Lovie Smith hasn’t said much about his himself, but Buccaneers defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said he was fine with his head coach taking over defensive play-calling duties.
Smith made the change this offseason, cutting the coordinator out of the loop on calling plays in favor of doing it himself. He might have done it sooner, but being left without an offensive coordinator last year forced Smith to spend more time on that side of the ball.
“[Lovie] is going to be heavily involved as he’s always been with our defense, and he’s going to do the majority of the defensive play-calling,” Frazier said, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.