Dorsey believes competition is making the Bills offense better
Bills OC Ken Dorsey said Wednesday one of his coaching philosophies is to install as much of the team’s offense as possible throughout each stage of the offseason and challenge his players to absorb it.
From OTA’s, to Mandatory Minicamp, to now Training Camp, Dorsey believes the install phase of the offense is close to done.
“We’re probably at about 90% or so of the offense is in. We try to get everything in as early as possible,” Dorsey said. “Really put the pressure on guys early to learn stuff. And that way things match up through OTAs and minicamps as they do in training camp.”
Dorsey explained that he feels this approach is beneficial because it creates a repetitive nature of learning as the players are mastering concepts they’ve been seeing since early in the offseason.
“They’re kind of learning the bulk of your offense multiple times. And so then, when you get into the season, they’ve learned it in Phase 2, then they’ve learned it in the OTA/Minicamp phase. And then they learned it again in the Training Camp phase,” he shared.
There’s been several position battles along the offense to watch for, one of them being at right guard. Ryan Bates and rookie O’Cyrus Torrence have each gotten first team reps throughout camp.
“It’s one of those things where it’s still a great competition and we’re still kind of evaluating that,” Dorsey said. “And right now, I would say it’s really close between those two guys.”
With Torrence being in his first year in the NFL, the coaching staff has put an emphasis in camp to give him additional reps to both help build his confidence and have a better evaluation on him. He’s expected to continue seeing those reps in the preseason.
“I think at times you definitely want to see him, especially going in with the 1’s and those types of scenarios,” Dorsey said. “We’ll have a good look in these preseason games as well if you really want to evaluate especially somebody new to the offense.”
