Tampa Bay Buccaneers working again Rachaad White indicated throughout a current look on SiriusXM NFL Radio that head coach Todd Bowles should not have been in peril of shedding his job earlier than the staff turned issues round starting in early December.
“He leads us the best method,” White mentioned about Bowles, as shared by the JoeBucsFan web site. “I say the most important factor about him is he all the time has poise. He’s very, like, poised. He’s very, like, within the second. He’s very certainly one of them guys that, you already know, they all the time say, ‘by no means get too excessive, by no means get too low.’ That’s the easiest way I can describe him.”
Bowles unexpectedly was promoted within the spring of 2022 from the position of defensive coordinator to go coach shortly after former head coach Bruce Arians stepped right down to develop into a senior guide with the group. Tampa Bay in the end received the NFC South division title with an 8-9 document, regardless of Tom Brady’s private life hounding the staff all through the season.
The Buccaneers ultimately changed Brady with Baker Mayfield after which started this season 3-1 earlier than falling to 4-7. Whereas Tampa Bay received 5 of its last six video games to say a second-straight division crown beneath Bowles, it was rumored forward of the membership’s wild-card playoff matchup versus the Philadelphia Eagles that the 60-year-old may very well be proven the door if his squad didn’t beat Philadelphia.
Tampa Bay as a substitute crushed the Eagles 32-9 earlier than giving the Detroit Lions a scare within the divisional spherical. Detroit defeated Tampa Bay 31-23, however Bowles is not going anyplace though former New England Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick is offered.
“He talks,” White added about Bowles. “He has ardour concerning the sport. Enthusiasm concerning the sport. I like coach Bowles loads. He’s an amazing chief for us.”
The futures of key Buccaneers starters equivalent to Mayfield and large receiver Mike Evans are unclear with each presently set to achieve free company in March. Shedding both would make the Buccaneers worse, on paper, than they had been once they performed in Detroit final month.
Moreover, it was reported over the weekend that “a number of house owners reached out to Belichick about subsequent yr’s hiring cycle” after Atlanta Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean employed Raheem Morris as that membership’s subsequent head coach. It is unknown if anyone related to the Buccaneers “reached out” to Belichick in January, however many inside the NFL neighborhood would view the six-time Tremendous Bowl champion head coach as an improve over Bowles.
Bowles holds a 17-17 regular-season document (1-2 within the playoffs) with Tampa Bay.
