{"id":702438,"date":"2026-01-24T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702438\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:00:17","slug":"ex-buc-puts-jason-licht-on-notice-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702438\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Buc Puts Jason Licht On Notice – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cTom, you hear this clown?\u201d<\/p>\n

Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has some detractors in Bucs fandom.<\/p>\n

They showed up in the recent Licht confidence poll<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Joe, however, is with the majority<\/a> and is firmly in the pro-Licht camp.<\/p>\n

Not firmly in Licht\u2019s corner is ESPN analyst and former Bucs defensive tackle Booger McFarland. He basically said Licht is on the same hot seat on which Todd Bowles resides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the entire team has a lot to prove. Not just Todd, Jason, like that\u2019s a building that has a lot to prove,\u201d Booger told WDAE radio<\/a> this week. \u201cI think the Glazers gave them a vote of confidence by bringing Todd and Jason back. I think now, based on that vote of confidence, it should be a pretty pissed off building. That building has a lot to prove from general manager all the way down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Booger went on to say Licht won\u2019t get to serve the needs of a new head coach.<\/p>\n

After saying he does not think Bowles is on a hot seat next year, Booger clarified to say he thinks Bowles needs to win to survive but it\u2019s not on point to single out only Bowles\u2019 job security.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think when you look, if the NFL has not taught us one thing, it\u2019s taught us over and over that it is a results business,\u201d Booger said. \u201cAnd I think that the Buccaneers can\u2019t come out and go 8-9 next year. And that goes for Todd and Jason. Not just Todd Bowles because this is Jason\u2019s team. Jason put this team together. They signed extensions that correlated with each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think both Todd and Jason are under pressure right now. \u2026 I don\u2019t think Jason is going to get to hire another coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patience of the Glazer family makes it not surprising that Bowles kept his job, Booger said, adding that he thinks it was the right call.\u00a0\u201cI think Todd deserved to come back. He made the requisite changes and lets see if they can figure out the holes in this roster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026\u00a0\u201cI think Jason has to do a job identifying some edge rushers. I think it\u2019s been the most glaring weakness the last two or three years. And I don\u2019t care what kind of defense you call; you can go back an get Buddy Ryan from the old 46 [defense]. If you don\u2019t have guys that can rush the passer, it doesn\u2019t matter what defense you call, it doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s calling the defense. I think that\u2019s the biggest glaring weakness in this team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTom, you hear this clown?\u201d Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht has some detractors in Bucs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,2599,2598,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-702438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-bucs-message-boards","10":"tag-bucs-news","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115952329553154676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}