Todd Bowles and the Buccaneers are in a great position for reasons other than Tom Brady

News flash: Life is much easier as an NFL head coach when Tom Brady is your quarterback. That's the case for new Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles, who is entering his first year as head coach after Bruce Arians' benevolentretirement. Brady's presence immediately gives Bowles a head start as the Bucs' new decision maker. Brady […]

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News flash: Life is much easier as an NFL head coach when Tom Brady is your quarterback.

That's the case for new Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles, who is entering his first year as head coach after Bruce Arians' benevolentretirement.

Brady's presence immediately gives Bowles a head start as the Bucs' new decision maker. Brady was actually a key factor in Arians' decision to retire, which goes to show how valuable he is to a head coach's win-loss record.

But Brady isn't the only element that gives Bowles a leg up on his new job. Bowles has been with the vast majority of the coaching staff -and the roster- since 2019.

You can't put a price on team chemistry. In today's NFL, it's a rarity. Very few teams are able to keep their rosters, staffs, and front offices together like the Buccaneers have over the last three seasons. It's even tougher when a team has success like the Buccaneers have had. That makes the accomplishment all the more impressive.

Bowles recently explained how the chemistry throughout the Buccaneers organization is a great thing on The Adam Schefter Show hosted by none other than ESPN's Adam Schefter.

"I've been here three years," Bowles said. "I've gotten to know a lot of the players and I know all the coaches as well as the front office. It's a new job, but it feels like an old job at times, as well. Obviously, you're the leader of the team and [you 'll have] decisions you have to make and tweak some things as you see it. But at the same time, it's great to have chemistry and people around you that you know without getting to know people and without getting to know how they think and what they think."

Bowles knowing how and what his coaches think in certain situations will undoubtedly help him make the best decision possible in uncertain times. It also helps everyone stay on the same page, which keeps the Buccaneers' process intact. That in itself is key because the slightest slip-up in regard to process can really hurt an NFL team in multiple ways.

The continuity throughout the organization also means no scheme changes on either side of the ball, which is typically unheard of during a coaching change. At the same time, however, this isn't your typical coaching change.

But what really helps Bowles and the Buccaneers is Bowles' previous head coaching experience with the New York Jets.

Yes, it didn't end well. Or really go well, at all, for four of the five seasons he coached. But the lessons Bowles learned from his time in New York are just as invaluable as the continuity he currently owns with the Buccaneers.

And that, like the continuity, will be a massive help moving forward.

"You grow from experience," Bowles told Schefter. "I think the whole experience has made me a much better coach and a much better person [when it comes] to stepping back, seeing situations and handling things on an individual basis. And I think it couldn't do anything but help me going forward. …

"So far too often I think people get jobs and get fired and say, 'That's because of he, that's because of she, that's because of it.' No, I'll take full responsibility for things that I can control. … There's a lot more that goes into that from a standpoint of adjusting to a team and everything else."

And if it doesn't help, well, Bowles won't point the finger at anyone but himself.

"I took full responsibility and I was never one to try to deflect blame or put [it] on anyone else," Bowles said. "I don't think you can move forward as a coach or as a better coach until you learn to accept responsibility and find things within yourself that you can change."

You can check out Schefter's full interview with Bowles, here.

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