It didn’t take long for the NFL world to react to the news that Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be firing offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich after four seasons.
Appearing on ESPN’s First Take Thursday morning, former journeyman quarterback and current NFL ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky offered his reaction to the news that the Buccaneers would be moving on from Leftwich following a lackluster 8-9 season.
“Totally needed for this organization…This offense is so behind in so many different ways when it comes to new-age football,” Orlovsky said via First Take on Twitter. “It’s in many ways archaic. It’s very little motion. They don’t do anything that they’re good at. I feel like they major in things that they’re bad at.”
While Orlovsky criticized Leftwich’s offensive scheme, he did say that he found it odd that this was just a “Byron thing.” Orlovsky said he can’t imagine that Tom Brady doesn’t have pretty significant input into the offense, but also acknowledged that he could be dead wrong on that point.
Orlovsky has been critical of Tampa Bay’s offense all season and really hammered home that point following Monday’s 31-14 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card round.
I don’t know how you can watch what happened in Tampa this year and than watch that tape back from last night and not think
“We have to start all over again from the bottom”
-zero energy
-zero creativity
-zero adjustments
-look totally unprepared
-both sides of the ball— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) January 17, 2023
“I don’t know how you can watch what happened in Tampa this year and then watch that tape back from last night and not think, ‘We have to start all over again from the bottom,'” Orlovsky wrote in a tweet.
That seems to be exactly the thinking of head coach Todd Bowles, as the Buccaneers will now be searching for a new offensive play caller.
