Todd Bowles Wants More Downfield Throws
December 23rd, 2025
Why, Josh?
Joe was losing it Sunday watching the Bucs game. When the Bucs did decide to pass, it was like there was some Charlotte city ordinance that banned throws past the sticks.
Baker Mayfield was 7 for 10 at halftime… for 41 yards!!! Why in the world is Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard so allergic to throwing the ball downfield? He has perhaps unmatched weapons.
Barry Switzer’s old Oklahoma teams passed for more yards running a damn wishbone!
Grizzard way too often redefines dink-and-dunk. It drives Joe wild.
Well, for the second time this season, it appears Todd Bowles was irked enough to say publicly it might be a wise decision to throw past the sticks a few times in a game.
“It’s not by design,” Bowles said of so many passes behind the lines or flat out sideways. “We need more explosive plays.”
It’s not by design? Joe doesn’t think Mayfield is scared to throw the ball. That certainly is not the way Mayfield is wired.
Sometimes Joe swears watching Grizzard and his east-west passing offense, Joe thinks it’s the Mike Glennon-led Bucs offense.
No one threw short of the sticks as well or as frequently as Glennon. Third-and-seven? If the pass was completed, Glennon was money for a four-yard gain.
Joe wishes someone would quote Warren Sapp to Grizzard.
“If you’re scared, say you’re scared.”