Turner first served as head coach of the Washington Redskins from 1994-2000, but the team only made the playoffs once, in 1999. Potential for 3 RBs to see enough action to make all three low-ceiling. Robinson had more than150 targets each of the last two years (9.8/g). [15] Throwing a deep pass was the first option on each play. Of course, Turner then became the Cowboys offensive coordinator in 1991 and implemented his own variant of the Air Coryell with Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, and Jay Novacek. Whether the player is too expensive, is a bad scheme fit for a new incoming coaching staff, or . [21] Head coach Jon Gruden called Winslow the first "joker" in the NFL. Hilton was the target leader last year with 93 followed by Hines with 76. From West Coast spacing concepts (likely learned during his time with Steve Mariucci) to Air Coryell vertical concepts (likely learned during his time with Mike Martz) to the route combinations . Play Caller/Tenure: Josh McDaniels (OC) - 9yrs currently and 3yrs prior with NE, 15yrs in NFL as OC/HC. Bunch formations are popular in this system as is play-action passing. Pass protection is critical to success because at least two of the five receivers will run a deep in, skinny post, comeback, speed out, or shallow cross. Rhamondre Stevenson could be a nice in-season pick-up if Harris misses any time. When Vermeil retired after Super Bowl XXXIV, Martz replaced him as head coach, starting in the 2000 season. The QB needs to be accurate and on time with their throws. If Dan Quinns defense is better than Nolans (which it should), then it could slow the offense a shade, as they will not be playing out of desperation all game. McCarthy has usually had a low-volume running game. Additional Notes: Offseason reports indicate the offense might use a quick tempo but that may not mean a faster pace of play. Josh Reynolds was brought in to make up for the loss of Corey Davis run-blocking. When not geeking out on Fantasy Football, Jess can be found hiking, kayaking, swimming, playing tabletop games, cooking, trading equities, listening to good tunes and/or enjoying a craft brew or two. The passing game will be modeled towards what Goff ran in LA with lots of 11 and 12 personnel, PA, and short to intermediate throws. The OL returns 4 starters after being 2. [9] The Pro Football Hall of Fame called the Chargers' offenses under Coryell "one of the most explosive and exciting offenses that ever set foot on an NFL field. Before we get into the history of Air Coryell, its important to note that the Cowboys definitely employ elements of other schemes. Personnel Preferences: Possibly more 11 and less 12 personnel with the loss of Smith at TE and the addition of Reynolds at WR. The Shanahan offense is derived from the West Coast offense made famous by Bill Walsh. Keenan Allen will get plenty of option routes while Mike Williams will play the Michael Thomas Split-End position/role. If healthy, hell be the third wheel with Taylor and Hines. The offense is focused on running the ball through mostly zone blocking schemes. This could put a dent into Laviska Shenaults role. That means that the Cowboys wont be overhauling their scheme, which has its roots in whats known as Air Coryell. The OL returns 3 starters, an upgrade at RG with Gabe Jackson, and a battle for starting center between two tenured players. Play Caller/Tenure: Byron Leftwich (OC) - 2yrs as TB OC, 1yr as ARI OC. He could line up unpredictably in any formation from a three-point stance as a blocker to a two-point stance or being in motion as a receiver. No one is as sMartz as Mike Martz, the creator of the Greatest (Winless) Show on Turf, the once unstoppable St. Louis Rams offense. The Browns OL finished 6th in FO's Adjusted Line Yards metric last year. Gibbs's offense also showcased a 3-receiver deep air attack featuring Hall of Famer Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders, known as "The Posse." Kenny Golladay got paid to be the #1 WRs and will be fed. Expected to have an adaptable (to roster) scheme with a lot of 12 personnel, some 3-TE sets, RPOs, PA, screens & quick/short throws to allow receivers to gain YAC. The Coryell offense was made popular by Don Coryell and Dan Fouts in the early 1980s and is known for its timing and rhythm, its vertical nature, and having a power running game. Personnel Preferences: Kingsbury runs modified/evolving Air Raid passing concepts with Andy Reid run game concepts. Zone run & QB zone read will be staples with likely one-back sets and possibly shotgun-to-run spreads. Play Caller/Tenure: Anthony Lynn (OC) - 1. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has a preliminary plan for Dallas' offense in the 2023 season, one that might mean Dak Prescott taking fewer hits. The Mike Martz variant was a much more aggressive passing offense, frequently deploying pre-snap motion and shifts, with the running game often forgotten. Brandin Cooks had 119 targets (7.9/g) and should remain heavily involved. The OL returns all 5 starters and is considered an elite unit. Bears' TE target share from 2018 to 2020 went 18.1%, 12.2%, then 22.7% last year with Lazor at the controls. Once he has you playing the run, he'll try to call deep shots. Odds & lines subject to change. The Bears' offense might have less talent than any team since the winless 2008 Lions, former Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz wrote Tuesday. His scheme is typically heavy on wide zone-blocking concepts, which he ran with Mixon in Cincy in 2018 (Mixons most productive year). Engram is highly inefficient at TE, Rudolph fits more of the Garrett mold at TE making neither guy viable for upside. Martz's preferred offensive system, nicknamed " Air Coryell " for its emphasis on defense-stretching pass plays, wasn't new; as the name implied, the system was first developed by Coryell in the 1960s at San Diego State, and later used to great effect at the NFL level by the Chargers of the early '80s. St. Louis went 14-2 in 2001, but Mike Martz's "Greatest Show on . Play Caller/Tenure: Kliff Kingsbury (HC) - 2yrs as NFL HC/Play-Caller, both w/ ARI. 2018 Hilton led with 120 targets and Ebron right behind with 110 (Hines had 81 targets that year). Lastly, the Rams' receiving core was impressive, featuring 4 strong wide receivers: Hall of Fame WR Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Ricky Proehl and Az-Zahir Hakim. They used 10 personnel on 47 plays (5%) which was the 4. We have over 250 player forecasts, Fantasy Rankings, Player Projections, and Cheat Sheets. This was at a time where it was uncommon to use three wide receiver sets. Noah Fant had 93 targets last year, 2. 2023 NFL Free Agency: 1 Potential Cap Casualty for Each Team. Jason Garretts roots are in the Air Coryell scheme, but what does that actually mean? Personnel Preferences: MIN was last in percentage of running 11 personnel (29% vs NFL Avg 60%), near average with 12, well-above-average with 21 (26% to 7%), and above-average with 22 and 02 personnel groupings. [19] Winslow was put in motion so he would not be jammed at the line, or he was lined up wide or in the slot against a smaller cornerback. Will be interesting to see if Williams is heavily involved with Nagy calling plays, especially in the passing game with Cohen starting training camp on the PUP list. The Rams set a new NFL record for total offensive yards that same season, with 7,335. Norv Turner first learned the offense from longtime Coryell assistant Ernie Zampese. Personnel Preferences: Pittsburgh ran the second-highest rate of 11 personnel (75%) in the NFL last year and added another 5% using 10 personnel. [31][32] The Rams' offense, which was also known as "The Greatest Show on Turf", featured Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner, who was the NFL MVP for the 1999 season (Warner earned another NFL MVP award in 2001). An F-Back is a multi-purpose, unpredictable tool for the offense. However, a few years after Coryell had been coaching the Chargers, Sports Illustrated did an article covering Bill Walshs offense with the San Francisco 49ers - which used a lot of shorter passing options with regularity - and referred to it as the West Coast offense. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) How the Cowboys . Michael Martz (born May 13, 1951) is an American football coach. But for now, this serves as a genealogy of the Air Coryell, what it is, and how its become so entrenched as the overarching offensive system with the Cowboys. With the new defensive rules limiting contact to near the line of scrimmage, receivers in motion would be virtually impossible to jam. [18] Tight ends previously were primarily blockers lined up next to an offensive lineman and ran short to medium drag routes. Personnel Preferences: BUF used 10 personnel 15% (2. All 3 WRs had over 100 targets in 2020. It has deteriorated from the #1 scoring offense in 2017, to 2. Frank Pollack was hired to be the run game coordinator. For context, Tyrod Taylor handled 95/580/6 of that load while LeSean McCoy (234/1267/13) and Mike Gillislee (101/577/8) handled most of the RB carries. The Coryell offense uses three key weapons. The Erhardt-Perkins (E-P) offense originated in New England under Chuck Fairbanks in the 1970s who had Ron Erhardt and Ray Perkins on his staff. The WCO dominated football through the 1990s and early 2000s as just about any offensive coach or assistant from Walsh's 49ers teams was hired to coach elsewhere. Coryells offense began in the college ranks when he was the head coach at San Diego State, where he coached from 1961 to 1972. [7] Coryell moved to the Chargers and reached the playoffs in four consecutive seasons that included three straight division titles (19791982). The offense was #5 in Passing TDs in 2019 and was top-8 in Rush Attempts and Rushing Yards in 19 (before McCarthy). Damien Harris and James White are also worth drafting with Burkhead gone to Houston. The 33rd Team. The Shanahan offense is derived from the West Coast offense made famous by Bill Walsh. They were also above average in use of 21 and 22 personnel. It is almost exclusively run out of the pro set. He noted, "[Coryell] already had the talent and used it brilliantly. Turner did, however, enjoy a good amount of success as San Diego Chargers head coach from 2007-2012. When the Cowboys officially made the decision to move on from Scott Linehan and find a new offensive coordinator, a lot of fans were hopeful that it would be someone from outside the organization that could bring in an offensive system similar to the prolific offenses of the Rams, Chiefs, and Saints. Offseason indication is a lot of pre-snap motion, RPOs, and use the speed at WR to go vertical. LANGUAGE: PG-13. The difference between the top receiver and the next was 51 receptions in '20, 41 in 19, 0 in 18. Besides Rivers, the Chargers featured a strong running game, starring Hall of Fame RB LaDainian Tomlinson. The offense has 100% continuity and the OL returns all 5 starters. It will be interesting what 28 year old Mike Davis can do in this offense behind an OL returning 3 solid starters (4 returning starters total), with a 3rd round rookie taking over at LG. [28] Martz first learned the Air Coryell offense as an assistant coach working under his mentor, Ernie Zampese. Additional Notes: As OC in BUF, Lynn ranked #2 in Rush Attempts, #1 in Rushing Yards, and #1 in Rushing TDs. Mike Davis saw zone-blocking on around 45% of the plays last year in CAR. Mostly inside and outside zone run plays with gap and duo mixed in. You look around the NFL now, and so many teams are running a version of the Coryell offense. Cowboys draft 2023: Bijan Robinson should be an exception to not drafting a RB in the first round. It has a reputation of being a run-heavy offense that uses the run to set up the play-action passing game. The run scheme was 48% to 38% Zone to Gap concepts. Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliot's health statuses look good in OTAs. Coryell also asked his tight ends to run routes that receivers usually run, as opposed to the dig and hitch routes most tight ends exclusively ran. He has disciples all over the league. Run concepts are split evenly between zone and gap schemes. Before we get to each team individually, let's start by covering the 4 major offenses used in the NFL so they can be referenced throughout the article without having to define them each time. The Shanahan offense created a wide zone-blocking scheme that allows running to be a partial substitute for the passing game. Martz credited both his influences on his variation of the offensive system and his overall coaching philosophy to Don Coryell. When we started doing that, we were like 55-5-1.. Personnel Preferences: 88% of offense was 11 (66%) or 12 (22%) personnel. Reich worked with Wentz before and will know how to build an offense around him. 2019 leaders were Doyle and Pascal, each with 72 targets (Hilton had 68 in 10 games). Run blocking utilizes multiple schemes (Zone, Gap, Duo). Atlanta used ZBS on around 52% of plays last year. Additional Notes: Washington's Pass Attempts last yearwere 9. [12] It is also harder for a defender to cover if he has to change direction with the receiver instead of squaring up and getting set before a play. The OL was over-hauled/improved, with only Bryan Bulaga returning as a starter. Gibbs served as head coach of the Washington Redskins from 1981-1992, and during that time, he won three Super Bowls with a Coryell offense. Additional Notes: Roethlisberger ran the fewest play-action plays last year and got the ball out the quickest. After Coryell arrived in the NFL from jobs with college football teams, he set the league on its ear with his passing offenses. CIN used a zone-blocking scheme on over 60% of their plays last year. Turner favors a more limited palette of plays than Coryell and most other Coryell disciples, instead insisting on precise execution. Mooney had 98 targets as a rookie. Kamara is entering his age 26 season and has effectively 2yrs remaining on his contract before he becomes a cap relief to cut. Bill Parcels was one of the early adopters of this offense and one of the Parcels' tree branches was Bill Belichick who adopted the system and began to enhance it with Charlie Weis in the early 2000s and grew it even further with Josh McDaniels and the current Patriots teams. Ex-Seahawks fall into NFL topics. Mike Martz was the offensive wizard behind The Greatest Show on Turf in the late 90s and early 2000s, Kurt Warner's best years as a QB. After three years under Turner, Martz became the offensive coordinator for the Rams under head coach Dick Vermeil and installed his own version of the Air Coryell that became known as the Greatest Show on Turf. The Cowboys still derive much of their scheme from their Air Coryell past. Scheme: Modified WCO scheme, lots of spread 11 personnel, pre-snap motion, Play Action, RPOs, and use of zone blocking in the run game. The Saunders variant pulls in many Coryell concepts that the Turner system eliminated in favor of simplicity. T.J. Hockenson and D'Andre Swift appear to be the most likely to establish reliable, upper-tier fantasy value, while Jamaal Williams and Perriman may provide serviceable spike weeks in Best Ball. Share. Michael Martz (born May 13, 1951) is a former NFL head coach and currently the offensive coordinator for the National Football League's Chicago Bears. It does not insist on size at wide receiver or halfback like the Turner variant and as such has difficulties in short yardage and red zone situations. Martz helped the Rams establish a pass-first identity that would post an NFL record amount of . Personnel Preferences: The Giants went heavier than league average in the use of 12 and 13 personnel and below average with 11 personnel. People talk about the West Coast offense, but Don started the 'West Coast' decades ago and kept updating it. Adam Trautman is expected to be the move-TE that will be used to create mismatches. Imagine a Martz offense paired with a Long-Brady Hoke defense. Martz was a stubborn coach who was slow to adjust two years in a row. [38] Former head coach Dick Vermeil said no other NFL offense "performs more efficiently or scores more points" than the Coryell offense.[39]. The Air Coryell is named so because of Don Coryell, who became the first head coach to ever win over 100 games at both the college and professional level. NorCal native Jesse Jones has been obsessed with fantasy football since first joining and winning a league in 1994. TEs saw a 17.7% target share with Akins as the main passing target and Fells being helpful in the. Personnel Preferences: New England ran the fewest plays in the league from 12 personnel last year with only 22 plays, 2% of their total offense compared to the NFL average of 20%. The offense that Coryell developed in San Diego would frequently feature at least two deep-threat receivers running deep routes, whether it be fly routes, deep in routes, skinny posts, comebacks, and other designs to pick up big yards. However, the Walsh offense wanted to use quick, short passes as a partial substitute for a traditional running game. The Patriots paid up for Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry in free agency, reminding many of the days when they rolled out Gronk and Hernandez in creative fashion. The Turner strain of Coryell offenses are still very reliant on a good receiving TE. The offense used by Mike Shanahan in Denver and later Washington has evolved and become all the rage in the NFL today. Sign up for the From 1999-2001, St. Louis became the only team in NFL history to score 500+ points in 3 consecutive years. Melvin Gordon is in the final year of his deal and DEN traded up 5 spots in Rd2 for Javonte Williams. Mahomes, Hill, Kelce are all elites at their positions. He won two division titles . Darrynton Evans has been working as the pass-catching back during spring. Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Andy Reid, and Jon Gruden to name a few. He was sacked 75 times in 25 games while playing in it. Meanwhile, Vermeil came out of retirement to coach the Kansas City Chiefs from 2001-2005. The OL returns 4 starters and brought in Riley Reiff from MIN to play RT. Donovan Peoples-Jones could be the primary deep-threat and may be a priority waiver add if this offense opens up or one of the top-2 WRs misses time. Your web browser appears to be outdated. Jacobs is Gruden's first 1,000 yard RB for Gruden since Tyrone Wheatley in 2000. They also led the league in total yards in offense from 1978 to 1983 and in 1985. The West Coast Offense (WCO) was made popular by Bill Walsh and Joe Montana in San Francisco.