Tampa moving on from Leftwich?

[Mr. Scot]

Rick Stroud thinks it's possible.

If so, would a reunion with the coach who gave him his first OC job be conceivable?

(strikes me as something Wilks could use as a potential selling point)

Edited January 8, 2023 by Mr. Scot

[Rags]

He's been...ugly this year to say the least, and honestly he might be more Gase than Shula.

Edited January 8, 2023 by Rags

[Mage]

Leftwich is garbage.  I never got the hype behind him.  His offenses could never run the ball and don't give me that "running isn't important" mumbo jumbo.  Sure it shouldn't be the main way you move the ball but you need teams to respect your run game.  And Bucs' run game has sucked every year.

Leftwich has benefited greatly from Tom Brady.  

[CPantherKing]

Leftwich HC, Wilks DC/AHC, Christensen OC

What I expect for the Panthers future

[Cavscout]

He would make a good QB coach with McDaniel as OC and Wilkes as HC

Then draft Tanner McKee! Superbowl!

 

[ncfan]

There is a reason he is being fired. Hard pass.

[Castavar]

Never hire a Tom Brady offensive coordinator. Dude is the GOAT. He will make any OC look good.

[KillaCamNewton]

Their offense has been absolute garbage unless they go no huddle and Brady calls the plays

[Waldo]

He is having a really bad year. I don't think brining him here is really a positive at this point or if Wilks would want to work with him after their time together in Arizona.

He needs to pull a Brady and go work for someone good for a bit at a lesser potion to try and pull it all together.

[Wanderlai]

Without the Goat they may not have won a game. They looked terrible with him most of the season. 

[TheCasillas]

Byron Leftwich hype has peaked. He had his moments but like most TB12 coaches , those moments were gone in a blink of an eye. BL may be a QB coach elsewhere, possibly a 2nd chance OC but he just isn’t a HC. The only way I can see BL getting a HC is a bridge job like Smith with the Texans.

 

also, Im pretty sure O’Brien is going to end up with Bill B this off-season. They are really close and NE needs an OC bad.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, TheCasillas said:

also, Im pretty sure O’Brien is going to end up with Bill B this off-season. They are really close and NE needs an OC bad.

You don't believe in the offensive genius of Matt Patricia?

Agree about Leftwich, and I was never that big on his hype anyway (too inexperienced) but Wilks reaching out to him If he were to become available is a scenario I could definitely see.

[top dawg]

6 hours ago, Mage said:

Leftwich is garbage.  I never got the hype behind him.  His offenses could never run the ball and don't give me that "running isn't important" mumbo jumbo.  Sure it shouldn't be the main way you move the ball but you need teams to respect your run game.  And Bucs' run game has sucked every year.

Leftwich has benefited greatly from Tom Brady.  

Running should be the main way you move the ball. It's the preferred way to move the ball if you can do it effectively. Why would anyone want to do otherwise?

[Mage]

1 hour ago, top dawg said:

Running should be the main way you move the ball. It's the preferred way to move the ball if you can do it effectively. Why would anyone want to do otherwise?

I'm not going to play the semantics game here.  I meant it in a sense that the passing game is more important, which I think everyone can agree on.  But, as I said in my post, you still need to have an effective run game.  And Leftwich has never established one.