Arthur Smith ran ZBS on 67% of plays in Tennessee. And the passing game was also open to some new ideas. Before we get to each team individually, let's start by covering the 4 major offenses used in the NFL so they can be referenced throughout the article without having to define them each time. In all, the Rams totaled 1,569 points, more than any other NFL team in any 3-year stretch. The offense has 100% continuity and the OL returns all 5 starters. The OL is strong and returns 3 starters from Lt over to C. New starter Stenberg (RG) was with DET last year and Sewell is a 1. Gibbs usually kept the tight end in as an extra blocker, especially to neutralize pass rushing specialist and Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants. Norv Turner, a former Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers head coach, and offensive coordinator for many NFL teams (most notably for the Dallas Cowboys during the early 1990s), also implemented a version of the Coryell style of offense. It will be 100% based on the offensive scheme that the play-caller for that team runs. Jackson, Kelley, Roundtree will fight for scraps. Scheme: The scheme is currently unknown. Discuss any and all NFL-related topics. OL returns all 5 starters. After the Rams team dwindled, he never got another head coaching position. Scheme: The offense is expected to be heavily influenced by Meyer but Bevell will call plays. Personnel Preferences: Nagy was below NFL average using 11 personnel in 18 (and '20 under Lazor), but above average in 19. Personnel Preferences: TB used 10 personnel at the 3. Play Caller/Tenure: Joe Lombardi (OC) - 1. 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You look around the NFL now, and so many teams are running a version of the Coryell offense. An F-Back is a multi-purpose, unpredictable tool for the offense. While that scheme is more dominant in college than the pros, the Patriots are essentially running a spread offense and they put up big numbers last season. Afterwards, Turner became the head coach of the Washington Redskins and Zampese replaced him in Dallas. The passing game will be modeled towards what Goff ran in LA with lots of 11 and 12 personnel, PA, and short to intermediate throws. Engram is highly inefficient at TE, Rudolph fits more of the Garrett mold at TE making neither guy viable for upside. John Brown or Bryan Edwards to replace Agholor as the X receiver. Its been reported that they are using some concepts from the Erhardt-Perkins offense, but much of that is likely centered around terminology more than underlying philosophy. Personnel Preferences: 88% of offense was 11 (66%) or 12 (22%) personnel. [9] The Pro Football Hall of Fame called the Chargers' offenses under Coryell "one of the most explosive and exciting offenses that ever set foot on an NFL field. Only once has Gruden produce two 1,000-Yard WRs (Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Tim Brown in 2001). Michael Martz (born May 13, 1951) is a former NFL head coach and offensive coordinator. Coryell not only placed wide receivers in motion, he did so with tight ends and running backs as well. The first is a strong inside running game, the second is its ability to strike deep with two or more receivers on any play, and the third is to not only use those two attacks in cooperation with each other, but to include a great deal of mid-range passing to a TE, WR, or back. The offense will run differently based on QB. Skill position turnover was limited to Dede Westbrook coming in to replace Kyle Rudolph (though not directly by position). Over the summer, he couldn't help but criticize Fields and the Bears' offense. Additional Notes: Roethlisberger ran the fewest play-action plays last year and got the ball out the quickest. Finally we decided its crazy that we can win games by throwing the ball without the best personnel. In American football, Air Coryell is the offensive scheme and philosophy developed by former San Diego Chargers coach Don Coryell. [35] He said the West Coast offense was developed out of necessity to operate with less talented players. On a per-game basis, Antonio Brown led the WRs with 7.75 Tar/G, Chris Godwin has 7.0, and Mike Evans had 6.8. The OL returns all 5 starters and is considered an elite unit. 2023 NFL combine: Dallas Cowboys tracker for formal and informal visits. Expect more motion with him to compensate for a switch to more 11 than 12 to create mismatches. Indications are he will run a Shanahan-style offense in New York which will feature heavy use of PA, pre-snap motion, multiple plays designed from the same formation, and utilize outside/wide zone run blocking scheme. Gruden's run game uses zone, gap, and pin-and-pull schemes. Frank Pollack was hired to be the run game coordinator. Gibbs served as head coach of the Washington Redskins from 1981-1992, and during that time, he won three Super Bowls with a Coryell offense. Additional Notes: Baker Mayfield had a career-high QBR and Air Yards per Attempt last year with the lowest interception rate of his career. The Al Saunders variant is a more conservative variant than the Martz version, but also quite complex. Jarvis Landry led the team with 101 targets last year over 15 games. Personnel Preferences: None Established but the Saints used less than league average 11 personal (54%) and 12 personnel (16%), with above league average 21 (14%) and 22 (6%) personnel. Personnel Preferences: CIN used 11 personnel more than any team last year, using it on 76% of their plays. [7] Coryell moved to the Chargers and reached the playoffs in four consecutive seasons that included three straight division titles (19791982). The offense is built around the players, shows multiple concepts and formations, spreads the field to get playmakers into space. He managed to take the Rams to Super Bowl XXXVI, losing to the New England Patriots. Tight Ends Jimmy Graham and Cole Kmet totaled 120 combined targets last year. A daily roundup of all your Dallas Cowboys news from Blogging The Boys, By submitting your email, you agree to our, Blogging The Boys, a Dallas Cowboys fan community, Taking a deep dive into the Air Coryell scheme the Cowboys have traditionally used, Report: Cowboys prepared to place franchise tag on Tony Pollard if no deal reached by Tuesday. Additional Notes: Indications are Austin Ekeler will play the Kamara role and be the unquestioned lead back. Play Caller/Tenure: Greg Roman (OC) - 2yrs as BAL Play Caller; 8yrs total as an OC. It does not require a pair of dominant fast receivers like the Martz system, and is not as aggressive attacking down the field. "Now it's celebrated." Martz could hear the Rams own fans. Corey Davis was signed to a contract that has $27m guaranteed (effectively 2yr deal) and should lead the WRs in targets. When he became the Cowboys offensive coordinator in 2007, he implemented his own variation of the Air Coryell, having added his own wrinkles to the offensive philosophy. After winning 104 games with the Aztecs, Coryell was hired to become the head coach of the St Louis Cardinals in 1973. Scheme: From the Andy Reid WCO tree. Offseason chatter regarding running back Chris Evans taking over the Gio Bernard role. NorCal native Jesse Jones has been obsessed with fantasy football since first joining and winning a league in 1994. Meanwhile, Vermeil came out of retirement to coach the Kansas City Chiefs from 2001-2005. Carolina sought an upgrade at TE and Arnold could see plenty of action. The Coryell offense is a combination of deep and mid range passing and power running. Jason Garretts roots are in the Air Coryell scheme, but what does that actually mean? His record as a head coach, however, has only seen limited results. Additional Notes: LaFleurs offense has been top-8 in Rushing Yards 3 out of 4 yrs. Scott Turners offense pulls from various other offensive concepts than Coryell and has been less deep strike than a typical Coryell offense, likely due to personnel. Zone run & QB zone read will be staples with likely one-back sets and possibly shotgun-to-run spreads. It will be interesting what 28 year old Mike Davis can do in this offense behind an OL returning 3 solid starters (4 returning starters total), with a 3rd round rookie taking over at LG. Montgomerys big year last year came with Lazor as play-caller. What everybody is missing from Mike McCarthys recent comments about the Cowboys offense, Kellen Moore. [6] It was easier to read the coverage before the snap than afterwards due to the pass rush. Faulk won the NFL MVP award in 2000, and he would also win 3 straight AP NFL Offensive of the Year awards from 1999-2001. Personnel Preferences: The Raiders used the 7th least amount of 11 personnel in 2020 at 50%. People talk about the West Coast offense, but Don started the 'West Coast' decades ago and kept updating it. As of 2022, most NFL offenses' passing games are based at least partially on Coryell conventions. Former Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz was critical of Fields' performance in Week 1, calling it "completely awful." Apparently, Martz only watched the first half. Play Caller/Tenure: Sean McVay (HC) - 4yrs as LAR HC/Play-Caller; 7yrs as an OC; 6yrs as a Play-Caller. These offenses heavily utilized the running game, but Coryell ended up creating his innovative offense more out of necessity than anything else: I just decided, hell, you cant just go out and run the ball against better teams, Coryell said. Other branches of the E-P tree include Todd Haley, Mike McCoy, Brian Daboll (BUF), Nick Sirianni (PHI), and Tim Kelly (HOU). Saunders's scheme is a more sound variant than Martz's scheme, offering a little more blocking and more run support for the quarterback. This should help the Chargers OL improve on their 4th worst ranking in FO's Adjusted Line Yards metric. Bienemy is the play-caller but the scheme is Andy Reids. When Vermeil retired after Super Bowl XXXIV, Martz replaced him as head coach, starting in the 2000 season. Turner's variant is not the most robust flavor of the Air Coryell offense. Play Caller/Tenure: Kliff Kingsbury (HC) - 2yrs as NFL HC/Play-Caller, both w/ ARI. We'll never share your email address and you can opt out at any time, we promise. Additional Notes: Taysom Hill brings higher upside at QB with his run threat and better ability to get the ball to the right spot in a timing offense. Additionally, St. Louis's offensive line was strong, anchored by multiple-time Pro Bowler and fellow Hall of Famer Orlando Pace. Currently, this system is used (or will be used) by Kyle Shanahan (SF), Sean McVay (LAR), Matt LaFleur (GB), Kevin Stefanski (CLE), Arthur Smith (ATL), Shane Waldron (SEA), Klint Kubiak (MIN) (Klint is another child of a founder of this offense), Todd Downing (TEN), Mike LaFleur (NYJ), and possibly Matt Canada (PIT) if he survives past Big Ben's tenure in Pittsburgh. [22] Former defensive coordinator Joe Collier credits the Coryell offense with creating an evolution by using multiple receivers, forcing defenses to counter with different packages. In this offense, all 5 of the eligible receivers are "alive" on the play, though the play design may be more about getting one of those guys into a wide-open space to receive the ball. This sounds like a personality clash between . "[19] Back then, defenses would cover Winslow with a strong safety or a linebacker, as zone defenses were not as popular. Turner first served as head coach of the Washington Redskins from 1994-2000, but the team only made the playoffs once, in 1999. American football offense with a greater emphasis on passing than on running, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Football 101: Deep Shots with the Air Coryell Offense", "Shannhan, Tom. Likely to carry over some of Chan Gaileys offense. The offense is an Erhardt-Perkins style that is aggressive and vertical, at times abandoning the run game. Play Caller/Tenure: Matt Nagy (HC) - 3yrs as Bears HC (play-caller for 2 did not call plays last year); 1yr previous OC experience at KC. [20] Strong safeties in those times were almost like another linebacker, a run defender who could not cover a tight end as fast as Winslow. [21] Head coach Jon Gruden called Winslow the first "joker" in the NFL. [18] Former Chargers assistant coach Al Saunders said Winslow was "a wide receiver in an offensive lineman's body. Ty Johnson has breakaway speed and looks like an interesting last-round dart throw in Best Ball drafts. March 3, 2023 3 min read. [36] Head coach Bill Belichick notes that the pass-catching tight ends that get paid the most money are "all direct descendants of Kellen Winslow" and there are fewer tight ends now that can block on the line. Best known for his coaching tenure with the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL), he served as the offensive coordinator for the Rams' Greatest Show on Turf offense in 1999 that led the franchise to its first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXIV. With the new defensive rules limiting contact to near the line of scrimmage, receivers in motion would be virtually impossible to jam. That might not be the direction Long opts to go either with a change at all, or Martz if there is a change but it's hugely . Marlon Mack coming off an Achilles injury. Sure the team had a lot of success, going 17-8 during that run but it took a physical toll on the quarterback. It is a very sound, QB friendly scheme that favors taking controlled chances, like quicker midrange post passes to WRs off play action rather than slower developing passes that leave QBs exposed. Additional Notes: Tom Bradys passing grade (per PFF) got exponentially better the deeper the pass was. [13], The offense did not have any set formations, as receivers could line up anywhere on any given pass play. Saints have traditionally run a very concentrated offense, making Kamara and Thomas priority plays and Trautman and Taysom are solid speculative plays. 1. Williams has high upside once MG3 is gone. Personnel Preferences: Personnel usage last year was mostly 11 and 12, using 12 higher than league average and 11 a little less. TreQuan Smith primarily lines up in the slot with Marquez Callaway at the Z. Deonte Harris as the gadget guy. The OL lost their center and protection caller at the line with Corey Lindsley going to the Chargers and drafted Josh Meyers to replace him. 5,492 of those were passing yards, also a new NFL team record. While with the Redskins, Turner tutored his quarterbacks coach at the time, Mike Martz, in the ways of the Coryell offense. Too long the fans have suffered the wrath of Ron Turner and the dink and dunk offense that he wanted to instill in the Bears scheme. The Al Saunders variant is heavily influenced by Don Coryell and Al Saunders's former boss, former Coryell assistant and 2-time Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, whose Ace formation (single back, two wide receivers, a tight end, and a halfback) was very effective in the 1980s. Whereas most offenses used the pass play to pick up bigger chunks of yards than a run play could in necessary situations, such as third and long, Coryell began to use the pass as the primary method of moving the ball. It was at this time when Houcks input on the blocking scheme was mixed in with the Air Coryell, which has become a staple of the Cowboys offenses and many Air Coryell variants since. Noah Fant had 93 targets last year, 2. The Coryell offense uses three key weapons. Play Caller/Tenure: Scott Turner (OC) - 1 yr as WAS OC; 2yrs as an NFL OC. Norv Turner first learned the offense from longtime Coryell assistant Ernie Zampese. [4], In 1978, the contact from defenders on receivers was minimized with the passing of the Mel Blount Rule, which prohibited defenders from making contact with receivers past five yards from the line of scrimmage.[5][6]. Scheme: LeFleur was the 49ers Pass Game Coordinator for 4yrs under Kyle Shanahan. Putting the players in motion also had the advantage of allowing the quarterback to determine pre-snap if the defense would be playing zone or man-to-man defense. OL (is a mess) only returns two players that reached > 50 Snaps/G LY & is moving Hernandez to RG (1, Play Caller/Tenure: Nick Sirianni (HC) - This will be Siriannis 1. The Shanahan offense is derived from the West Coast offense made famous by Bill Walsh. Scheme: Titans want to keep the Shanahan-style offense that has been there from LaFleur and Smith, so outside-zone runs and PA passing game his year which could help Derrick Henry see fewer defenders in the box, or lead to more early-down passes. The OL is elite and returns all 5 starters from 2020, a group that finished 4th in FO's Adjusted Line Yards metric. Scheme: Brady comes from the Sean Payton tree. [18] Tight ends previously were primarily blockers lined up next to an offensive lineman and ran short to medium drag routes. And there were a lot of kids in Southern California passing and catching the ball. Something went wrong. Scheme: Smith comes from the LaFleur/McVay/Shanahan WCO tree. 2018 Hilton led with 120 targets and Ebron right behind with 110 (Hines had 81 targets that year). The top 4 WRs can all be good but will make any 1 hard to breakout. Nagy was above average in 19 using 21, 10, 02, & 01 personnel. With better QB play and potential for Mooney to ascend, that percentage could drop back below 20% this year with Nagy taking back play-calling duties The OL has new starters at the tackle positions (a rookie LT and a free agent RT). Tevin Coleman was signed away from San Francisco and is familiar with the offense but did not look like there was much left in his legs last year. Before Coryell, NFL teams generally used the pro set formation[3] in ball-control, grind-it-out-style offenses that used play-action fakes to set up deep passing attempts when defenses stacked up vs the running game. The OL returns 4 starters and brought in Riley Reiff from MIN to play RT. Scheme: Sirianni comes from an Erhardt-Perkins tree. Scheme: Garrett runs a Coryell offensive scheme (power-run/deeper pass routes [however, NYG did not pass deep much at all LY]) with very little motion or scheming to take advantage of player matchups. When defenses countered with extra defensive backs, the offense would run the ball. However, the Walsh offense wanted to use quick, short passes as a partial substitute for a traditional running game. At this point, Coryell began to implement pre-snap motion into his offense frequently to avoid defenses from jamming receivers, as well as helping the quarterback to make better pre-snap reads given how dependent the Air Coryell is on timing and execution. The Coryell offense was made popular by Don Coryell and Dan Fouts in the early 1980s and is known for its timing and rhythm, its vertical nature, and having a power running game. Etienne will play as an RB and WR, similar to Percy Harvin. Bill Parcels was one of the early adopters of this offense and one of the Parcels' tree branches was Bill Belichick who adopted the system and began to enhance it with Charlie Weis in the early 2000s and grew it even further with Josh McDaniels and the current Patriots teams. As a head coach in the NFL Martz was 56-36 in 5 seasons as the St. Louis Rams head coach. Adam Trautman is expected to be the move-TE that will be used to create mismatches. However, a few years after Coryell had been coaching the Chargers, Sports Illustrated did an article covering Bill Walshs offense with the San Francisco 49ers - which used a lot of shorter passing options with regularity - and referred to it as the West Coast offense. Play Caller/Tenure: Byron Leftwich (OC) - 2yrs as TB OC, 1yr as ARI OC. The WR group needs to shake out as many names could contribute. Play Caller/Tenure: Kyle Shanahan (HC) - 4yrs as SF HC/Play-Caller; 13yrs as OC.
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