the Rams hire McVay thread

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January 13, 2017 at 5:51 am #63379

Agamemnon
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Another name out there is Callahan for OC.

Agamemnon

January 13, 2017 at 6:17 am #63381

Agamemnon
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http://www.redskins.com/news-and-events/article-1/Bill-Callahan-The-Best-At-Helping-Offensive-Lines/7e7d2fb0-64bd-4788-871e-ea22c71d0d1d

Washington Redskins

Bill Callahan ‘The Best’ At Helping Offensive Lines

Posted Apr 13, 2015

Stephen Czarda Senior Writer And Content Coordinator @Redskins

As the Redskins look at increasing their offensive production in 2015, head coach Jay Gruden says the hiring of Bill Callahan will instantly help a young offensive line.

While there are many great offensive line coaches out there in the NFL, Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden believes he has the best one of all on his coaching staff in Bill Callahan.

During his career coaching in the NFL, 10 different linemen have earned 22 Pro Bowl appearances.

But while he’s helped players get the most out of talent from an individual standpoint, Callahan has also helped units come together to help strengthen already-strong offensive units.

As the Dallas Cowboys’ offensive coordinator and offensive line coach last season, the team finished second in the NFL with 147.1 rushing yards per game, while DeMarco Murray ran for a league- and franchise-high 1,845 yards.

Gruden said he looks forward to adding that Callahan touch to his team this season.

“Having the ability to run different type runs and get them coached up, Coach Callahan will do a great job teaching them [the offensive line] the right fundamentals, footwork and all the different combinations that are necessary in offensive line play,” Gruden said at the NFL Annual Meetings last month. “He’s the best at it. What type of runs we’re going to feature, hopefully it will be a diverse group, but we’ll be sound in what we do.”

One characteristic that stands out about Callahan-led lines and his offenses is their physicality.

As Gruden seeks to get the right players in place for a more physical rushing approach, he believes Callahan is the right man to help get the offensive linemen ready for more battles in the trenches.

“Coach Calllahan, obviously his staple is being a great line coach, a physical line coach and the running game he brings to us is more a physical, downhill approach, gap scheme-type runs that we employed some last year, but not as many as we could, and part of that is because of the type of linemen we have,” Gruden said. “We have to adjust our running game to the style we want to be, but we have to make sure we have the linemen in the building to do what we want to do.”

While the Redskins will still use the zone-running game to their advantage when situations seem fit, Callahan told Redskins.com TV’s Larry Michael that the coaches have already been working together to come up with a versatile rushing attack this offseason.

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“If you’re talking schematics and you’re talking about the power running game, the gap blocking aspects of the power running game come into play,” Callahan said. “I think what Coach [Sean] McVay has brought here and what he’s done here has been very positive. We’re trying to augment what we’re doing with the gap game – which we’re going to evolve.”

What This Means For Morris
Over the last three seasons, running back Alfred Morris thrived in the Redskins’ zone-running scheme, rushing for almost 4,000 yards and 28 touchdowns during that span while also setting the franchise single-season rushing record his rookie season.

So what does this shift in emphasis — particularly with Callahan’s hiring — mean for Morris?

Gruden believes the Florida Atlantic product will, like Murray, won’t skip a beat under Callahan’s tutledge.

“Well, he’s a running back, and if you’re a running back, you want to play for Coach Callahan because he likes to run the ball a lot,” Gruden said. “I think Alfred will be happy. There will be some different styles of runs for him, so for the most part, Alfred’s got great vision and did a great job protecting the football last year, so I think Alfred will be happy with some of the changes.”
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Agamemnon

January 13, 2017 at 6:30 am #63384

Agamemnon
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We got the right guy for Goff. We got the right guy for the Defense. We kept the right guy for Special Teams. So far, so good.

Agamemnon

January 13, 2017 at 7:00 am #63387

JackPMiller
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One thing we I do know is McVay is not the youngest Head Coach in Rams his. There was a guy named Papa Lewis who was 28 years old, back in the 30s when the Rams were in Cleveland by the way.

January 13, 2017 at 7:50 am #63388

InvaderRam
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Agamemnon wrote:

“If you’re talking schematics and you’re talking about the power running game, the gap blocking aspects of the power running game come into play,” Callahan said. “I think what Coach [Sean] McVay has brought here and what he’s done here has been very positive. We’re trying to augment what we’re doing with the gap game – which we’re going to evolve.”

hmmm… under mcvay washington was primarily a power blocking running attack. that doesn’t seem to fit an oline who basically sucked ass in a power blocking scheme and did better in a zone blocking scheme.

January 13, 2017 at 8:02 am #63390

Agamemnon
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The Redskins had no trouble with the Oline handling the Rams the last time we played. 24 – 10

I am going to blame last year on Boras being in over his head. I think the Oline is ok.

Agamemnon

January 13, 2017 at 9:30 am #63408

Zooey
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InvaderRam wrote:

well. reading about mcvay his strong points include his ability to connect with people. that’s an ability that vermeil excelled at. maybe shanahan is strong in x’s and o’s but not with the ability to form bonds. that’d be huge as a head coach i would think.

that’s also something fisher excelled at. players are fiercely loyal to him. i get that sense with mcvay.

Interesting point. You are certainly right about Vermeil. He was just that kind of guy. I used to work with a guy who played under Vermeil at UCLA. He was drafted by the George Allen Rams, then later traded to Buffalo where he played a few years before ending his career in the World Football League.

I worked with him a few years before I learned about his past. He never talked about it. And the only thing I could ever get him to really “open” about – I mean talk about freely – was Dick Vermeil.

I think Spags had a bit of that going for him, but he had zero talent to work with. As bad as those teams were, they played hard even after the season was lost.

Let’s hope McVay is that kind of leader. It only helps.

January 13, 2017 at 10:18 am #63420
InvaderRam
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Zooey wrote:

I think Spags had a bit of that going for him, but he had zero talent to work with. As bad as those teams were, they played hard even after the season was lost.

yeah. let’s hope he’s luckier too.

i do think mcvay has the advantage in that this rams team has waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more talent than spags’ rams.
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January 13, 2017 at 12:37 pm #63432

InvaderRam
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i found this interesting. apparently the dolphins just blocked the rams from hiring chris foerster as offensive coordinator. mcvay worked with him at washington when the shanahan’s were in charge. foerster was the oline coach during that time. does this mean he’d want a zone blocking scheme???

i hope so. maybe i’m reading too much into it. but i hope i’m reading that right.

i liked gurley in the zone blocking scheme.

January 13, 2017 at 12:58 pm #63433

InvaderRam
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washington’s oline coach and the blocking schemes they used under mcvay.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/redskins-ol-coach-bill-callahan-blocking-scheme-will-vary-062315

When the Washington Redskins hired offensive line coach Bill Callahan, most expected that he would turn over the team’s predominantly zone-blocking scheme and install a power-blocking scheme that he has used throughout his coaching career. Like many of the NFL’s best coaches, Callahan won’t make the mistake of trying to fit the players on the Redskins’ roster into a specific blocking scheme. Instead, he will mix and match to tailor his blocking scheme to suit the strengths of his offensive linemen.

“I think when you have balance in you running game, whether it’s the gap scheme, the zone scheme, using your draws, using wide zones, or tight zones, or whatever that may be I think it just keeps the defense off balance and it plays to your players’ strengths,” Callahan said, per Real Redskins.

January 14, 2017 at 5:30 am #63490

Eternal Ramnation
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I like the hire. Young brilliant offensive mind who has done it without a Manning or Brady. Steady quality and experience at DC.

January 14, 2017 at 11:35 am #63517

InvaderRam
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i’m still wondering about the run game. that’s what attracted me to shanahan. hopefully he hires an offensive coordinator who is strong in the running game.

January 14, 2017 at 11:47 am #63520

sanbagger
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InvaderRam wrote:

i’m still wondering about the run game. that’s what attracted me to shanahan. hopefully he hires an offensive coordinator who is strong in the running game.

I agree…with the Shanahan crew I felt confident the running game would get a booster shot…while it appears McVey can get pass happy.

I mentioned in the other thread…Norv Turner is standing on a corner with a will work for cheap sign…and he likes balance to his O. Mix his and McVays philosophies and they might be on to something.

January 14, 2017 at 11:52 am #63521

zn
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sanbagger wrote:

Norv Turner is standing on a corner with a will work for cheap sign

I don’t see that happening. Turner is a deep old school Coryell guy. McVay is a card-carrying Gruden back to Walsh WCO guy. One or the other of them would have to learn a completely new system terminology. Turner wouldn’t take a job where he had to do that and if McVay did it it would set him back at least a year in terms of knowledge of his own team’s offense.

January 14, 2017 at 12:32 pm #63532

sanbagger
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zn wrote:

sanbagger wrote:

Norv Turner is standing on a corner with a will work for cheap sign

I don’t see that happening. Turner is a deep old school Coryell guy. McVay is a card-carrying Gruden back to Walsh WCO guy. One or the other of them would have to learn a completely new system terminology. Turner wouldn’t take a job where he had to do that and if McVay did it it would set him back at least a year in terms of knowledge of his own team’s offense.

MTL you’re right. If McVay is planning on running his system and he’s gonna call the plays he really only needs an assistant and not a full fledged OC in the mold of a Turner.

If he is gonna do it all as a first time HC, I worry he’s gonna be stretched too thin. Part of being a leader is learning to delegate and trusting the guys that work for you.

I just thought He and Norv could put their systems together and create their own hybrid O.
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