The Bucs formally introduced former Seahawks quarterbacks coach Dave Canales as their new offensive coordinator on Thursday, and now, it seems their new broad receivers coach is on his approach as properly.
Brad Idzik, a Seahawks assistant since 2019, is about to hitch Canales in Tampa Bay, Seattle basic supervisor John Schneider mentioned Thursday.
#Seahawks GM John Schneider mentioned on @SeattleSports Brad Idzik, beforehand Seattle’s assistant WR coach, will be part of Dave Canales in Tampa Bay because the Bucs’ receivers coach.
— John Boyle (@johnpboyle) February 17, 2023
Idzik started his time in Seattle because the workforce’s assistant broad receivers coach, a publish he held in 2019 and 2020. He then spent the 2021 season because the Seahawks’ offensive high quality management and assistant quarterbacks coach earlier than returning to the assistant broad receivers coach position in 2022.
Bucs WRs Chris Godwin and Mike Evans – Photograph by: USA Immediately
Idzik has clearly labored carefully with Canales, and now he’ll take a step as much as coach the Bucs’ receiving corps. The younger assistant will work carefully with the workforce’s gifted duo of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, however the remainder of the Bucs’ receivers room is a bit in flux heading into 2023. Russell Gage’s title has been talked about as a possible cap casualty, whereas Julio Jones, Scotty Miller and Breshad Perriman are all set to hit free company.
Even when Gage remains to be round as Tampa Bay’s No. 3 receiver this season, the group will want filling out. The Bucs appear prone to draft a receiver or two, and Idzik might be tasked with getting essentially the most out of them.
Whereas in Seattle, Idzik coached prime receivers D.Okay. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Metcalf posted 900 yards and 7 touchdowns as a rookie in 2019, 1,303 yards and 10 scores in 2020 and 967 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2021. This previous season, he topped 1,000 yards once more, going for 1,048 and 6 touchdowns as Geno Smith revived his profession and made the Professional Bowl. Lockett has surpassed 1,000 yards in every of the final 4 years, with eight, 10, eight and 9 touchdowns, respectively.
Idzik Has Earlier Ties To The Bucs, Who Have Extra Strikes To Make
Idzik is not any stranger to Tampa or the Bucs group. His father, John, was a member of the workforce’s entrance workplace from 1993-2004. He was the director of soccer administration from 1993-2001 earlier than spending 2001-2004 because the assistant basic supervisor. Which means a younger Brad would have grown up across the sport — and the workforce.
Bucs OL coach Harold Goodwin, OC Byron Leftwich, head coach Bruce Arians and WRs coach Kevin Garver – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
The elder Idzik later held posts because the senior director of soccer operations in Arizona (2004-2007), vp of soccer administration in Seattle (2007-2012), basic manger for the New York Jets (2013-2014) and particular assistant to the final supervisor in Jacksonville (2015-2020).
So, it is a little bit of a homecoming for Brad Idzik as he serves because the Bucs’ broad receivers coach beneath Canales. It’s a place that turned open when the Bucs fired Kevin Garver. Garver and working backs coach Todd McNair had been each fired together with former offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich in January. On the identical day, quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen retired.
So, with the Bucs filling their offensive coordinator and broad receiver coach positions, they’ll subsequent have to discover a working backs coach — in addition to a quarterbacks coach, assuming Canales doesn’t additionally maintain that position.
