“Workouts Have Been Harder”
June 9th, 2026
What’s happening behind the curtain at One Buc Palace?
Well, new defensive coaches have made their presence felt. Antoine Winfield strongly hinted at that during a chat with Ira Kaufman. And Joe has heard elsewhere that the new coaching blood has brought more juice.
Per Graham Barton on the Pewter Report podcast, new head strength coach Chad Wade is being felt around the building. Its a toughening up, Barton said, that’s come from Todd Bowles and is heading all the way down the food chain. He added that it feels like the roster is being “calloused” for a rough training camp.
“Workouts have been harder, but I think it comes as a result of making sure we’re ready to go,” Barton said. “I think it’s great. I think we’ve gotten a lot better as a team.”
Joe likes the sound of all that, but Bowles’ teams have started 2-0 for four consecutive seasons. Being ready for opening day and Week 2 has never been an issue.
Still, the annual midseason swoon could have been tied to overall physical softness. Joe is all in favor of trying to find a fix through strength.
June 9th, 2026 at 11:59 am
Well. Let’s see what Chad’s got.
June 9th, 2026 at 12:41 pm
LFG and get the Baker saga over. Write the check Glazers!
June 9th, 2026 at 12:48 pm
“overally physical softness”
I am not sure what that is. Will Viagra cure it?
June 9th, 2026 at 12:50 pm
Figure out how to reduce injuries. That might be it…
June 9th, 2026 at 1:02 pm
hopefully it all translates to a strong finish!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
June 9th, 2026 at 1:07 pm
Stpetematt Says:
June 9th, 2026 at 12:50 pm
Figure out how to reduce injuries. That might be it…
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Evans and Dean are gone. There go our two biggest offenders.
June 9th, 2026 at 1:26 pm
Evans and Dean are gone. There go our two biggest offenders
add baker to that list….or does the injury excuse only apply when he has poor performances lol
GO BUCS!!!!
June 9th, 2026 at 1:27 pm
Strength training is the smart option to avoid injury. Hopefully the strength coach can use his knowledge throughout the year, and not let the players slack off mid season. Next man up is a good concept, until you run out of eligible players. Really don’t want anyone injured this year. Or ever. Go Bucs!
June 9th, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Anything compared to Charmin seems tougher.
Four Jets seasons, Four Bucs seasons. Never more than 10 wins, including Brady’s only losing season at any sport his whole life. 61-74, only one playoff win in 8 seasons and that was to a team rivaling the 2025 Bucs for collapse.
Don’t get fooled again.
June 9th, 2026 at 2:22 pm
Blah blah blah…
Sorry folks
Scoreboard is ALL that matters
This crew is getting zero slack after the two skids of LOSING and heartless play
2024 & 2025
Todd Bowels is still at the helm and the navigator ( Jason Lite) is highly disappointing
Liam Coen !
June 9th, 2026 at 2:23 pm
In light of the injuries over the last couple years, I think strength conditioning expertise has lacked. Way too many injuries especially last year. Indeed proper strength training can help Alleviate a lot of things. It appears everything was lax last year strength conditioning, lack of tackling drills, lack of that plain physical hitting. They are not playing flag football. Team toughness starts in the head and transfers to the body. The physicality starts with the head coach and is transferred down. If you want physical toughness and conditioning then demand it. If you don’t the others coaches and players won’t. It is not a hard concept at all.
It appears that maybe it is being demanded. We will soon see.
June 9th, 2026 at 2:27 pm
“The physicality starts with the head coach and is transferred down. If you want physical toughness and conditioning then demand it.
Maybe start by laying off the Kit Kats. Inspire greatness.
June 9th, 2026 at 2:29 pm
What about other teams. Its about advantages not just copycatting what most already do
June 9th, 2026 at 3:04 pm
Right. Paying for tickets is getting harder too.