Todd Bowles Addresses Goal Line Failures
October 31st, 2025
What was running through Todd Bowles’ head when he watched his offense fail over and over and over at the Saints’ 1 yard line like it did Sunday?
The question was posed to Bowles on the Ira Kaufman Podcast episode published yesterday.
“We gotta be able to punch it in there,” Bowles said. “The back’s gotta slam it in there. The line’s gotta block and we gotta have the right call on, too. I mean, they’re packing it in there and we don’t have it, you gotta be able to do something else as well. We can’t be stubborn and just beat our heads up against the wall. We gotta understand that. So from a players and a coaches standpoint, we gotta be better.”
Joe hopes the Bucs going 1-for-8 Sunday from the 1 yard line became an incredibly valuable learning experience for the entire Bucs staff.
What a nightmare it was.
Joe suspects if there is a next struggling time, Baker Mayfield (a healthy version) will run a quarterback sneak and expect his linemen to have his back. Or Bowles will call a timeout to gather his offense. Or playcaller Josh Grizzard will have something more innovative than channeling the Bucs’ 1976 offense.