Bucs Are Building a Diverse Offense

When you think of great offenses in the NFL, you think of the Patriots, Saints, Packers, Cardinals and Broncos to just name a few. These offenses have a few things in common as they all have franchise quaterbacks, but most importantly they can attack in different ways which makes them hard to stop. Especially the Patriots when healthy they can attack you on the outside with Eldeman or the inside with their tight end core led by Gronkowski, or pound inside with their committee of running backs. Bucs Gm Jason Licht thinks the Bucs are building that type of offense where they can be diverse in how they attack opposing defenses whether it be from the outside or inside per pewterreport.com.

“But look at the Seahawks and the Patriots,” Licht said. “They don’t have any first-round receivers and they win Super Bowls. Obviously, we do. We drafted Mike Evans at No. 7. But you have to diversify your offense. If you have several mismatch-type weapons – maybe not the elite speed guys – you’re still diversified. Your mismatches don’t always have to be on the outside. They can be inside, too.”

This Bucs offense has many options to create mismatches whether that be on the outside with their two stud receivers or inside with their tights ends and backs out of the backfield. Having a diverse offense can make it tough for opposing defenses to anticipate what tendencies are being shown. In other words, it allows the offense to run multiple plays out of the same formation due to having that versatility with their personnel. Versatility has been the theme of this offseason, and the Bucs have plenty of it on offense. Look for more diverse personnel groupings this year with Jameis having plenty of options to spread the football to in the passing game.