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Feb 3, 2022

Hearing Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is expected to remove himself from consideration for the Jaguars head coaching job soon. Former Raiders interim HC Rich Bisaccia and former Eagles coach Doug Pederson remain strong candidates. - — Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) February 3, 2022 - - - Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator is expected to remove his name from consideration for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head coach position, per Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. - Leftwich has been the fan-favorite candidate to land the top coaching job with the team that made him a top-10 draft pick in his playing days, but the Jaguars have continued to target other candidates. - One reason Leftwich might be moving on from the discussion could be the team’s decision to retain Trent Baalke as their general manager, as some reports have suggested that Leftwich made it clear he was not interested in working with Baalke. In those reports, Leftwich was said to have lobbied for Adrian Wilson from the Arizona Cardinals to be hired as the Jags’ general manager: - - Amazing at Senior Bowl the chatter is Byron Leftwich made a mistake that he made it known that he couldn't work with Trent Baalke when the question was presented to him. He suggested the Jaguars should hire his guy Adrian Wilson as GM. - — John Reid (@JohnReid64) February 3, 2022 - - - This development could obviously be the Bucs’ gain, as it also appears that defensive coordinator Todd Bowles is not a front-runner for any of the remaining open head coach positions throughout the league. - It is interesting, though, in the wake of Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL alleging racist hiring practices, that two Black coordinators in Tampa Bay still can’t seem to land a head-coaching gig after three straight seasons of sustained success, as well as a championship. - - List - - The most ridiculous stats from Tom Brady's legendary NFL career - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bucs Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bucs Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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