Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss the effect of team coordinators leaving and how Dave Canales’ departure will affect the Buccaneers this season. Listen and subscribe to the “Zero Blitz” podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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All good.
So where are you in Tampa Bay?
They will be next in your great task.
I just wonder, look, this happened to the Eagles.
So my one big thing for the Buccaneers is how much do they miss Dave Canalis?
And let me get back to the Eagles.
They came off a Super Bowl, they lost both coordinators over and over again and we kind of forgot about that, right.
Like, oh, well, no big deal, Ceriani is still there.
He’ll figure it out and they really miss the coordinators.
And I think that’s the one thing in all this crazy NFL analysis that we do and talk about all this in the off-season, 12 months, three or 65 days a year, we don’t spend enough time saying that maybe losing the coordinator is a big business .
Dave Canalis had an incredible season for the Buccaneers last year.
I think he is the main reason why Mike Evans was still able to put together another huge 1,000 yard season.
Baker Mayfield has obviously revived his career.
Canals goes to the Carolina Panthers.
He’s the head coach now and you wonder how much that affects everything they’re doing?
Liam Cohen.
Comes from the University of Kentucky.
He had just one season as an NFL offensive coordinator, with the Los Angeles Rams.
It wasn’t that good.
And, and he was, you know, I mean, Sean Mcveigh obviously is, is the figurehead of this offense.
So we don’t know what to do with a new offensive coordinator and he’s replacing the guy who did everything right last year, especially with Baker Mayfield and rejuvenating him.
So I just wonder if I’ll lose Dave Canals.
How much does this affect the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
Yes.
And I also have to wonder what that means, because before we talked about Gino.
Gino had a great year and then fell off a little bit, like it was pretty reasonable considering last year I kept doing the cop for Baker and Gino for the success and even the contract, he felt like there were too many Geno cops.
If Baker takes a small step back, Geno suddenly.
Yes, like that, that’s where we’ll be.
So I think you’re right with Canalis, but also what does this mean with Liam Cohen and Baker Mayfield getting together?
What does this mean for Baker to feel comfortable in an offense like this?
This is a variable.
This will definitely mean everything to the Bucks.
And I have to say again, I think Tampa Bay is in a super winnable division, right?
So for all these teams in a super winnable division.
They are not necessarily great teams.
You just need to put it all together and figure out how to win.
