MINNEAPOLIS — Bucs coach Dirk Koetter has said he will continue being the offensive play-caller next season, but the move he made Sunday could at least provide him with another option.

Todd Monken will no longer coach receivers but rather serve as a full-time offensive coordinator while offensive assistant Skyler Fulton has been promoted to receivers coach, Koetter confirmed Sunday.

"Promoting Skyler Fulton to WR coach,'' Koetter said in a text to the Times. "Monken will be a walk-around OC like almost every other team has. Really nothing more to it than that at this time.''

When asked to provide the thinking behind the moves and whether he still planned to call plays during the regular season, Koetter would not elaborate.

"Not getting into all of that right now,'' he said.

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The Bucs averaged 20.9 points per game, which ranked 18th last season.

There are a lot of reasons why Koetter may believe he needs Monken to be more involved as a "walk-around'' offensive coordinator rather than have his duties divided as a position coach.

Monken could provide a new voice in the ear of quarterback Jameis Winston, whose development seem to plateau last season. Part of that was because of a right shoulder injury that forced him to miss three games.

But there was an NFL.com report that the relationship between Winston and Koetter was 'not in a good place,'' although both men denied any serious disagreements.

Increasing Monken's role as a full-time offensive coordinator may also allow Koetter to devote more time to issues that involve the entire team. Last season in a game at New Orleans, he was too busy as a play-caller to notice Winston provoking an altercation with Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore, who was then blind-sided by receiver Mike Evans. The incident earned Evans a one-game suspension.

Koetter may also believe he needs to keep a stronger hand on defense or special teams, although both defensive coordinator Mike Smith and special teams coordinator Nate Kaczor return.

It's possible that Monken could have some play-calling duties in training camp and the preseason, with Koetter making a final decision based on how things go. But remember, Koetter was hired as head coach because of his work as a quarterback whisperer for Winston and his reputation as one of the NFL's more successful play-callers.

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Giving up those duties, while probably always under consideration, may actually make Koetter more vulnerable since that's why he was hired in the first place.

Potentially, it's a big loss for the Bucs receivers and players such as Mike Evans, Adam Humphries and Chris Godwin, who developed well under Monken.

Fulton played receiver for three seasons at Arizona State under Koetter. He joined the Bucs during the 2016 preseason as one of the team's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellows. That year, he also worked as the wide receivers/special teams coach for Citrus College, following a stint with Grossmont College in 2015, where he worked as the running backs coach. Fulton also spent time as a graduate assistant at Colorado (2009), working with wide receivers and helping with recruiting.

Contact Rick Stroud at stroudbuc@aol.com. Follow @NFLStroud