The Tampa Bay Buccaneers kept Todd Bowles at head coach despite the protestations of a very perturbed fan base, but aside from that, the Bucs have pretty much cleaned house around the coaching staff this winter heading into what should be an active free agent and draft period.
Tampa Bay's collapse during the 2025 NFL regular season can only be described as monumental, and it is almost inexplicable how they managed to not qualify for the playoffs in such a weak NFC South with such an easy schedule laid out before them to close the campaign.
Josh Grizzard paid for wasting a talented skill position group with his job, and now the Buccaneers are after a new offensive coordinator who can pick up the remaining pieces and lead this unit, given Bowles certainly is not going to have a major say in how the offense operates next season.
Not everyone is Mike McDaniel
Most Bucs fans want failed Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel to lead the offense, but there are a few more unknown and maybe more controversial options on the table. The latest well known name to get an interview from the Buccaneers organization is New York Giants interim head coach Mike Kafka, as first reported by Greg Auman of FOX Sports
Kafka was the Giants offensive coordinator before being suddenly upgraded to head coach, and while Giants fans do not have many kind words to say about him, it is doubtful everyone in the league feels the same way as an over reactionary fan base that constantly overrates its own players and team's chances since the hey day of the Eli Manning era.
The Giants were craptastic, and there was nothing Kafka nor anyone else on the coaching staff could do about this team's chances, especially once Malik Nabers went down for the count. Before this season, Kafka was very highly regarded, and he does have a Bucs connection, having once been their backup quarterback for the team in the early 2010s.
Just 38 years old, Kafka is one of the better quarterback gurus in the league, and that is something people have forgotten. He comes from the Andy Reid coaching tree, once playing under Reid as a backup signal caller before leading his passing game, playing a key role in the early rise of Patrick Mahomes as one of the best young quarterbacks in NFL history.
Baker Mayfield would actually benefit a lot from working with Kafka. The young coach is something of a quarterback whisperer and encourages his QBs to be individuals and play dangerously. His mentality and how he views the quarterback position would jibe really well with Mayfield, based on how he coached Mahomes and others, and that is something highly underrated.