OK, after reading a article posted that did a nice job of breaking down some of the “Good” things we are seeing from our offense under Norv, I kindof, sortof/ almost changed my mind on my stance that most of our teams issues on offense are directly related to inept coaching by our OL coach Jeff Davidson. However, coma, As I started to do research for this weeks game vs the Bucs, I started to relent on that change a whole bunch and am now back on the “He has to go” band wagon and the stuff provided below will help you understand why. Some insight into our OL Coach, that some seem to believe is not to blame for the OL woes we have. His coaching history (1) 1995 New Orleans Saints (Volunteer Assistant) 1996 New Orleans Saints (Offensive Assistant) 1997 New England Patriots (Tight Ends Coach) 1998–01 New England Patriots (Assistant Offensive Line Coach) 2002–04 New England Patriots (Tight Ends Coach)/(Offensive Line Coach) 2005–06 Cleveland Browns (Offensive Line Coach) 2006 Cleveland Browns (Assistant Head Coach)/(Offensive Line Coach) 2006 Cleveland Browns (Assistant Head Coach)/(Offensive Coordinator) 2007–10 Carolina Panthers (Offensive Coordinator) 2011–present Minnesota Vikings (Offensive Line Coach) This quote below, from the Vikings site, really got my pea brain to thinking and I said to myself “Self, you need to go see what the other teams did in the running and passing stats. Quote (2) Davidson enters his 4th year with the Minnesota Vikings in 2014 in the same role as the previous 3 seasons. His reputation for technical expertise and fitting schemes to personnel has proved effective as he has guided offensive lines that have paved the way for an NFL top-8 rushing attack each of the past 6 seasons. Unquote So, I went ahead and pull up were those Offenses were ranked and that kindof gives some credence that the running game does improve, for the most part, with him there. Truth is, the only team that he was on, that had a great passing attack was the Pats (02-04) Yr Team Pass Run 2002 Pats 12 28 2003 Pats 9 27 2004 Pats 11 7 2005 Browns 23 25 2006 Browns 23 31 2007 Panthers 29 14 2008 Panthers 19 3 2009 Panthers 27 3 2010 Panthers 32 13 As most of you know, I tend to always look at things from a “Does it fit our scheme” vantage point instead of just from a overall football standpoint, so I pulled up a few things on the Air Coryell (Vertical Attack) offense we now run to see how that applies to his strengths as a coach (or weaknesses for that matter) Quote (4) What does Air Coryell Offense Mean? An offensive scheme in professional football developed by San Diego Chargers coach “Don Coryell.” The “Air Coryell,” or vertical offense, concentrated on mid-to-deep range passing and a power running game, with special attention given to pass protection. Unquote With that quote in mind, I can see why they would want to keep him because of his background in developing blockers for the “Power Running Game”, but I don’t see how he has demonstrated that he can develop OLmen into pass protectors. Again, referring back to the rankings provided above as a means to gauge if he can do that or not. In the end, I’m still not sure why he is on the team, other than the possibility that he was retained for this year because of the perceived need to maintain some sort of consistency when it comes to the OL group and how OL’s that play together for a few years are usually better. Links for the quotes are provided below.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:42:36 +0000
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