The healthy Bucs rookies were on the field last night and that included the offensive coordinator.
It was Josh Grizzard’s first night calling plays in an NFL game. And Joe was very pleased to see everything looked rather smooth. Aside from the offense moving the ball, the Bucs didn’t have a standout number of penalties and it didn’t appear to be communication issues.
Prior to the preseason opener against the Titans, Grizzard was debating calling games from a coaching booth high above the field, where he spent games last season. But Grizzard when the on-field route (shown above) last night. It’s unclear what he’ll do Saturday night in Pittsburgh [when the Bucs will play their starting offense.](https://www.joebucsfan.com/2025/08/buccaneers-starters-will-play-next-saturday-in-pittsburgh/)
Regardless, Joe’s been around long enough to remember how the Bucs hired an offensive coordinator in 2009, Jeff Jagodzinski, and he was fired in August because he literally didn’t have playcalling skills and needed too much help to call a preseason game properly.
Yeah, that happened. But it won’t this year.