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Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas

TAMPA, Fla. -- In his first meeting with the media since becoming offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jeff Jagodzinski admitted he doesn't really know what he has in quarterback Luke McCown.

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The Bucs re-signed McCown last week in a sign that they at least want him to have a shot at the starting job. It's still possible the Bucs could bring in another quarterback through free agency and the draft.

That uncertainty is understandable because McCown, 27, has only appeared in 12 NFL games, including just seven starts. That hasn't left a lot of film for Jagodzinski to watch.

"I like Luke, the way he moves around," Jagodzinski said. "But he hasn't played."

Jagodzinski said there are positives to McCown's lack of playing time.

"He's not beat up," Jagodzinski said. "When you play a young quarterback too soon you can ruin a guy. You guys know the examples of some of the guys who were ruined because they couldn't change protections. He's been around, but he doesn't have a lot of mileage on him. I don't know him. I wish I could tell you this is exactly for sure what is going to happen, but I don't know. Until I have a chance to go out there and work with him and our offensive staff I think we'll get a better feel for him in the next couple of months."

What Jagodzinski does know for certain is the type of offense he wants to run.

Start with the running game.

"Our running game is going to be downhill and physical," Jagodzinski said. "We will run the lead zone, both strong and weak, inside and out, and we'll also run some gap schemes because of the personnel we have. We will run some power gap schemes, which I thought our personnel was very good at last year. We've got a big, physical, strong offensive line, which is one of the strong areas we have on this football team after watching the film for the last two weeks."

Jagodzinski also said his offense will include elements of the West Coast offense, but he also wants to be able to go downfield.

"It's not so much how it's called, it's when you call it," Jagodzinski said. "As far as play calling is concerned, are you calling the plays at the right time and in the right situation? If you have a strong running game, you're going to get eight guys in the box and you're going to have your opportunity to make some plays downfield. When that happens and the ball is up in the air and it's a 50-50 ball, our guys have to come down with it or nobody. That's just the way we're going to coach that."

It also sounds like Jagodzinski plans to use tight ends and fullbacks frequently in the passing game.

"If we have a good matchup, you put the players in a position to succeed by matchups," Jagodzinski said. "I think we have players here that we can do that. I've been fortunate to coach a bunch of tight ends that were Pro Bowl players in Bubba [Franks], [Mark] Chmura and Alge Crumpler. I've had a bunch of different types of guys. We're going to find a way to get those guys the ball."