player development

oldnotdead

in the McVay era, they has had excellent coaching for the defensive secondary. Look at how well players like Rapp, Fuller, Johnson, and now Scott have played. To say there is a lack of development there would be completely wrong.

QB is a different issue. We have witnessed how Goff’s development was stunted by poor coaching, both from his position coach and especially from McVay who completely sabotaged Jared’s development with his micro-management of Goff’s play. I’ve been saying this for a couple of years now. Sean won’t do that to Stafford. The issue with the QB was solved by simply trading for Stafford who doesn’t need a position coach and with whom McVay doesn’t feel the need to micro-manage his play.

RBs, and WRs have progressed as expected which reflects solid coaching for those units.

The issue with the QB was solved by simply trading for Stafford who doesn’t need a position coach and with whom McVay doesn’t feel the need to micro-manage his play.

When players don’t meet expectations, it could be coaching, but it could be a lack of talent in the player, his work ethic, or perhaps a poor fit for the scheme. Troy Hill is a perfect example of that. Under Phillips’ man-coverage preference Hill was miscast. It was clear that Hill was a zone CB, not a man coverage CB. So when Staley installed his zone-heavy secondary scheme Hill’s play improved. Darious Williams is a perfect example of a talented and motivated player being taught proper boundary CB techniques. Darious Williams is a perfect example of player development by good coaching.