Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson was asked at OTAs by 106.7 The Fan's JP Finlay about the differences in the early stages of the installation between new OC Kliff Kingsbury's offense and old OC Eric Bieniemy's offense. And his answer had Team 980's Chris Russell "pumping his fist" with excitement.
"It's gonna be a little bit faster," Robinson said. "As far as I'm comparing it to the offense we had last year, I don't really wanna go much into detail about what kinda play calls we would have, I just know the tempo will be faster. Compared to last year we had a huddle-type of offense, this offense will be more no-huddle. If I can give any idea of how this offense will go it will be a no-huddle offense."
Russell loved what he heard.
"I have been screaming for years, all the way back to the middle part-ish of 2015, 2016 of Jay Gruden's tenure: More. Temp. By. Design," Russell said. "... there is a difference between offense and tempo by design and offense-tempo by necessity."
The difference is situational. The hurry-up offense in late-in-half or late-game situations isn't the same as playing with the tempo at any point in the game and being an aggressive offensive team that can push a defense into uncomfortable matchups because they are unable to substitute.
Russell would love to see tempo by design and Lynnell Willingham believes he will be happy to see it and that will give the Commanders "the element of surprise" when they increase their pace.
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