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Bruce Arians on Byron Leftwich: ‘He’s the star’ of Buccaneers offense, will be a head coach soon

Last month, Bruce Arians stepped away from coaching to take a job in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers front office. He was replaced as head coach by his former defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles, but Arians thinks it won’t be long before his lead assistant on the other side of the ball — offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich — gets a head-coaching job of his own. In fact, Arians thought it was going to happen this offseason. 

“I really thought he was going to be the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars this year,” Arians said in a radio interview with Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. “Got so, so close. Yeah, it’s on the horizon for him. He’s the star.”

It was heavily rumored earlier in the offseason that Leftwich was one of the top candidates for the job in…

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