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If you heard Evans' show last night, you'll find some interesting comment from him regarding Fairchild. He mentioned Mularkey, the other OC he had in NFL, is really a "run" offense guru. The pass is setup by runs. I would guess that coming from Wisconsin, Lee should be no strangers to that type of things. Then he mentioned that Fairchild came in and he brought in completely new pass attacks that he has never seen before. "It opened my eye," as Lee put it.
I like Fairchild because I think he seemed to be fairly even heeled - not too high, not too low. And he's big on fundamentals. I'd venture to guess that he had to fix Losman's mechanics last year and the limitations in terms of throwing over the middle etc. (Martz's offense is known for forcing a defense to defend the entire field) made our offense looked so bad last year. He opened up a little bit towards the end, but still, he may not be comfortable with Losman to do all.
Edwards appeared to be gaining confidence of Fairchild much faster and he is allowing Trent to do more and more. Red zone passes is an obvious indicator that in Edwards first few games (including the Redskins game), Fairchild called very few pass plays.
It is somewhat surprising to me the PFW seems to think that the Bills wants to get an outsider for the OC. Maybe this organization thinks so highly about Edwards that they may want a system that best suits Edwards capability (WCO?).
I always thought Jauron is a conservative guy and run, run, run is his stamp on this offense. I'm afraid that Mularkey, as a OC, may look good in Jauron's eyes. But then again, hiring Fairchild in the first place, to me, means Jauron may have changed a bit.
omg did i just say that
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