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I've been thinking, ever since Lynn was chosen to replace Roman, of what I would do if I were in Lynn's place. Lynn is in a very unfavorable position. He has 10 days to implement an offense, and then have the team come out and execute it well enough to save the season (and his job). Really, he's been given a poison pill. He couldn't say no to the job, but at the same point he'll not keep the job if everything goes south.
Lynn really has 2 options on the table.
1) which is the safe path; keep roman's playbook, verbiage, chose the plays he likes, talk with Tyrod and get a feel for what Tyrod likes, then pair it down to a basic offense which the team can master in 10 days.
2) blow everything up, pull out the playbook you always wanted to use, sit down with tyrod, and find 40 plays he's comfortable with or you think will work with his talents, and spend the next 10 days forcing the team to learn the new playbook and language, and hope for the best
personally if I were in lynn's shoes i'd probably take no.2. If I was going to stake my future OC coaching career on the next 14 games I'd want to go out with what I believe in and think works. That said it's also the HARDEST path to walk, one which could really fall apart fast.
If it were me, I think I would focus on a lot of moving pocket/play action roll outs. I think I'd eliminate every play in the playbook that has tyrod staying in the pocket. Love him or hate him he's hands down the best QB on our roster right now. I'd use it to the fullest with a mix of naked bootlegs, stretch and toss sweeps and play action. I'd probably move tyrod under center (this is a personal preference, i think it helps make play action work better, if the defensive ends don't have a clear view of the QB); I would do everything in my power to scheme sammy watkins into being my first, second and third option on every pass play, and work the long ball in as much as possible. I'd also take the reigns off tyrod, tell him he'd be free to run whenever he wants; and let him know that I'd take the heat with the coach for INTs. Watching tyrod play you can tell Roman and Ryan got into his head about turnovers, because he doesn't loosen up until he has to comeback from a number of points. Its easy to play loose when it doesn't really matter anymore. I'd like him to play loose from the first snap.
Now of course all of this is easy to say. But i've been working in coaching long enough to know how to make something like all of this works. Speaking strictly as a fan, I just hope Lynn takes the bull by the horns and uses this as a chance to succeed and doesn't just try not to fail; or our season will well and truly be over; because if there is one thing we've seen, it's that the defense is mediocre to bad, and we'll need all the offense we can generate.
Lynn really has 2 options on the table.
1) which is the safe path; keep roman's playbook, verbiage, chose the plays he likes, talk with Tyrod and get a feel for what Tyrod likes, then pair it down to a basic offense which the team can master in 10 days.
2) blow everything up, pull out the playbook you always wanted to use, sit down with tyrod, and find 40 plays he's comfortable with or you think will work with his talents, and spend the next 10 days forcing the team to learn the new playbook and language, and hope for the best
personally if I were in lynn's shoes i'd probably take no.2. If I was going to stake my future OC coaching career on the next 14 games I'd want to go out with what I believe in and think works. That said it's also the HARDEST path to walk, one which could really fall apart fast.
If it were me, I think I would focus on a lot of moving pocket/play action roll outs. I think I'd eliminate every play in the playbook that has tyrod staying in the pocket. Love him or hate him he's hands down the best QB on our roster right now. I'd use it to the fullest with a mix of naked bootlegs, stretch and toss sweeps and play action. I'd probably move tyrod under center (this is a personal preference, i think it helps make play action work better, if the defensive ends don't have a clear view of the QB); I would do everything in my power to scheme sammy watkins into being my first, second and third option on every pass play, and work the long ball in as much as possible. I'd also take the reigns off tyrod, tell him he'd be free to run whenever he wants; and let him know that I'd take the heat with the coach for INTs. Watching tyrod play you can tell Roman and Ryan got into his head about turnovers, because he doesn't loosen up until he has to comeback from a number of points. Its easy to play loose when it doesn't really matter anymore. I'd like him to play loose from the first snap.
Now of course all of this is easy to say. But i've been working in coaching long enough to know how to make something like all of this works. Speaking strictly as a fan, I just hope Lynn takes the bull by the horns and uses this as a chance to succeed and doesn't just try not to fail; or our season will well and truly be over; because if there is one thing we've seen, it's that the defense is mediocre to bad, and we'll need all the offense we can generate.
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