(04-02-2022, 07:57 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: (04-02-2022, 06:33 AM)Bullseye Wrote: First off, under Leftwich, the 2019 Tampa team was 1st in yards passing and 3rd in passing TDs, and the team was 3rd in scoring, averaging 28.6 PPG. If all they did was chuck it deep, you'd think opposing defenses would have caught up and adjusted. Either they adjusted and BL adjusted to make the offense continue to be effective, or perhaps there was more to that Tampa offense than just chucking it deep. Looking at their rankings, they were 14th in the league in rushing attempts and 15th in rushing TDs. But your point about the WRs being so good (taking that at face value) begs the question: Don't smart coaches play to the strengths of their teams? If the Bucs had two WRs that dominant, why wouldn't they utilize them frequently? Indeed, Leftwich's two years with Brady, featured an offense that ranked bear the very bottom in rushing attempts. Finally, how in the world does an offense rank 1st in passing yards, 3rd in passing TDs and 3rd in scoring, averaging more than 28 ppg realistically be bottom of the barrel?!?
"Bottom of the barrel" is going too far, but you are also completely failing to mention the fact that the 2019 Bucs were DEAD LAST in giveaways. Not below average, not bottom third, not ranked 31st. Their offense was 32 out of 32 teams in giveaways. Winston had his career high in interceptions and it isn't even remotely close. Any team could inflate their yardage totals if they were willing to risk a ton of interceptions. If you don't think interceptions matter, then you must think Blake Bortles was a good quarterback.
INTs DO matter, but that isn't necessarily the result of poor playcalling or poor offensive design...things that would indicate a faulty offensive coordinator. The same offensive coordinator running many of the similar plays finished 3rd in scoring the very next year and won the Super Bowl, and the QB did not throw 30 INTs. Brady threw 12 INTs. In 2021, Brady threw 12 INTs again. The positive offensive output was consistent over those three years, but the turnovers decreased. If BLs presence had nothing to do with the positive offense output and causes QBs to throw higher INTs , explain that.
My mandate in this debate was not to show it's impossible for BLs offense to perform poorly in some areas, but to show there is some basis to think he may be a good head coach. Considering the Bucs offense finished 3rd or higher in scoring for three straight seasons, only two of which were with Brady, there is ample reason to think he may have something to offer as a head coach, especially in light of the other successful head coaches I listed who had less experience and success as offensive coordinators than BL has had.
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!