In Brandon Staley's one season as the defensive coordinator in LA, the Rams' defense was the strength of the team. They were ranked No. 1 in the league both in points and yards allowed, they were 10th in takeaways, and they were 4th in DVOA.
Lurie s quote: I would say we changed our balance as a franchise between short, mid and long term. The way we ve created the success and been able to have the success we ve had has been thinking mainly in the mid term and long term and making unpopular short-term decisions at times. And we got away from that, understandably, because when you have competed to win a Super Bowl and you want to retain emotionally and physically the people that helped bring us all there, and if you remember, there were a lot of people injured that year and we very much wanted to bring them all back to be able to participate the following year in trying to win another one.
Joe Brady's two notable coaching jobs were in 2020 with the Panthers as their OC, and as LSU's passing game coordinator & wide receivers coach in 2019, when LSU rolled to the CFB National Championship, largely on the strength of their passing game.
Question from griffybets: I don t get the buzz about drafting a QB. You picked Hurts with your second round pick and blew up a relationship with Wentz to get him in. Why not give him an entire year as the leader of the offense? If it works out, then you ve got your guy and a difference maker from No. 6 in the draft. If it doesn t, you have a top pick and a chance at a QB next year. What am I missing here?
Let s lump these questions together, because they represent opposing viewpoints. Also, I should note first that these questions came before Doug Pederson s job was reportedly even in danger, much less before he got fired. In other words, while Wentz looked at the time like he was on his way out, logically, his chances of remaining on the team in 2021 increased when Pederson was fired, given reports that Wentz s relationship with Pederson had been fractured. Still, the feeling here is that it s not suddenly a given that Wentz is back. His future with the team remains in question, a
Riley is arguably the best coaching candidate from the college ranks, as he has racked up a 45-8 record at Oklahoma, while developing a pair of No. 1 overall quarterbacks in Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, as well as Jalen Hurts.