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Did the Bucs luck out and upgrade at offensive coordinator? Obviously, that’s the plan when you launch an offensive coordinator and replace him.

But the Bucs may in fact have done just that. Zac Robinson could be interviewing for head coaching gigs in January if Bucs coach Todd Bowles hit the playcaller lottery again.

If you read between the lines of good friend of Joe and NFL humorist Mike Tanier’s words on the new Bucs offensive coaches, the Bucs may have done very well for themselves.

Offensive coordinator John Grizzard was fired, with not-so-tacit approval from Mayfield. Zac Robinson, a mini-McVay last seen trying to make chicken salad out of Michael Penix and Kirk Cousins in Atlanta, will be Mayfield’s fourth coordinator in four years. NFC South teams love to hire each other’s coaches.

So let’s take Tanier’s words at face value: Robinson was trying to make chicken salad out of Michael Penix and Kirk Cousins (though the Bucs’ defense did a whale of a job making Cousins look like prime, Grade-A, All-Pro chicken salad the past two years).

Tanier may not think much of Penix and Cousins, but it’s not like those two quarterbacks were Teddy Bridgewater or Kenny Pickett or Trey Lance.

So if Robinson was able to make Penix and Cousins capable starters, should one then expect Robinson to work wonders with a Pro Bowl quarterback like Baker Mayfield?