Jordan Whitehead also was great in run support. Our rush defense slipped once he and Suh left

has there ever been a season in recent history where the Bucs, Dolphins, and Jags all had winning records at the same time? lol

Licht built a roster that was attractive enough to bring Arians out of retirement and bring Brady to the most losing franchise ever. The Bucs weren’t even on any media’s list as a potential landing spot. And it wasn’t like Brady came to avoid a tough division because the Saints were dominant at the time. Licht isn’t going anywhere but I will go by draft year.

2014: Evans is arguably his best pick. ASJ and Charles Sims were busts, though Sims was decent in 2016.
2015: I personally believe if Brady didn’t choose Tampa, Jameis would’ve been resigned because there were no real other options outside of Philip Rivers. Donovan Smith (unpopular opinion) was solid overall and played a crucial role in the SB. Marpet was incredible for us. Kwon was average.
2016: Aguayo was a horrible pick. Hargreaves was horrible. Noah Spence just never recovered from that college injury.
2017: OJ may have been great but no GM can predict injuries. He could never stay healthy. Nothing needs to be said about Godwin.
2018: Vea was a great pick. Carlton Davis has been great overall (minus this season). Cappa played a big role in the SB. As did Whitehead, whom I felt would’ve helped this defense if he stayed since he was great at stopping the run.
2019: Devin White will not be resigned but you can’t deny that ridiculous playoff run when he looked SUPEr elite. SMB played a major role in the SB team, including the pick against GB that lead to Scotty’s TD. Jamel Dean has played solid overall as well and Mike Edwards I felt was good enough for depth and is much better than Ryan Neal.
2020: Wirfs and AWJ are the two picks that compete with Evans as his best picks. Wirfs and AWJ can be solid anchors on our offense and defense for another decade. Vaughn was a wasted pick. Tyler Johnson played a major role in offense in 2020 and had a big third down conversion in NO in the playoffs…
2021: JTS was HORRIBLE. Trask was a wasted and useless pick at the time as we should’ve got talent that would start immediately and help us repeat. Hainsey is still too early to tell.
2022: Logan Hall still needs to show more. Rachaad is a bad RB but great at pass catching. Otton would be a great backup and could still develop. Camarda is the best pick of that year and arguably the best punter in the NFL.

Overal, Licht hit on a lot. Just because players were released after 2020/2021 doesn’t mean they weren’t good. They played MAJOR roles in leading to a SB and without them, we maybe don’t win our second ring. Can’t discount that.

I personally think the Glazers are heavily leaning towards replacing him. I don’t think a division title at 8-9 should make them consider keeping him

So we are def losing on Sunday lol

He may do better than Stroud against us lol jk

Bowles had a similar track record with the Jets. Many Jets fans have come into this sub and said this is the same exact thing he was doing in NY. End of the day, he’s the HC. Good HCs would work to minimize penalties and miscommunication. This defense has been in place for FIVE years, yet he still cites miscommunication. Really?

I can’t name other potential coaches but based on names I’ve heard, I would NOT want Belichick. I would be open to Jim Harbaugh. Personally, you HAVE to go with an offensive minded HC. Look at all the teams reaching championship games and Super Bowls? They’re almost all offensive coaches with good DCs. The game has passed these conservative defensive guys. Unless your defense is a HISTORIC defense, you will not have sustained success or real SB chances

Lose our way to a top 3 pick and a new HC!

That is very true. Mahomes likely isn’t Mahomes if Chicago drafted him

Tomlin has proven himself to be one of the best coaches in the league. That team is always competetive and in a playoff chase, even with injuries and lack of QB talent

The Panthers and Bucs are both 1-6 in their last 7 games lol

When he said we practice just as hard as anyone else or even more, I knew he lost it. Essentially he’s saying they’ve done all they could as coaches and can’t do anything more. That is BAD

Yeah it’s a hit or miss but generally can be higher hits if the surrounding talent is good enough (ie Burrow)

I didn’t expect us to be elite but I at least expected the defense to not regress and the offense to have growing pains. I expected our defense to be able to hold up in crunch time (ATL, HOU).

Because holding a team to 3 instead of 7 puts us down and our offense hasn’t been consistent enough to even hit 20 points. If an opponent reaches the redzone 5x and we hold them to 2 TD, that is still 23 points given up if they make every FG

To me, having a great 3rd down defense is more important. We were the best red zone defense but couldn’t stop a nose bleed on 3rd down. The longer the 3rd down, the more likely we couldn’t stop it. It was BAD that month after the bye

Whether we lose out or make the playoffs, Bowles should be fired. We’re in a trash division and can’t even pull away

As of now, the draft order is Bears (by way of Panthers), Cardinals, Patriots, Bears, Commanders, Giants, and Bucs. Not all those teams will pursue a QB. Chicago has two top five picks so MAYBE they go QB, Arizona might, Pats or Commanders maybe, though I think Washington is high on Howell. Giants won’t either. We could easily draft a top 5 QB for sure, if we stay where we’re at

My opinion is if Kyle was better, he would’ve played. Bowles knew his career was on the line and felt Baker is his best option to win

With that being said, practice is diff than the real game and Kyle could prove to be better but Bowles won’t risk it with his career in the line. He won’t ever get a HC job again

Blitzing means nothing if corners can’t cover more than .5 seconds. Also doesn’t help the corners play 15 yards off the LOS as well