Ah, we're going to pretend the team was well coached except for Leftwich's playcallling. That they weren't flat and uninspired. That they didn't play down to opponents. That Bowles's defense didn't give up 28 PPG to playoff teams. It was all Leftwich's fault.Moozician wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:31 pmYou are assuming that Bowles WILL be fired. It could well end up that Trask is pretty good (Derek Carr good), and Johnson is the missing piece. Our defense wasn't "top-tier" last season, but there were a lot of teams that were worse.MJW wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:34 am
I would love Brian Johnson, but I have no idea why he'd come here. Look at these two options:
One - Stay where he is
- Wait for Steichen to get a HC job, at which point he becomes OC and is next in line.
- Continue getting credit for Jalen Hurts.
- Continue coaching an offensive with the league's most aggressive playcaller.
- Continue working with one of the best offensive units in the league.
- Continue competing for Lombardis while he waits.
- Not uproot his life, etc.
- Face virtually no chance of his HC getting fired.
Two - Come To Tampa
- Huge risk of getting tossed out at the end of the year when Toilet Bowles is fired.
- Go from Jalen Hurts, 2nd Place MVP Finisher, to Mystery Quarterback.
- Scheme an attack behind an awful line.
- Call plays for one of the least aggressive coaches in the league.
- Get blamed by batshit fans who think our offensive is still super talented even though it's not.
- Get to deal with Bruce Arians offering "suggestions" for how he should coach the offense.
Like...why would you do that? He's on the gravy train. He's going to keep moving up cars. In a year, two at most, he'll get to pick his job. He comes here, and he gets the Todd Bowles stink on him and gets fired.
If we get Johnson as OC, we might just go 10-7 next year. Do you think Bowles gets fired after that?
Also, we're going to pretend "Derek Carr Good" is as good as Tom Brady. Sure, yep.
And we're going to pretend that Bowles hasn't put up 4 losing seasons in 5 years as a coach. Sure.
And we're going to pretend that this OC won't be Bowles's 5th in 6 years as a head coach. Uh Huh.
Why stop at 10 wins?