More No Huddle Coming
June 13th, 2016
Entering 21st century.
More than rumblings have been heard at One Buc Palace that this is a new Buccaneers squad under first-year head coach Dirk Koetter.
First, and maybe more important, the defense will be varied and molded to the ways of modern NFL techniques. How refreshing!
The offense will change a bit too, it seems. Oh, the Bucs will feed Doug Martin the ball a great deal. It would be stupid not to given the success on the ground last year and the new mega-investment in Martin this past winter.
There will be a new wrinkle in the offense, reports Robert Klemko of theMMQB.com. More no huddle!
In 2016, Winston will be asked to do more. Where there were two-play packages that Winston could call at the line in 2015, there will now be three-play packages plus a blitz audible.
Plus: More no-huddle is planned for 2016, one of Koetter’s signatures when he took the Tampa coordinator job in 2015.
“Jameis is a good communicator at the line, good at the no-huddle, studies like a wild man, and that’s what we love about him,” Koetter says. “I trust my judgment and I trust the judgment of our coaches. We’re around Jameis every day and we know what he’s capable of.”
Joe likes this. Likes this a lot. Hey, we are all celebrating how defensive coordinator Mike Smith is molding his defense to the skills of his players. Gameplans will be different each week as well. That’s just smart.
So why not do the same with the offense? If Jameis can handle a no-huddle, if an opposing defense struggles getting in personnel because of the quick pace of a no-huddle, why not take advantage?
This all makes Joe smile on an otherwise gloomy Monday morning.
June 13th, 2016 at 10:13 am
Whats refreshing is a couch who is not terrified of scoring points and who plays to win. The incompetent one was terrified of scoring thus winning.
June 13th, 2016 at 10:20 am
time will tell….GO BUCS!!!
June 13th, 2016 at 10:44 am
Its a passing league. Success and victories are only achieved through the air against the present NFL defenses.
For us to be fighting for superbowels, Jameis has to beat NFL defensive coordinators in this chess match. Attack their holes/weakness and make them pay from their blitzing…no huddle will help
Cam Newton is at this level where Jameis hopefully will be soon. The game is slowed down and Cam can do whatever he wants and counter whatever defenses attack him with
**Problem is we dont have the playmakers who can separate and run after catch. Our best YAC better is Sims and he only plays half the game and is predictable when he gets in the game. Evans and Jackson was the worst YAC recievers in 2015
“I wanted to be drafted by the Tampa Bay Bucs and play in front of poster Kobe Faker” Sterling Shepard
June 13th, 2016 at 11:00 am
Glad to see this. I’ve always been surprised more teams didn’t utilize the no-huddle more often. Ever since I first saw how effective it was for the Jim Kelly led Bills teams, I’ve always felt it could be done much more often. Hopefully we can make it work here.
June 13th, 2016 at 11:21 am
The problem with the no-huddle is when it doesn’t move the chains. Quick three and outs puts huge pressure on the defense wearing them out. That said, Koetter teams have a potent offense. Advantage Bucs. So if it’s working, wear out the other team’s defense. If not, slow the pace to give your guys a breather.
June 13th, 2016 at 11:31 am
Good point Other Side! It can be a double-edged sword in that aspect. You do whatever it takes to win. If that means no-huddle or grind ’em down, that’s what you do. It’s about exploiting the other teams weaknesses and tendencies. An offensive playbook should never be written in stone. This ain’t the Steelers of the ’70s.
June 13th, 2016 at 12:19 pm
With Simms, Vitale, Humphries keeping the linebackers honest, Winston running the no huddle will be easy pickin’s. I actually expect a whole lotta quick tempo with this offense. Awesome to hear Koetter say it.
June 13th, 2016 at 12:23 pm
The Other Side of the Coin Says:
“No huddle” and “grinding ground game” are not incompatible…
All the no huddle does is keep the D from making sweeping personnel changes, making it easier for an offense to set up matches they want.
June 13th, 2016 at 12:43 pm
Jameis will win a Superbowl with the Bucs. Cant say win, but soon. It’s going to happen, much like Payton Manning took an okay team and elevated them to greatness.
June 13th, 2016 at 12:44 pm
^^^^^ that, and a few 12 men on the field penalties to boot.
June 13th, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Sometimes scoring too fast brings your defense out on the field again, plus opponents offense stays in rhytm.
June 13th, 2016 at 2:07 pm
I’m not a big fan of the no-huddle offense, it’s ok to use if you’re down by 20 points. I would prefer the ball-control, wearing down the defense, clock controlling, resting you defense offense. You can go back and look at the 2012 Atlanta Falcons, they went 13-3 and their defense only gave up 299 points. After the season, they wanted to get pretty on offense and got rid of Michael Turner and become a pass happy offense. During the next 2 seasons they scored a boat load of points, but only won 10 games. And their defense gave up 860 points, some people blamed it on Mike Nolan. But Mike Nolan was the DC in 2012, when they gave up 299 points. Dirk Koetter and Mike Smith should have learned from their experience in Atlanta. The no-huddle is PERFECT, when you’re on your own 30 yard line with less than a minute before halftime with 2 timeouts left. Every team needs the no-huddle, you just gotta know when to use it.
June 13th, 2016 at 3:05 pm
LOVE This.
No huddle is extremely effective, regardless of score. You don’t have to use it all the time, but when the defense is gassed, you put the pedal to the metal and force them to stay out there, while you march it down their throat. (Obviously you don’t use it when you’re in a 4 minute or 2 minute offense and need to grind out the clock).
June 13th, 2016 at 3:57 pm
No Huddle can be very effective when used at the right time (aside from the times when it is obviously needed).
The other thing I would not be surprised to see is some ocassional spread type looks which Winston ran a good bit of in high school.
June 13th, 2016 at 8:20 pm
LakeLandBuc Says:
NONE of this is incompatible with a no-huddle.
No huddle is NOT a 2-minute offense and should not be confused.
You can take all the time you want. You just put pressure on the D to not make player changes. And if you know what players are on the field, you may have plays specifically targeted toward match-ups with them.
It also gives an O to make numerous shifts to see how a D will realign.
It’s brilliant if you have the players who can run it, particularly at QB. Peyton Manning did it for years.
June 13th, 2016 at 8:45 pm
@ Cobraboy, I was speaking of the Up-Tempo (no huddle) offense, more like the ( hurry-up-up–no-huddle offense). I’m old school, and a big fan of the traditional offense. But I’m all for it, if it would improve our chances of making the playoffs.
June 13th, 2016 at 9:08 pm
LakeLandBuc…how old school do you mean?
John Heisman’s 1899 Auburn Tigers ran an early version of the hurry-up.[3] The first team to employ a version of the no-huddle approach as the normal offensive play strategy was the 1988 Cincinnati Bengals under Sam Wyche with Boomer Esiason as the quarterback. This approach, called the “attack offense,”
June 14th, 2016 at 11:02 am
This is one of the reasons I suggested we go after Koetter way back before Mike Smith was even fired from Atlanta (I saw the writing on the wall).
The simply truth is this…offenses are eating defenses alive with their fast, no huddle schemes. Defenses have far less time to adjust, and it is getting results. It also makes up for weak offensive lines.