I Don’t Expect An Overly Difficult Learning Curve’

Expect the Bucs offense to hit the ground running.

That was the message today from new Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen.

Speaking at One Buc Palace, Coen said his new Bucs offense will be “very similar in terms of the terminology” to that of departed offensive coordinator Dave Canales, the new Carolina Panthers head coach.

Coen also said run game calls and protections will be similar. “I don’t expect an overly difficult learning curve,” he said with confidence.

Of course, Coen is from the Rams’ Sean McVay tree, as was a mentor of Canales, Shane Waldron, the Seahawks offensive coordinator.

Fans can expect lots of presnap motion from the new Tampa Bay offense and unpredictability, Coen said.

“The illusion of complexity for us was something that we strived for. ‘Man, let’s do the same things that we like to do, that we’re good at doing, but change the picture with pre-motion, shift, tempo change, tempo-out-of-the-huddle change. Go no-huddle,” Coen said.

“That’s something that we really worked on and believed in in L.A. You watch those films of Cooper Kupp and Puka [Nacua] and all those wideouts, man, they run a lot during presnap. Now it’ll be a balance [in Tampa], right? A balance between some of those things. But we definitely believe in trying to make the picture look a little bit different for the defense.

“Man, these coordinators and defensive players are so good in the National Football League. You’ve got to be able to do some different things to be able to change the picture so you’re not stagnant coming out of the huddle with the same tempo every time so they can get a bead on you.”

Joe’s not expecting a huge learning curve, either, starting with Coen knowing Baker Mayfield and working with him in Los Angeles.

Joe is sure Todd Bowles isn’t a slow start, either. He didn’t sign Coen to be a guy to gently settle in or to take the Bucs offense — ranked 20th in points scored — backwards during a season of adjustment.