Liam Coen.

Joe has no idea what happened and won’t try to interpret what this means, but it is newsworthy. (more…)

Ugh!

Adam Schefter of ESPN broke the news.

The Bucs lost their man.

Nothing official yet, but Schefter says Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen is in Jacksonville negotiating a deal to make him the next Jaguars head coach — two days after Schefter and others reported Coen was staying in Tampa.

Schefter added, The “Buccaneers have had no contact today with Liam Coen or his representation. The team has made multiple efforts to reach him and has not.”

Ghosted!

“Look, Jason. I fake left and go right.”

Joe might have to put down the champagne. (more…)

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Bucs defensive assistant Larry Foote.

It sure smells like the Bucs will have new defensive coaches for the 2025 season. (more…)

Gone.

So, the folks who screamed for a shakeup on the defensive staff (not unwarranted) got their wish granted this afternoon. (more…)

Played offseason beautifully.

Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen may have made the smartest move of the 2025 coaching cycle. (more…)

So head coach Todd Bowles is a stop-the-run guy and the Bucs’ run defense is very good. He also wants to run the ball well — and often.

Fresh insight into that Bowles’ philosophy has emerged. (more…)

“Mr. Glazer, don’t you just love unsourced reports? They’re coming from all angles.“

One of the high priests of NFL insiders shared a different take on Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen removing himself from the Jaguars’ head coaching search. (more…)

Skilled negotiator.

This might rattle the cages of the “Fire Bowles; Promote Coen” crowd, or those already hatching plans for ways to nudge Team Glazer to can Todd Bowles a year from now. (more…)

Joe’s got the calendar alarm set.

At noon on March 10, the 2025 NFL free agency frenzy begins. (more…)

Still a Jags target?

If someone told Joe that Bucs fans lit fireworks in the cold of yesterday morning after word got out that Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen was staying, Joe wouldn’t be one bit surprised. (more…)

“Baker, you really think I wanted to work with a Dabo Swinney quarterback whose head has been infected with Urban Meyer?”

So this is weird: A couple of guys on Mike Greenberg’s podcast were talking NFL, including Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen, but Greenberg wasn’t on his own podcast. Strange. (more…)

Liam Coen

Jaguars radio play-by-play man Frank Frangie let loose on his 92.5 FM radio show in Jacksonville today. (more…)

If you were new Raiders co-owner Tom Brady, who would you target to overhaul your team culture?

First, you’d want to play puppeteer and find a general manager whose loyalty is firm. (more…)

Sin City bound.

Tom Brady did it. (more…)

Contract detail.

Well here’s a very interesting tidbit about Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen’s new contract with the team to keep him in Tampa. (more…)

“Liam, you cannot find a good Cuban sandwich in Jacksonville.”

Well, here’s a very interesting tidbit from a guy Joe knows has a direct pipeline to Bucs shot-callers. (more…)