A FEW THOUGHTS…
Logan Mankins may miss the game Sunday, but the offensive line has really done a good job as of late in both run and pass protecting. When you hold JJ Watt and company to no sacks, that is amazing. The Bucs can run the ball too now it would seem.
If you notice in play action fakes, Winston has all day to throw the ball.
FORMER BUCCANEERS
• Jaguars Head Coach Gus Bradley spent three years (2006-08) with
the Buccaneers as a defensive quality control coach and linebackers
coach.
• Jaguars Offensive Coordinator Greg Olson spent four seasons
(2008-11) with the Buccaneers as the team’s quarterbacks coach
and offensive coordinator.
• Jaguars Defensive Line Coach/ Run Game Coordinator Todd Wash
began his NFL coaching career with the Buccaneers where he spent
four seasons (2007-10) with the team, three as the defensive line
coach.
• Jaguars Quarterbacks Coach Nathaniel Hackett was an offensive
quality control coach for the Buccaneers from 2006-07.
• Jaguars Tight Ends Coach and Assistant Special Teams Coach Ron
Middleton served in the same capacity for the Buccaneers from
2004-06.
• Jaguars Defensive Quality Control Coach Dan Shamash spent two
years (2012-13) with the Buccaneers in the same capacity.
• Jaguars Special Assistant to the General Manager John Idzik spent
11 years in the Buccaneers personnel department.
• Jaguars College Scout Jared Kirksey spent three seasons (2010-12)
with the Buccaneers in the same capacity.
• Jaguars Video Director Mike Perkins served as the Buccaneers
assistant video director from 1987-90.
• Jaguars Head Athletic Trainer Scott Trulock served as the director of
rehabilitation for the Buccaneers from 2002-03.
• Jaguars DT Roy Miller was originally drafted by the Buccaneers in
the third round (81st overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft.
• Jaguars LB James-Michael Johnson was with the Buccaneers during
Week 1 of the 2015 season.
FORMER JAGUARS
• Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Dirk Koetter spent 2007-11 in the
same role for the Jaguars.
• Buccaneers Defensive Line Coach Joe Cullen spent three seasons
(2010-12) in the same role for the Jaguars.
• Buccaneers Linebackers Coach Hardy Nickerson played linebacker
for the Jaguars from 2000-01.
• Buccaneers Assistant Defensive Line Coach Paul Spicer spent eight
seasons (2000-08) as a player with the Jaguars. Spicer returned
to Jacksonville in 2011 and served as the assistant defensive line
coach for two seasons.
• Buccaneers Head Equipment Manager James Sorensen spent eight
seasons as an assistant equipment manager with the Jaguars from
1998-2005.
• Buccaneers LB Jeremiah George played for the Jaguars in 2014.
COACHING CONNECTIONS
• Jaguars Defensive Coordinator Bob Babich spent nine seasons
(2004-12) with the Chicago Bears as the linebackers coach and
defensive coordinator under Buccaneers Head Coach Lovie Smith
(2004-12).
• Assistant Offensive Line Coach Luke Butkus served as an offensive
assistant/ assistant offensive line coach from 2007-09. Buccaneers
Cornerbacks Coach Gil Byrd served on the Chicago Bears defensive
coaching staff from 2005-12.
STAFF CONNECTIONS
• Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Dirk Koetter served in the same
capacity for the Falcons when Jaguars GM David Caldwell was the
director of player personnel in 2012. Jaguars Director of Player
Personnel Chris Polian was an executive scout for the Falcons in
2012. Jaguars CB Peyton Thompson entered the NFL as an undrafted
rookie with the Falcons in 2012.
• Jaguars Assistant Director of College Scouting Paul Roell served
seven seasons (2006-12) as a regional scout for the Minnesota
Vikings where Buccaneers Defensive Coordinator Leslie Frazier
served four years as the team’s defensive coordinator and three
years as its head coach (2007-12).
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