[](https://www.joebucsfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bowlesmugleftight.png)Todd Bowles has never been a more powerful NFL head coach than he is right now.
That means he has big-time clout at One Buc Palace, and Joe hopes Bowles will exercise it.
Bowles has been around the NFL long enough to know he’s in the midst of a special season with a very talented team. It’s a 6-2 club that is neither playing over its head nor near its potential.
Bowles should look around and see championship mettle, and then ask himself where his roster needs immediate help.
The NFL trade deadline is 9 days away. Joe can guarantee that anyone the Bucs might draft next year will not help the team win a Super Bowl in February.
Parting with a draft pick or picks should be on the table to add to the roster.
Common sense says the Bucs need help at wide receiver to achieve their goals. Bowles should demand it. If the right fit isn’t there, then Bowles should move on to other positions.
Bowles turns 62 next month. He’s been around the NFL since the 1980s. The head coach should be hungry as hell, and should be the loudest win-now-at-all-costs voice in the Bucs’ heirarchy.
By tomorrow night, Bowles should convene Team Glazer and Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht for a frank discussion on blitzing the trade deadline like he does quarterbacks.