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znModeratorthey’ll have kromer be the offensive coordinator/oline coach
First I doubt he does double duty. If they hire Kromer as the OC they will also hire another, different OL coach.
2nd my bet is if they hire Kromer he will be just fine and they won’t just dump him for someone else.
znModeratorHead Coach Sean McVay
Offensive Coordinator Aaron Kromer (presumably)
Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips
Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel
Secondary
Linebackers Joe Barry
Defensive Line Bill Johnson
Quarterbacks Greg Olson
Offensive Line
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends Wes Phillips (presumably)
Running Backs
znModeratorFeb 2015
“Coach Olson taught me so much about protections,” Carr said. “We were one of the top two or three most-pressured teams in the NFL while still being one or two in least amount of sacks. His big deal is eliminating hits on the quarterback.
K that was was from 2015 when Olson went to the Jagz
Here’s the rankings on the Jagz sack percentage from 2014-16
2014 before Olson: 32nd (11.3%, which is just freaking awful)
2015: 10th
2016: 11thznModeratorQB Derek Carr reveals why Greg Olson was right hire for Jaguars
From Feb 2015
The Greg Olson hire wasn’t about yards or points for Jaguars coach Gus Bradley.
It was about protecting quarterback Blake Bortles. That was evident from my conversation with Oakland quarterback Derek Carr on Wednesday afternoon. Carr spent his rookie season working under Olson, the Oakland offensive coordinator last season.
When Bradley hired Olson last week, the first stat that stood out was that the Raiders were last in total offense.
Carr says there’s another stat to focus in on. One that makes more sense for the Jaguars considering the team surrendered a franchise-worst 71 sacks last season.
Despite facing nearly the heaviest amount of blitzes in the league last season, Carr was only sacked 24 times.
“Coach Olson taught me so much about protections,” Carr said. “We were one of the top two or three most-pressured teams in the NFL while still being one or two in least amount of sacks. His big deal is eliminating hits on the quarterback. That’s something that Gus probably liked when interviewing him. I’m sure he wanted to eliminate hits on their franchise guy.”
Bortles was sacked 55 times last season. Carr already has an idea of how their first few days of working together will go.
“Day One, as soon as Blake gets with coach Olson, all they’re going to talk about is protection,” Carr said. “All they’ll talk is blitzes.”
Carr threw for 3,207 yards with 21 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last season in 16 starts, after being selected in the second round (36th overall). He believes working with Olson will be beneficial as he tries to build on his first season.
“Being under coach Olson and learning from him, I’ll have a protection plan for the rest of my life,” Carr said. “Just spending that one year with him. There won’t be a look or a pressure that I’ll see where I have no clue what to do. I’ll know exactly how I want to pick it up and exactly how to pick it up, because of how he taught me and what he taught me.”
Bortles reached out to Carr to get a sense of Olson. Bortles threw for 2,908 yards with 11 touchdowns and 17 picks last season.
“Blake’s going to love him,” Carr said. “I talked to Blake about him and told him ‘Dude, you got a good one,’ because I love coach Olson. He’s a friend I’ll have for the rest of my life. I think Blake will really enjoy learning from him.”
znModeratorwe have salary cap issues.
Rams don’t have cap issues. Far from it.
January 18, 2017 at 10:21 pm in reply to: Keep hearing that Aaron Kromer as OC with the #Rams is getting stronger. #63874znModeratorRams considering Bills OL coach Aaron Kromer for OC job
Newly-hired head coach Sean McVay wants to choose an offensive coordinator with a strong offensive line background to assist in rebuilding one of the worst O-lines in the NFL. Whoever is ultimately hired as OC will not be in charge of play-calling duties as McVay has already announced he plans to call the plays himself like Jay Gruden did when McVay worked as OC of the Redskins.
Kromer served as the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears under then-HC Marc Trestman from 2013-2014. He was also suspended for six games in 2015 while working for the Bills due to an incident in which he allegedly assaulted a juvenile over the placement of beach chairs. Criminal charges against him were ultimately dropped but he was still suspended by the Bills organization without pay for “conduct detrimental to the team”.
January 18, 2017 at 10:07 pm in reply to: LA Rams Film Room: What To Expect From New HC Sean McVay On Offense #63871znModeratorAll 22: Sean McVay’s Offense
Rams Insider Myles Simmons reviews and breaks down the tape from Sean McVay’s time as offensive coordinator at the Washington Redskins.
http://www.therams.com/videos/videos/All-22-Sean-McVays-Offense/445f4e2b-81a8-4ee7-b78f-b655c7f9c8f5
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It’s good to see that Tormund had done well since he became a pro.
znModeratorGo to 23:40 – Peter King
Interviewee Peter King is pretty high on McVay.
The interviewers are on the other hand idiots.
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January 18, 2017 at 8:07 pm in reply to: Keep hearing that Aaron Kromer as OC with the #Rams is getting stronger. #63856znModeratorhttp://deadspin.com/bills-suspend-aaron-kromer-6-games-after-boy-punching-c-1721732804
Kromer was suspended for punching a kid over beach chairs, and then he paid off the parents, apparently.
I liked this comment:
“..Richie Incognito will provide the necessary leadership in Kromer’s absence..”
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vCharges were dropped.
znModeratorFull list of under-25 QBs Greg Olson has coached:
Grossman, Harrington, J.Freeman, Gabbert, T. Pryor, McGloyn, Carr, Bortles.Forget “under 25.”
Olson was also a coach (coordinator or otherwise) with these NFL qbs:
2001: Garcia
2003: Kordell Stewart, Chris Chandler
2004: Garcia again
2006-7: Bulger
2008: Garcia againNot making a comment, just offering a fuller picture
znModeratorfrom Assessing the New Head Coaches—
Albert Breer
Los Angeles Rams
New coach: Sean McVay
Previous position: Redskins offensive coordinator
Previous HC experience: noneWhy: The Rams’ list at the outset was completely comprised of NFL assistants for a reason—the team’s idea was to worry less about hiring guy who’s a big deal now than it was to find the next big thing. And that’s why McVay was a logical candidate from the beginning, his age (he turns 31 later this month and is the youngest head coach in NFL history) be damned. Here’s the bottom line: Had McVay spent a fourth year as Washington’s offensive coordinator and repeated the success he had the last two seasons, he’d have been the belle of the 2018 coaching-carousel ball. So the Rams jumped a year early, which is smart, because they won’t have an opening next year, and the makeup of the team is such that McVay can grow into the job. Good luck finding someone who’s worked for McVay who thinks this is anything but a grand slam hire. Bottom line—this is good for the Rams, it’s good for Jared Goff, and everyone will see why this makes sense when they see the energy McVay will infuse here. He has the same forward-thinking, program-building strengths that P.J. Fleck and Tom Herman have brought to the college game, and that’s in addition to being a prodigy of offensive football.
Questions: OK, youth. Questions with young coaches usually involve their ability to reel a team back in when the you-know-what hits the fan, and you never really know how a coach will handle that until he’s in it. But McVay’s leadership style figures to be different, and he plans to surround himself with an experienced staff.
Testimonial: “He’s really smart—great with the X’s and O’s and a great communicator,” said one Redskins staffer. “He’s wise beyond his years. He’ll do great.”
znModeratorfwiw I expanded the 1st post in the thread
znModeratorSource: Josh McDaniels could have had 49ers’ job ‘if he wanted it’
http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/Source-McDaniels-could-have-had-49ers-job-10860853.php
Hello, Plan B.
New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels withdrew his name from consideration Monday from the 49ers’ head-coaching opening, which was “his if he wanted it,” a source told The Chronicle.
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McDaniels’ decision to stay in New England instead of guiding the 49ers’ rebuilding project was heavily informed by family considerations. McDaniels, 40, and his wife, Laura, have four young children who enjoy the area.“At this time,” McDaniels told reporters Monday on a conference call, “it’s just best for my family and myself to remain here in New England.”
McDaniels’ reluctance to move his family across the country also was influenced by the 49ers’ recent instability. The 49ers have fired their head coach after each of the past three seasons, and have dismissed their head coach in each of their past four non-winning seasons.
McDaniels interviewed with the 49ers, Rams and Jaguars on Jan. 7. He entered those meetings with the 49ers as his top choice. He also thought he was ready to become a head coach for the second time after his 11-17 tenure with the Broncos during the 2009-10 seasons.
However, he had a “change of heart” after going through the interview process, the source said. McDaniels spoke highly Monday of the 49ers’ interview team, which was headlined by CEO Jed York and executives Paraag Marathe and Brian Hampton, the latter of whom leads their analytics department.
“I was really impressed with Jed York and Paraag, and Brian, and people that came for the 49ers’ organization,” McDaniels said. “They did a great job with their presentation.”McDaniels is in a position to be selective before taking his next job.
He’s young by head-coach standards, is employed by the NFL’s gold-standard franchise and has a close connection with one of the greatest quarterbacks in league history in Tom Brady. McDaniels has spent 13 of his 16 seasons in the NFL with the Patriots, who have won four Super Bowls in his two stints with the team and will host the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday.
On Monday, McDaniels expressed his appreciation for Patriots owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick.
“I’ve always said how grateful I am for this opportunity to work here for Mr. Kraft and his family and coach under Bill, with a lot of great guys on our staff and have the privilege to work with the players we get to work with each day,” McDaniels said. “It’s a great opportunity, very thankful to be here, and very much looking forward to this week against Pittsburgh.”
…znModeratorI don’t agree with anyone here. No, McVay is NOT too old to be a head coach.
In fact most head coaches have been older. That’s true going back decades.
Vermeil for example was WAY older.
January 17, 2017 at 10:04 pm in reply to: LA Rams Film Room: What To Expect From New HC Sean McVay On Offense #63809znModeratorMcVay likes to stretch the field vertically.
Okay let me look at that (I am actually typing this before looking).
Percentage of total attempts thrown 31+ yards: %4.37.
That’s not a high percentage. It’s not low. It’s just not high.
Completion percentage on those? (31+ yards). 44%. That’s pretty good.
How about medium/deep medium? That is passes thrown 11-30 yards.
Percentage of total attempts thrown 11-30 yards: %25.9%. That’s pretty high. Above the norm by a percent or 2.
Completion percentage on those? (11-30 yards). 52.7%. That’s also pretty good.
Now how about throwing short? Percentage of total attempts thrown 10 yards or less: 69.7%. Actually that’s fairly high by a percent or 2.
So they have a slightly higher than the norm percentage of attempts thrown short, and a not that high percentage of attempts thrown deep (31+ yards).
Completion percentage thrown short is 75%. Which is pretty good.
Their YPA was 7.8. 2nd best in the league. But IMO that doesn’t come from throwing deep more. It comes from completing a lot short and then also completing a fair amount medium/deep medium.
Maybe it was Cousins but the numbers don’t show a deep passing team.
They do attack the midranges though, in ways the Rams just haven’t the last few years. BUT the Rams threw deep more than Cousins/Washington did.
znModeratorReports: Niners offering coaching job to Falcons’ Kyle Shanahan
The 49ers will offer their vacant head coaching position to Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, according to multiple reports.
The Niners will wait out the Falcons’ postseason run and offer whenever Atlanta’s season ends, ESPN reports. He has interest in the job and interviewed with the team in addition to the Broncos and Jaguars, before the latter two filled their jobs.
Shanahan, 37, is the son of longtime NFL head coach Mike Shanahan, and has coached in the league since 2004. He became the league’s youngest coordinator when he became Texans offensive coordinator in 2008. Since then, he’s held the position with the Redskins (under his father), Browns and Falcons dating to 2015.
Atlanta has boasted a potent offense this season behind Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, and the running back duo of Tevin Coleman and Devonta Freeman. The Falcons led the league averaging 33.8 points per game. Shanahan would replace Chip Kelly, who went 2–14 in his lone season as Niners head coach.
znModeratorwhat is the longest uninterrupted fire have you had going in your woodstove?
Well we lost electricity for several days in a winter storm a few years back. I kept the wood stoves going for about 3 days cause it was that, or, no heat. We have oil heat normally but without electricity you couldn;t turn it on.
znModeratori wonder which requests were denied. we know of at least one.
There’s 2 that have circulated. Callahan and Foerster (the latter being the current ffensive line coach with Miami).
znModeratoroff the net from laram
Vinny B. told me that Wade was definitely coming aboard but they have gotten denied on several requests for interviews.
This could indeed be a long process.
znModeratorI think it’s interesting to think about and I also think everyone would disagree with everyone else’s list.
Interestingly in the past I have seen Rodgers as not coming through enough in clutch/crunch time.
He did yesterday though.
znModeratorWhat’s your take on who or what determines what we get, economically? And where do you tend to lean among the three visions?
I am afraid you’re not going to get very much out of me on this. It’s not really an area I explore.
I just know that neoliberalism is a tragic stupid mistake and that killing off the New Deal is a bad, bad idea.
That’s about it for me. I am interested in anything anyone else has to say about it, but I really don’t have much to offer in a discussion like that.
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znModeratorI thought it was because his knees were shot…
I think he was willing to stick around and give what he had. In an interview much later Faulk said when he had dealings with SL in the 2006 off-season, he didn’t like how he was as a coach, he thought they couldn’t win with him and it wasn’t worth it.
znModeratorAm i the only one concerned about this
guys age ?w
vProbably you’re not the only one.
I’m not, myself.
But at the very least, it’s a legit on-paper concern. I respect the skepticism, it’s normal in a case like this. And there is only so much I can say in his defense–he has to do it. The pudding, as they say, is proof (
). Still, I like Faulk’s take on this. Faulk said he himself warned the Rams search team that 31 was too young. He then met McVay and called back and said, no I was wrong, age is not an issue with this guy.
Faulk has a good eye for coaches. You know why he retired before the 2006 season? Because he had some dealings with Linehan and didn’t think he was ready to be a leader.
The statements from Faulk on McVay, they’re here. It’s a good listen.
znModeratorif this was true i would have to think it was someone involved in the hiring process of mcvay. i mean who would get on board after they had hired the new coach?
i’d be intrigued if it was marshall faulk…
I think they are thinking they need a real team president type.
Someone who outranks the GM.
Demoff it seems isn’t really that, he’s more of a wild card “latest project” type with a real strength on the business side.
Like for example the Ravens.
Stephen Bisciotti Owner
Richard W. Cass President
Ozzie Newsome General Manager & Executive Vice PresidentA consolidating chain of command.
The Team President doesn’t have to be a football guy but he should at least understand the football side.
znModeratorEnh, IMO there wasn’t much to that.
Jared is not a dynamic interview.
znModeratorAntonio Brown broadcasts Tomlin expletive-filled postgame speech
Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown inadvertently showed the colorful side of Mike Tomlin’s language when he put the coach’s postgame speech on Facebook Live, Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
Tomlin was addressing the team following an 18-16 win Sunday night over the Kansas City Chiefs when he told his players to keep a “low profile” during the week leading up to the AFC championship game against the New England Patriots.
Brown, meanwhile, kept his phone on and taped Tomlin’s speech during a 17-minute video.
“We spotted these (expletive) a day and a half,” Tomlin said, referring to the Patriots. “They played yesterday. Our game got pushed to tonight. We will touch down at 4 o’clock in the (expletive) morning. So be it. We’ll be ready for their (expletive).”
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger then addressed the team, imploring players to stay off social media.
znModeratorZN,
Would enjoy reading your take here as well.
And where is Mac? Economic theory has long been one of his areas of interest.
I don’t really have anything to add.
Just that if anything, there’s more pure neo-liberal policy in Trump than any of the other candidates, going back to the primaries.
If anything IMO that stuff will be more damaging in the long run than any of his noisy white identity politics.
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znModerator@AdamSchefter
49ers are – and have been – honing in on hiring Falcons OC Kyle Shanahan as their HC, per sources
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