why are you losers afraid of saying Jason Licht sucks?
He got pics of you? Seriously? Brady CHOSE Tampa after SF said no. Good lord I am embarrassed for some of you. Saying Licht brought in Brady is fing embarrassing.
Licht was the architect of the SB? If so, why can’t he sniff another one without Brady? Weird.
Y’all a bunch of losers. Losers.
January 11th, 2026 at 6:47 pm
Lightning won’t strike twice.
no Brady, no SB
I don’t see any Tom Brady’s on this team.
FIRE THESE LOSERS
January 11th, 2026 at 6:51 pm
There’s not a single quote from Bowles either now or back then that inspires even a shred of confidence.
In fact, every quote just illustrates the same exact thing:
HES CLUELESS!!!!
His defense sucks when he’s heavily involved and sucks when he differs to his handpicked assistants. This team is going nowhere with him at the helm and we all know it. Only chance is lucking into another amazing OC, who no doubt will leave at first chance while we stick with the toilet Bowles some more.
January 11th, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Pass rush, pass rush, pass rush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 11th, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Different season, same story,…. or should I say same excuses. Knowing Bowles and Licht they will get another free agent edge rusher like Reddick. The guy will have like a 2.5 sack average. Once signed they will hype the guy up, congratulate themselves, and then call it a day. Next season will be more of the same – 27th ranked defense. Soft zone and a defense that gives up TDs on 3rd and 28. depressing really.
January 11th, 2026 at 7:47 pm
Was he not the “Defensive Coordinator” in 2025? Does not mean he takes all the input from position coaches and “coordinate” into a cohesive defensive plan!?
January 11th, 2026 at 7:49 pm
I wish we had a GM like John Lynch and owners that weren’t greedy
January 11th, 2026 at 8:27 pm
So there is a reason Todd’s still here even though he sucks but we can’t share why. Thanks Joe got it.