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Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles said a few days ago that there was no decision on offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich’s future with the team, but the Bucs have already made that decision and it will lead to a change in Tampa.
Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the Bucs have fired Leftwich. The move was widely expected after the Bucs finished 25th in scoring during the regular season and sputtered again offensively in their playoff loss to the Cowboys.
Stroud reports that the team is also parting ways with a number of other assistants.
It’s a sharp drop for Leftwich, who at this point was a head coaching candidate last year and was reportedly in talks with the Jaguars for the job before they turned to Doug Pederson. The 2023 season was Leftwich’s fourth on offense in Tampa and they won the Super Bowl in 2020, but it was also his first without Bruce Arians as head coach and the team was not as successful as it had been in Leftwich’s previous seasons at the helm.
Tampa’s search for a new coordinator will be affected by the uncertainty at the quarterback position. Tom Brady is set for free agency and has given no indication he plans to return, so whoever takes the job will do so without a clear idea of who will fill the top spot in the department.
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