

The Facts: There's a new head coach on the sidelines for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the old head coach remains with the club. However, the offensive coordinator is still Byron Leftwich and, thusly, the new head coach and the old one are unlikely to have much to do with the offensive game plan. Asked Tuesday if the now-retired Bruce Arians would have input on the offensive game plan in his new role of senior advisor to the general manager, Leftwich did his best to clear up how things will be and how things have been. "Probably not from an offensive game plan standpoint, and I don't think that's new," Leftwich said.
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Since Arians became head coach of the Bucs in 2019 and Leftwich became offensive coordinator, Tampa Bay's offense has been rolling. In fact, it's been one of the league's best. Since Leftwich has taken on the OC reins in Tampa, the Bucs have finished in the top three in points scored each season and no worse than seventh in yards gained. Winston threw for an NFL-best 5,109 yards and a career-high 33 touchdowns in 2019 under the guise of Leftwich. Then Brady entered the fold and tallied back-to-back seasons of 40 or more touchdowns for the first time in his career. Brady also led the league in passing in 2022 with a career-high 5,316 yards. The Buccaneers' offense is most certainly not broke, and Leftwich isn't looking to fix it, even with the offseason changes. "I don't see too many changes coming. Each year is different, though," Leftwich said. "Will there be some subtle changes? I think it is every year, according to what personnel truly ends up out there each week, but we're going to try to do the best thing to put us in position to score points and win football games. Whatever we can do from an offensive standpoint to help us win, we'll try to do that. Don't really matter to me how we get that done."