Comments on: Jay Gruden: I’ve added “probably too much” to Bengals’ playbook

By: mwindle1973

mwindle1973 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:26:00 +0000

Translation…he’s finally able to install his full offensive scheme. This is not a big secret offense anyway. It’s basically the Gruden/Gruden offense that he and Jon devised in Tampa. It’s a little bit different, as there are some aspects of arena football mixed in their a little bit. But it’s basically the Gruden west coast offense. Any west coast offense has a huge playbook. But the good part of it, is you don’t finish installing the whole thing until the end of the season. Usually in the west coast offense, you’ll keep adding in plays each week. You probably have plays designed for specific teams, and you most certainly will design new plays for specific opponents from time to time. This is definitely a great thing, the offense was already terribly limited by it’s simplicity last year. It’s not just the size of the playbook either, the plays will be more fully developed. Gruden stated last year, he had to simplify specific plays because of the time crunch, first year in the system, etc. There will be plenty more motion, formation shifts, lining WRs up in multiple places & play action than there was last year. I imagine they will really add to the audible packages as well.

By: londonbengal

londonbengal — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:53:45 +0000

Thicker playbook ????

I thought this season they had switched their playbooks for ‘i-pads’……

By: samoanjungle

samoanjungle — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:08:16 +0000

This is what the preseason is for. If it doesn’t gel in the practice games they can lighten the mental load and add more later.

By: johnnyjagfan

johnnyjagfan — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:23:52 +0000

Dalton’s a smart guy. If we see a lot of odd time outs, you’ll know Gruden installed more than the skill position players can handle.

By: fearthebengaltiger

fearthebengaltiger — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:16:51 +0000

I cant wait to see it on the field, almost time to walk the walk!

By: hoosierdaddy1972

hoosierdaddy1972 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:58:07 +0000

It never hurts having Jon Gruden in your offensive coordinator’s ear every once in a while . . . or standing by to pick his brain.

By: joemammy

joemammy — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:52:20 +0000

So many plays, in fact, that Gruden had to use an entire box of crayons.

By: buchopeful

buchopeful — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:47:03 +0000

Just like his brother….don’t get too nutty or you will confuse them all….fact. keep some basic stuff!

By: aceben3

aceben3 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:30:03 +0000

Some young punk thinks he can outthink the NFL? No way!

By: kuta82

kuta82 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:29:31 +0000

Beef it up babe..Who Dey