Poor Todd Bowles.
The person spent 4 years teaching the Jets and acquired what amounted to at least one season of professional quarterback play.
Journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick delivered some “Fitzmagic” in Bowles’ first season as Jets head coach in 2015.
Sadly, that magic ran out in 12 months 2 of Bowles’ program, and the remainder of his Jets tenure was primarily taken down by quarterback calamity.
Sam Darnold was drafted third total in 2018 and by no means backed up his elite draft slot with elite play.
Earlier than Darnold, Bowles needed to trot out the likes of a diminished Fitz, Bryce Petty and even Geno Smith. Then got here Josh McCown, who did what he may to point out Darnold the best way.
Quick-forward to this season. Bowles acquired his second probability as NFL head coach when Bruce Arians retired. And he figured in spite of everything these years of poor quarterbacking, he’d lastly hit the quarterback lottery with seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner Tom Brady deciding to proceed taking part in.
But the trip with Brady has been something however clean this season. The Buccaneers are simply 3-3 coming into Sunday’s recreation at Carolina.
Brady — who’s needed to take care of day by day rumors, updates and innuendo about his reported impending cut up with spouse Gisele Bundchen — has regarded unsettled and sad all season.
Days after he was criticized (unfairly) for flying to New York to attend the marriage of Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft, lacking a Saturday walkthrough, Brady was caught on digicam eviscerating his offensive linemen on the sideline throughout final Sunday’s loss to the Steelers.
Brady then, on a podcast, insulted a nation of struggle veterans by evaluating NFL gamers working all season with their groups to troopers being “deployed.”
It was an ignorant and irresponsible remark, and one which Brady has since walked again. This was yet one more outdoors distraction that has made it tougher for Bowles’ Bucs to perform.
Ben Roethlisberger, the retired former Steelers quarterback who watched the Tampa Bay-Pittsburgh recreation final week, stated on a podcast that it appears to be like like Brady “doesn’t need to be on the market” taking part in.
That brought on the 45-year-old Brady to inform reporters on Thursday that he has no plans to retire anytime quickly.
“I really like the game and I really like the teammates and I wanna go do an ideal job for this workforce like I all the time have,” he stated. “So, no retirement in my future.”
Brady’s particular person statistics are usually not horrible — he’s thrown for 1,652 yards, eight touchdowns and one interception, finishing 67.2 % of his passes whereas taking 9 sacks.
However extra importantly, the Bucs’ offensive numbers are sagging. Their offense ranks twenty first in yards per recreation (332) and twentieth in factors per recreation (20.2) — numbers which can be method off those who Brady has produced in earlier seasons.
The Bucs are simply two years faraway from profitable the Tremendous Bowl. They completed 13-4 final season, profitable the NFC South.
Possibly Arians noticed the writing on the wall when he handed the keys to Bowles.
The query Bowles and the Bucs will proceed to face is whether or not they nonetheless have the quarterback who has seven Tremendous Bowl rings … or an ideal one who stayed round one yr too lengthy.
Poor Todd Bowles.
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