Buccaneers' Offense Has 1 Major Unknown Heading Into 2025

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Jul 8, 2025 - 06:30

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Buccaneers' Offense Has 1 Major Unknown Heading Into 2025 originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Much has been made of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers getting a third different offensive coordinator for Baker Mayfield in three years, and some have used that as a reason to doubt whether the franchise can continue its march in the NFC South.

But one thing that a lot of people seem to forget is that new coordinator Josh Grizzard was on the Buccaneers staff last season as the passing game coordinator under Liam Coen.

Why does that matter? Things won't be entirely different for Mayfield and the offense because Grizzard has been in the system before.

And for NFL analyst Greg Cosell, who spoke on the Ross Tucker podcast, having Grizzard as offensive coordinator isn't the issue; it's how he will call NFL games for the first time in his career.

“My guess is structurally, conceptually, they won't change much,” Cosell said. “The key now becomes play calling in games, and we have no idea about that, and we'll have no idea about that because we're not going to be sitting there in their meetings during the week. But that becomes the issue, how does this new coordinator call the game and is Baker comfortable with all that.”

Buccaneers offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.FanStreamSports.com

Cosell gets it. The change won't be as dramatic as some think.

But the calling plays on game day might be.

Grizzard has already gotten his feet wet in that department at OTAs and minicamp, with Todd Bowles allowing him to "mock" call games before training camp starts in a couple of weeks.

So there are a lot of things the Buccaneers offense has going for it entering the 2025 season, but can Grizzard bring it all together not only in terms of scheme but calling the game in a way that produces results?

Tampa Bay's 2025 success will depend on it.

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 8, 2025, where it first appeared.