Brian Callahan Discusses Adding Play-Action Wrinkles to Bengals 2023 Offense

Elite offense is an ever-evolving pursuit for NFL teams.

CINCINNATI — Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan discussed one of the tweaks the offense is trying to bring to the table this coming season: play-action passing.

Callahan gave some hints into how those plays are getting worked on ahead of Week 1.

"Yeah, that's a point of emphasis for us this year," Callahan said on the Locked On Bengals podcast. "With the way the season unfolded, how we pivoted about halfway through. Our transition to the shotgun game. We found more creative ways to run the ball out of the shotgun. We found more creative ways to attempt some play action. ... One of the things I think we could have done a better job of and that we will do this year is, you know, marrying up that system of offense with the play action game."

The Bengals aren't overhauling the offensive structure by any means, but with stacked years of continuity in terms of talent and coaching, more wrinkles can get added.

Cincinnati showcased some of that tweaking during media viewing periods over the past couple of months.

"We're an 11-personnel offense, we'll still use some 12, but there's an element that was missing a little bit for us last year once we go full into the shotgun running game, you don't have the naked game as much because you're not under center. 

"Play action you're not really turning your back to the defense. It's a little bit of a different style, but I think we've done a nice job of studying those things and adding some stuff over the course of the offseason that we feel will give us a better marriage between our shotgun-based system, in the run game, the play action game and then again with the drop back pass. I think that part of it has been fun to explore this year, and that was probably part of the reason why you saw so much of it."

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