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Comparing Sean McVay’s offense to Jeff Fisher’s for Los Angeles Rams
by Noah Schlaebitz http://ramblinfan.com/2017/06/19/los-angeles-rams-head-to-san-francisco-for-a-week-3/
With Sean McVay entering his first year as head coach for the Los Angeles Rams, let’s take a look at how the offense compares to former head coach Jeff Fisher.
After the offense finished last in the league last year by only averaging 14 points per game, Sean McVay seems to be just what the Los Angeles Rams needed at head coach. McVay’s offense when he was offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins is very different to Jeff Fisher‘s style of ground and pound.
Under McVay, Kirk Cousins transcended from a fourth-round pick to eventually being a solid starter at quarterback, and helped play a key role in the Redskins become NFC East Champions in 2016. Rams fans are hoping he can do the same to Jared Goff after his disastrous rookie year, and when looking at the Washington’s numbers from the last two seasons with Cousins, it’s easy to see why McVay was hired by Los Angeles to help improve the offense with Goff.
From a comparison standpoint, the Rams’ offense doesn’t even come close to what McVay had to work with during his time with the Redskins, and rightfully so since he was fortunate enough to have key playmakers like DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon to work with. Not only did Washington have more first downs (315) when compared to Los Angeles (219), but 226 of those first downs came from pass plays.
When it came to overall yardage, the Redskins were significantly better than the Rams. Even though both head coaches ran the football around the same amount of times from a percentage standpoint (Fisher’s 41 percent compared to McVay’s 38 percent), McVay was known to use the passing game more to setup the run.
In other words, this made Washington’s offense less predictable than Los Angeles, who basically force fed the run. When comparing the two offensive units, the Redskins had 1,885 more yards of total offense.
On top of that, Washington had a higher third-down efficiency at 45 percent compared to Los Angeles’ 31 percent. Of the 1,885 yards on offense, 1,445 of those yards were from passing. The disturbing part is Fisher prides himself on being able to run the football, yet produced 440 less rushing yards.
With McVay changing the offensive scheme in Los Angeles to fit what he did in Washington, Rams fans hope he can replicate the numbers that he produced as offensive coordinator with the Redskins. If McVay pulls it off the Rams fan base will have a bright future to look forward to.
by Noah Schlaebitz http://ramblinfan.com/2017/06/19/los-angeles-rams-head-to-san-francisco-for-a-week-3/
With Sean McVay entering his first year as head coach for the Los Angeles Rams, let’s take a look at how the offense compares to former head coach Jeff Fisher.
After the offense finished last in the league last year by only averaging 14 points per game, Sean McVay seems to be just what the Los Angeles Rams needed at head coach. McVay’s offense when he was offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins is very different to Jeff Fisher‘s style of ground and pound.
Under McVay, Kirk Cousins transcended from a fourth-round pick to eventually being a solid starter at quarterback, and helped play a key role in the Redskins become NFC East Champions in 2016. Rams fans are hoping he can do the same to Jared Goff after his disastrous rookie year, and when looking at the Washington’s numbers from the last two seasons with Cousins, it’s easy to see why McVay was hired by Los Angeles to help improve the offense with Goff.
From a comparison standpoint, the Rams’ offense doesn’t even come close to what McVay had to work with during his time with the Redskins, and rightfully so since he was fortunate enough to have key playmakers like DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon to work with. Not only did Washington have more first downs (315) when compared to Los Angeles (219), but 226 of those first downs came from pass plays.
When it came to overall yardage, the Redskins were significantly better than the Rams. Even though both head coaches ran the football around the same amount of times from a percentage standpoint (Fisher’s 41 percent compared to McVay’s 38 percent), McVay was known to use the passing game more to setup the run.
In other words, this made Washington’s offense less predictable than Los Angeles, who basically force fed the run. When comparing the two offensive units, the Redskins had 1,885 more yards of total offense.
On top of that, Washington had a higher third-down efficiency at 45 percent compared to Los Angeles’ 31 percent. Of the 1,885 yards on offense, 1,445 of those yards were from passing. The disturbing part is Fisher prides himself on being able to run the football, yet produced 440 less rushing yards.
With McVay changing the offensive scheme in Los Angeles to fit what he did in Washington, Rams fans hope he can replicate the numbers that he produced as offensive coordinator with the Redskins. If McVay pulls it off the Rams fan base will have a bright future to look forward to.
