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Article from a couple of years ago about Shottenheimer
Posted on 10/17/15 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 10/17/15 at 11:10 pm
Not sure if any of this is relevant now, but kind of interesting anyway...
After crash-landing on his feet when the Jets were ready to move on from him, Schottenheimer put in a solid effort last year for a team that generated a surprising record of 7-8-1.
This year, the Rams are surprisingly bad. Per a league source, players on offense are starting to grumble privately about the coordinator.
Nothing went as St. Louis had it planed.
Schottenheimer failed in his efforts to reimagine the Rams as a high-flying offensive team. His game planning was poor, and he too often tried to fit square pegs into round holes. However, his most egregious error was the passing concepts he employed when his franchise quarterback was under center.
As the passing charts indicated, most of the Rams offense was designed around short passes. Now, there is nothing wrong with the short game being the foundation of your passing attack. Zone run schemes, and the west coast offense typically take advantage of such passes. The biggest problem with the Rams heavy short passing game design came with the route designs. So many of the routes run by receivers featured curls, and shallow comeback routes.
Schottenheimer forced Sam Bradford to consistently drill throws to well-covered receivers in the middle of the field. Bradford would make plenty of these throws with proficiency, only to see his pass catcher tackled immediately. Schottenheimer did little to nothing to create space for his receivers to work with, thus failing to help out his quarterback.
After crash-landing on his feet when the Jets were ready to move on from him, Schottenheimer put in a solid effort last year for a team that generated a surprising record of 7-8-1.
This year, the Rams are surprisingly bad. Per a league source, players on offense are starting to grumble privately about the coordinator.
Nothing went as St. Louis had it planed.
Schottenheimer failed in his efforts to reimagine the Rams as a high-flying offensive team. His game planning was poor, and he too often tried to fit square pegs into round holes. However, his most egregious error was the passing concepts he employed when his franchise quarterback was under center.
As the passing charts indicated, most of the Rams offense was designed around short passes. Now, there is nothing wrong with the short game being the foundation of your passing attack. Zone run schemes, and the west coast offense typically take advantage of such passes. The biggest problem with the Rams heavy short passing game design came with the route designs. So many of the routes run by receivers featured curls, and shallow comeback routes.
Schottenheimer forced Sam Bradford to consistently drill throws to well-covered receivers in the middle of the field. Bradford would make plenty of these throws with proficiency, only to see his pass catcher tackled immediately. Schottenheimer did little to nothing to create space for his receivers to work with, thus failing to help out his quarterback.
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Posted on 10/17/15 at 11:19 pm to Lucius Clay
So you want him fired?
Posted on 10/17/15 at 11:24 pm to Lucius Clay
Would he do better with a QB who doesn't act like monteg?
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