The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have wasted no time in cleaning house after a poor 2025 season.
The Buccaneers, on Thursday, fired five coaches, including offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.
It will now be the fourth different coordinator Baker Mayfield will have in four years with the Buccaneers.
Some thought that the front office might have given the green light to move on from those five coaches, but ESPN's Jenna Laine has dropped a huge nugget of information on who was actually responsible for giving the go-ahead.
"A source told ESPN that these were not moves mandated by ownership after the Bucs finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2019," Laine wrote. "Instead, the source said that Bowles made these moves on his own."
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Bowles taking matters into his own hands
Given that Bowles told the media he would take a few weeks to evaluate his own performance, the fact that these moves have been made so quickly, and, according to Laine, are all Bowles' doing, tells us this was in the works for a while.
The Buccaneers had a horrific second half of the season, winning just twice in nine games, and it is clear that Bowles has seen the shortcomings and wanted to clean house.
The fact that he was the one do reportedly do this is big news.
The front office has clearly given him the authority to do it.
And now the search is on as Tampa Bay dips its toes into the coaching carousel.
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