Dynamic.

Check out the definition and you get "continuous change, activity, or progress marked by intensity and forceful vigor."

If there's one thing the Tennessee offense was not in 2005, it was dynamic.

UT football coach Phillip Fulmer and offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe want that to change beginning this spring.

"We want to find the guys on the football team who can be dynamic," Fulmer said. "Who are those guys who can make some plays that you don't draw up in your X's and O's?

"You usually have your best teams when you're fundamentally good and have some dynamic guys."

Big, electrifying plays were as scarce as touchdowns around UT's offense last season.

The Vols' offensive staff spent a serious chunk of its offseason pouring over film and looking for answers.

Fulmer calls it rediscovering an "edge."

Who can turn a simple screen into a 60-yard touchdown?

Who has the desire to break a couple of downfield tackles and bring some excitement back to the offense?

"Edge, to me, is that confidence in knowing that we're going to get it done, to make the plays," Fulmer said. "For years around here we've won a lot of games because we knew as coaches and players we were going to get it done.

"It's a find-a-way or make-a-way mentality."

Tennessee coaches say they won't be bashful about experimenting with different schemes to locate those playmakers.

"We're going to find who our winners are on the offensive team and then we'll adjust to that," Fulmer said. "We've got to find out what we do best -- spread offense, three tights, option -- we've looked at it all."

Dynamic was Fulmer's word.

Versatile is Cutcliffe's word.

He wants to have an offense in place that can adjust to whatever the situation might be come August and September.

"That's one of the big goals we're trying to find -- to be very versatile on offense," Cutcliffe said.

"There are a lot of people with a lot to learn. We really only have five scholarship seniors on offense right now. It's a pretty young group overall."

Young or not, Fulmer just wants to finish some drives.

Whether it's an 80-yard bomb or a clock-eating, 12-play drive, the bottom line is the Vols have to score more than last year's 18.6 point per game average.

Fulmer thinks he knows what kind of personality his offense will have under Cutcliffe, but he isn't ready to say what it is yet.

"I think I know, but I want to see it on the field," he said. "When we've had our best teams we were trying to score on every play.

"Last year, you'd execute pretty well, have an 8- or 10-play drive and not score. I want to get points out of it."

Better play from receivers is a must.

More consistent play from the quarterback is a must.

At running back, the Vols just have to wait and see with top returning performer Arian Foster and potential young stars Montario Hardesty and Lamarcus Coker sidelined with injuries.

"We want to study and incorporate our schemes and find out what we do best, particularly offensively," Fulmer said.

"I think defensively we have a personality. Offensively, we want to reestablish ourselves as far as having a personality that gives us our best chance to win."

So, let the experiments begin.

"Our team realizes there's a lot of work to do and they came here to compete for championships," Fulmer said. "That's what we're going to do."