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A look at the Tight End heavy UConn football offense for 2016.
>>“This is a tight end driven offense,” Verducci said. “I mean, if you look on the roster, there’s not a fullback and that’s by design. So, it’s multiple tight ends. Our players watch a lot of the Patriots and I was fortunate enough to work with Charlie Weis at Notre Dame and he’s really one of those guys who put that offense in New England. Its foundation is in that and they have always been multiple tight ends. You go Ben Coates, Marv Cook, Gronk (Rob Gronkowski), they have had all those tight ends and have used them in all different roles.”<<
>>“So as we have been able to recruit to that,” Verducci said. “Now that depth gets better, now you throw Tyler Davis in there, who’s extremely unique. Last year we had Garret Anderson in there, this is completely different than when Garrett came and played the position. Tyler Davis is going to be something special at this position.”
Having multiple option of both players and play calling is what made this system of tight end heavy offense so effective, not only in New England but wherever a team has had true skill players lining up at the end of the offensive line.
“So, you can put two tight ends on the field,” Verducci said. “But depending upon who the tight ends are, we want to make the defensive identify if they are two tackles, is one a tackle and one a receiver, are they two receivers. Ideally, you want to have strength in both areas but realistically, some guys do better jobs than others so it will not be unusual to see us play five different tight ends in a game. Bloom and Myers being the starters but there are jobs for all those other guys to play to their strengths as well.”<<
>>“This is a tight end driven offense,” Verducci said. “I mean, if you look on the roster, there’s not a fullback and that’s by design. So, it’s multiple tight ends. Our players watch a lot of the Patriots and I was fortunate enough to work with Charlie Weis at Notre Dame and he’s really one of those guys who put that offense in New England. Its foundation is in that and they have always been multiple tight ends. You go Ben Coates, Marv Cook, Gronk (Rob Gronkowski), they have had all those tight ends and have used them in all different roles.”<<
>>“So as we have been able to recruit to that,” Verducci said. “Now that depth gets better, now you throw Tyler Davis in there, who’s extremely unique. Last year we had Garret Anderson in there, this is completely different than when Garrett came and played the position. Tyler Davis is going to be something special at this position.”
Having multiple option of both players and play calling is what made this system of tight end heavy offense so effective, not only in New England but wherever a team has had true skill players lining up at the end of the offensive line.
“So, you can put two tight ends on the field,” Verducci said. “But depending upon who the tight ends are, we want to make the defensive identify if they are two tackles, is one a tackle and one a receiver, are they two receivers. Ideally, you want to have strength in both areas but realistically, some guys do better jobs than others so it will not be unusual to see us play five different tight ends in a game. Bloom and Myers being the starters but there are jobs for all those other guys to play to their strengths as well.”<<
