“Two Completely Different Offenses”
June 15th, 2023
Joe always loves hearing from one of the great Buccaneers of all-time, a guy who is just 24 years old.
Manbeast good-guy left tackle Tristan Wirfs is all fired up learning his new position. And he thinks he’s doing a damn good job of it, Wirfs told WDAE radio this week.
Wirfs also talked about jumping into the Dave Canales offense after growing up in the no-risk-it-no-biscuit attack of Bucco Bruce Arians and Byron “SpongeBob” Leftwich.
“This one, I feel like it’s very diverse,” said of the Canales offense. “We got a lot of different things. We got the mid-zone family, we got the outside zone [runs], a lot of play-action and stuff like that.”
He stressed that the Canales way represents diversity to the returning Bucs.
“I mean, when I came in, I knew what I was coming into. Obviously, having Tom, you know we were going to sling it. And it worked for us. So they’re two completely different offenses. Both of have been successful. So I’ve been really excited to get down and work on this one. It’s been awesome.”
Wirfs went on to say he views all his techniques as the same at left tackle compared what he dealt with for three years at right tackle. It’s just the repetition of doing it with the opposite hands and feat. “When it gets down to the nitty gritty, it’s the exact same thing,” Wirfs said.
Specifically, Wirfs talked about “building that muscle memory up with my left hand,” and he feels he’s completely on track to do that successfully in Week 1.
June 15th, 2023 at 5:29 pm
Wirfs is a great and talented player. I have no doubt he will thrive at LT. More concerned about the right side of the line. I truly believe the Oline will be better this year. Let’s see what kind of oc we have in Canales. Not very confident in Bowles and his conservative approach. Let’s hope Baker plays well.
June 15th, 2023 at 5:31 pm
Make this guy the highest paid o lineman!
June 15th, 2023 at 5:32 pm
Good article Joe. Now maybe you can sleep a little easier at night knowing that Wirfs feels he has a handle on left tackle as is NOT going to flame out on you 🙂
June 15th, 2023 at 5:36 pm
He knows LTs make more than RTs so he might just be the highest paid OT.
June 15th, 2023 at 6:03 pm
“It’s just the repetition of doing it with the opposite hands and feat. “When it gets down to the nitty gritty, it’s the exact same thing,” ”
I agree and his point about “muscle memory” is spot on.
I remember somebody asking Tiger Woods what a weekend golfer could do to play as well as he did. Aside from genetics Woods made an obvious point. Are they willing to hit over a thousand golf balls and roll a thousand putts everyday of their life? Are they willing to lift weights and train physically very SERIOUSLY?
Tiger’s excellent point it that there is more than just talent there is the burning drive inside of people like Tiger and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Brady to pay WHATEVER price is required!
So far I have no reason to doubt that Wirfs is unwilling to pay the price and he has plenty of time to work on his “muscle memory”. He doensn’t need camp for that. There’s video and private coaching…Wirfs WILL master this position.
With Matt Feiler playing to his right and then hopefully a fully recovered Jensen at Center and the left side of the Bucs line looks REALLY solid! The right side is still a bit of a project but there are some pieces to work with.
Formula for ’23. Defense gets faster and better and becomes top five.
OL is DRAMATICALLY better than last year which results in an improved running game. The combination of a solid left side on the OL along with a decent running game then opens it up for ME..CG and others. QB doesn’t have to WIN games justs avoid losing them…IE minimal turnovers. Defense does the rest.
June 15th, 2023 at 6:08 pm
I know that a 330+ pound person who can broad jump out of waist-high water onto the deck of a swimming pool, will have no problem switching from RT to LT
June 15th, 2023 at 6:33 pm
Jesus Christ it’s like every new year they say things to give us hope and excitement just to disappoint us in the regular season. New diverse offense? Will it be effective? Will we win more games than we lose? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z!
June 15th, 2023 at 6:48 pm
Sounds like a good start to having a good O-line. The left side and center look solid…Now I ‘d like to here some good things from the right side guard and tackle.
June 15th, 2023 at 7:35 pm
Jack Clark it’s been going on so long I’d say it’s more like One Piece.
June 15th, 2023 at 7:50 pm
Jack Clark Says:
June 15th, 2023 at 6:33 pm
Jesus Christ it’s like every new year they say things to give us hope and excitement just to disappoint us in the regular season. New diverse offense? Will it be effective? Will we win more games than we lose?
^^^^^^^^
Dude, the Bucs won a Super Bowl recently and made the playoffs the last 3 years. WTF are you b!tching about?
June 15th, 2023 at 8:15 pm
SO PROUD OF TRISTEN WIRFS ( HE’S AN AWESOME PRO TACKLE ) & I BELIEVE HE WILL THRIVE JUST AS MUCH ON THE LEFT AS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE ( PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO )TO HAVE A GREAT LEFT TACKLE IN THIS LEAGUE IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITION ( BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF QUARTERBACK’S ARE RIGHT HANDED ) MAKING THIS THEIR BLIND SIDE (FOR THOSE NEW FANS THAT DON’T REALIZE) SO EXCITED FOR TRISTEN & THE BUC’S FOR THIS BIG MOVE..I BELIEVE THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS GOING TO BE MUCH IMPROVED FROM LAST YEAR, IT’S GOING TO BE LIKE GOING FROM NIGHT TO DAY..
June 15th, 2023 at 8:18 pm
NOW, RESTRUCTURE MIKE EVANS CONTRACT & SIGN CODY MAUCH, WE NEED HIM UNDER CONTRACT BEFORE TRAINING CAMP STARTS..
June 15th, 2023 at 8:19 pm
Stop yelling Tommy.
June 15th, 2023 at 9:32 pm
Kade Warner is on family feud right now
June 15th, 2023 at 9:46 pm
Telling that by-ron doesnt have a job yet…
June 16th, 2023 at 1:06 am
Try golfing left handed.
June 16th, 2023 at 2:34 am
If Wirfs masters the switch and if Jensen is 100% again, the left side of the OL will be a strength, unlike the mess they left Brady to suffer with. The right side is still a question mark.
As for the new offense, of course it”s “diverse”. It is now Seahawks East.
June 16th, 2023 at 2:42 am
“So they’re two completely different offenses. Both of have been successful. ”
What?!? LOL!
This guy has never ran an offense, what’s he’s talking about he’s been successful? I do legit hope it all goes great, but come on, the guy needs to actually do something before people are talking about his offense being successful (and no, he didn’t create, or run the offense in Seattle, he was a QB coach, and a one year ‘passing game coordinator’ – whatever that is – then got demoted back to QB coach).
June 16th, 2023 at 7:44 am
It’s a fact they settled for Canales after being spurned by better candidates (Monken)
Fingers crossed they guy is ready
After 11 years with Pete C, he is well versed in playing ball control O with a strong D – same philosophy as Todd
Fingers crossed
June 16th, 2023 at 10:51 am
I like the Canales signing, and think he may be able to do us a good job, IF Bowles keeps his hands OFF of the offense.
June 16th, 2023 at 1:44 pm
The O Line should thrive in the outside zone scheme. Athleticism counts more, and they have drafted athletic players recently with Wirfs, Mauch and Goedecke.
June 16th, 2023 at 1:47 pm
“He’s still big as hell.” – JTS
Whatever learning curve Wirfs has will be mitigated by his size, speed, and athleticism. Like JTS points out, you still have to run all the way around him.