Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles was not happy with the staff’s efficiency in Sunday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, however he’s not pointing the finger at anybody particularly.
Throughout a press convention on Monday, Bowles was requested if he was upset with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich’s play-calling by means of Week 6 because the Bucs struggled to attain in opposition to a staff that’s dropped 4 straight.
Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throws the ball in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on Oct. 16, 2022, in Pittsburgh.
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“I’m dissatisfied with a number of issues,” Bowles responded. “Profitable is No. 1. It’s not in regards to the play-calling, it’s all-inclusive.”
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He continued: “Gamers must execute what the coaches name, and coaches must make it possible for the gamers are in the suitable place to name them. We don’t throw blame wherever — it’s all-inclusive. It’s offense, protection and particular groups when we have now a foul sport. It’s not even about play-calling, it’s nearly staff.”
The Bucs poor execution within the pink zone resulted in 4 area targets and only one late landing cross to get inside attain of the Steelers, nevertheless it was too little too late.
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith (56) forces a fumble as he hits Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady in the course of the first half in Pittsburgh on Oct. 16, 2022.
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After the sport, Bowles was blunt in regards to the staff’s struggles.
“I feel guys which are dwelling off the Tremendous Bowl live in a fantasy land, and you have to get your fingers soiled and go to work like all people else,” Bowles responded when requested in the event that they took the Steelers frivolously. “We have been working arduous, and we have started working more durable as a result of no person’s going to provide us something or really feel sorry. We have to return as coaches, as gamers — the time for speaking is over. You both acquired to place up or shut up.”
When requested if he felt like there have been gamers or coaches dwelling in a “fantasy land,” Bowles clarified.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles walks onto the sphere earlier than the sport in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers on Sept. 25, 2022, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
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“No, I did not say we had been. I am simply saying, you get patted on the again a lot, you bought to relive — yearly and each week — you have to go on the market and earn your pay and earn your maintain, and for those who do not reside like that, then it should be a outcome like at the moment.”
The Buccaneers are off to a disappointing 3-3 begin. They’re averaging 20.2 factors per sport this yr after averaging 30.8 on the way in which to successful the Tremendous Bowl two seasons in the past and 30.1 in 2021.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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