... debut new coaches, new players, and new playbooks next season on both sides of the ball.
First-year head coach Raheem Morris wants his team to play “violent football,” citing the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars as comparisons to the team model he would like to build in Tampa.
The man in charge of the Bucs’ offense this season is former Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski. For Jagodzinski, violent football translates into a run first, zone-blocking scheme featuring newly acquired running back Derrick Ward.
Ward, who will be complemented by Earnest Graham and hopefully a healthy Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, is familiar with the system after rushing for over 1,000 yards in the New York Giants’ zone scheme last season.
According to players, the new offense is simpler than the West Coast system brought to Tampa by former head coach Jon Gruden. Many attributed Gruden’s bulky playbook ...
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