TAMPA, Fla. -- One day after his first regular season as an NFL head coach ended, Dirk Koetter said he is contemplating stepping away from play-calling duties if it will help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers get to the next level.

"I’m contemplating, 'How does our team get better in all areas?'" said Koetter. "When you look at everything, is there someone out there that can do a better job to help us than me calling the plays? Then that’s something that we definitely need to look at."

He added, "I’ve been thinking about it a lot. I’m probably not ready to make any crazy announcements on any of that today, because I think about a lot of stuff, all the time -- 'How can I, in the stuff that I control, make us better? Are there places I’m making us worse?'"

The creativity in Koetter's play-calling, his work with quarterback Jameis Winston and the overall production of the offense -- which finished fifth in the league in total yards in 2015 -- was a huge reason the organization felt Koetter was too good to lose. But he had concerns about that level of production in 2016 when a number of key areas he looks for either didn't show much improvement or were down.

He cited "explosive plays" (they were down), which is something he looks at closely when determining the overall success of his offense. They were down in the passing game and running game. The Bucs consider a 12-yard run and a 16-yard pass both explosives. Receiver Mike Evans and tight end Cameron Brate had 46 explosive plays in 2015 and 42 in 2016, despite both being healthy the majority of the season and Brate becoming the starter. Running backs Charles Sims and Doug Martin combined for 37 explosive plays last season to just eight this season.

"Don’t misquote me on this -- that is in no way just their fault. Part of that is injury related. They didn't have nearly as many attempts," Koetter said.

Martin missed six games with a hamstring injury and was inactive for the final two, and Sims only saw action in seven games after being placed on injured reserve twice -- first with a knee injury and then a chest injury. "In just touches per play, over nine percent explosive last year, about four percent explosive this year on touches between those two players."

The Bucs' rushing average was 34 yards below what it was last season, when they boasted the league's fifth-best rushing attack, averaging 135 yards per game. It fell to 101 yards per game, 24th in the league. Sacks also went up, from 27 all season in 2015 to 35. They went down a percentage point in the red zone, from 52.9 percent to 51.9 percent.

The Bucs did show improvement in some areas, too. They went from averaging 1.8 turnovers per game to 1.7. On third-down conversions, they went from 41.6 percent to 43.9 percent. They were the most-penalized team in the league on offense (72 accepted) to 64 -- an improvement but still the second-highest in the league behind the Raiders. Scoring went up by three points, from 34 total offensive touchdowns in 2015 to 37.

Koetter's chief concern is making the best use of his time. He wants to spend more of it working with players one-on-one on a daily basis, motivating them, something he never really got a chance to do as an offensive coordinator, and preparing for when he has to address his entire team instead of sitting in offensive meetings.

"I am asking myself all the time, are the things I have to spend my time on, are those in the best interest of helping the Bucs win games or am I spinning my wheels on stuff that doesn’t really matter, and what’s the most important things to helping us win?" Koetter said. "Everything I say in front of the team. I take very seriously. So, I want to back it up, not just BS those guys. I try to never BS those guys. So, I ask myself, 'If I spent more time on it, could I do a better job?'"

He said he does have more than one coach on his own staff capable of handling play-calling duties, but isn't ready to make that kind of a decision just now. He's going to take some time to decide. He wants to be sure that it's the right move for him.

"[If] you look at some of the guys I consider top play-callers in this league -- [Green Bay head coach] Mike McCarthy, [New Orleans head coach] Sean Payton, [Kansas City head coach] Andy Reid -- they’re guys that have been the play-caller, they’ve given it up and they’ve always taken it back. When that day comes when I do give it up, I don’t want to take it back. I want to be sure."