Watch: Bucs coach Todd Bowles calls Commanders by their old name — twice

Todd Bowles is entering his third season as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach. It’s his seventh season overall as a head coach, having previously served in the same role for the New York Jets.

But before Bowles joined the coaching world in 1997, he enjoyed an eight-year NFL playing career. Bowles spent seven of those eight seasons with the then-Washington Redskins, and was a part of one Super Bowl championship team.

Speaking of Washington, that’s who Bowles’ Bucs open the 2024 season with on Sunday, as Tampa Bay hosts the Commanders. On Monday, Bowles addressed the media and had a slip of the tongue when mentioning his Week 1 opponent.

“I think if you find yourself just facing the rookie quarterback, the other 10 guys are going to kill you, so we’re facing the Redskins, we’re not facing Jayden Daniels,” Bowles said. “They got 10 other guys that we gotta worry about as well, so we don’t look at it as facing the rookie quarterback, we’re trying to beat the Redskins.”

Not once, but twice, did Bowles mention the name of the team he played for. Fans shouldn’t think too deeply here. It’s probably hard for Bowles to call a team he played with for seven seasons the Commanders.