Koetter Likes The “Every-Snap” Advantage
April 19th, 2016
Second-year players vary greatly, Dirk Koetter explained in a new interview.
Koetter sat down for a video chat with Buccaneers.com reporter Scott Smith. It’s all here. There’s nothing too enlightening, though Koetter rolled out a stat he finds important.
The head coach says 11 percent of first-round draft picks play every snap for their team as rookies. So it’s pretty darn rare. That’s three or four players per season.
In 2015, however, the Bucs had two of those guys, Donovan Smith and America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.
Koetter was asked about whether quarterbacks really make their biggest leap in Year 2 of their careers. Koetter agreed, but said often the popular take is overblown. In Jameis’ case, Koetter is more of a believer because of all those snaps provide Jameis a full plate of knowledge when it comes to expectations.
For Smith, well, he’s got three more games under his belt than fellow second-year offensive lineman Ali Marpet, who sprained his ankle during the first-half of a November 8 game against the Giants. That may seem insignificant, but during the ensuing weeks, Marpet openly talked about how refreshed his body felt; he couldn’t imagine the drain of having to press through and play 16 games.
Smith knows that grind, and so does Jameis, who fought through his own ankle woes in August and September.
April 19th, 2016 at 1:14 pm
“The head coach says 11 percent of first-round draft picks play every snap for their team as rookies. So it’s pretty darn rare. That’s three or four players per season.
In 2015, however, the Bucs had two of those guys, Donovan Smith and America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.”
Donovan Smith is/was a second round pick, not a first rounder
April 19th, 2016 at 2:07 pm
Taking every snap last year gave Winston a lot of tape of himself vs NFL defenses to analyse this past off season. He will improve and look every bit the part of a #1 overall QB this year. We saw a ton of flashes and enough consistency as a rookie to know what we’ve got in Jameis – its just a matter of time and hard work (which he seems more than willing to do) before this dude is a top 5 NFL QB.
#excited
April 19th, 2016 at 2:40 pm
Pickgrin I agree 100% with you Everyone saying we got a hard scheduled but look at like this Jamis played against one of the best defense in the NFL in the Carolina panthers he got a lot of game film he can look at and the reason why I believe Jamie’s will get better look at the first time he played the panthers to the second time he threw what 4 isn’t in the second u did see improvement but the defense just couldn’t hang on for a little longer I believe we going to be that team that everyone do not want on there scheduled this coming season
April 19th, 2016 at 3:18 pm
So, Dave, we had a second-rounder play every snap. That’s even more rare than a first-rounder doing it!
April 19th, 2016 at 4:01 pm
All good news but I believe it’s better. #3 had a great season but it could have been one for the ages if his teammates had not let him down.
First of course there was Lovie’s D letting #3 down. Should have had 3-4 more wins for JW.
Then there was the horrible performance combined with injuries that really…really…really screwed with JW’S performance. What difference would there have been if ME had caught just half of those passes he dropped?
What if ASJ got out of the training room and played like a real TE.
And the injuries the VJAX and Murphy didn’t help either.
If ME regains his hands…VJAX gets his health back..ASJ gets his health and head straightened out…this team could get really scary on offense.
Then you mix in Sim out of the backfield and Dougie’s running.
Let’s kick it off I’m ready!!!