Chris Godwin: It Wasn’t Just The OCs Who Won Games
March 13th, 2025
Don’t forget about Bucs players.
If the Bucs offense has another top-five finish after the 2025 season, would it surprise you if Josh Grizzard is a head coach somewhere else this time in 2026? Joe wouldn’t be surprised at all.
The last two Bucs offensive coaches were one-and-done. Both Dave Canales and Liam Coen landed head coaching jobs after their one and only season as a Bucs offensive coordinator.
Granted, Chris Godwin said, that shows that the Bucs organization knows what it is doing. But he added when he appeared on NFL Network on Tuesday, don’t forget the role Bucs players had in Canales and Coen getting sweet gigs.
“I think the guys that we’ve had come through here have [had] enough success to go ahead and get head coaching jobs, right?” Godwin began. “I think it says that that the people that are doing the hiring here are picking the right guys.
“But also, the talent that we have in the locker room, [it shows] that we’re performing at a level that makes people want to come and hire your guys.”
If anything, it seemed from listening to Godwin, he and the rest of the Bucs offense want to go out this year and prove that it wasn’t just the coaches who guided the Bucs’ to more NFC South crowns. It was the players too.
Yes, Godwin is motivated to win another Super Bowl. He added that nugget. But he and his teammates want the NFL world to understand the Bucs’ success wasn’t just Canales or Coen. The Bucs seem motivated to demonstrate the Bucs had success because of them as well, not just because Canales and/or Coen can interview well.