Todd Bowles Says Bucs Have Changed Mentalilty; Should Fans?
October 14th, 2025
Powerful stuff yesterday from Todd Bowles, the fourth-winningest head coach in Bucs history.
Bowles says the team has changed its mentality to one more befitting a Super Bowl team.
“I think the mental toughness has gotten a lot better this year,” Bowles told SiriusXM NFL Radio. “We’ve kind of embraced the grind. You know, playing the first-place schedule, [players] used to look at that as playing all these teams in a row as a burden; now they look at it as a challenge.
“And it doesn’t matter who plays. I think they understand the assignment — to get where we gotta get to it is going to be a lot of different people every week. And that’s what the good teams do and that’s what we’re trying to become. So we’re kind of embracing the challenges week in and week out and guys are really stepping up and maturing, and we got great locker room leadership and their resiliency is outstanding.”
Lotta meat on that bone from Bowles. So players used to be uncomfortable with a tough schedule but now they embrace it.
Despite the Bucs having the best record in the NFC, a lot of Bucs fans still are penciling in losses for the team and figuring at least a few more are coming. Perhaps that needs to change, too?
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