Philadelphia would score again, with running back LeSean McCoy racing for a 34-yard score and a 337 Philadelphia lead. Philadelphia got the ball first, and approached Washington's red zone, however Eagles quarterback Michael Vick threw a backward pass that was ruled a fumble, and recovered by Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall who raced to the opposite end zone to give Washington a 70 lead. Take a look at the entire 2016 Washington Redskins coaching staff in headshot form. Drafting more than anything killed that regime. All Rights Reserved. The bottom line is this: Washington had a stacked coaching staff in 2013 with Shanahan, LaFleur and McVay all on staff. Jay Gruden, Head Coach. He comes to the Redskins from coaching running backs in college at North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/Q88WHWSUDO, In choosing Matt LaFleur, the Packers are seeking their version of Sean McVay. The Eagles got the ball back, and moved into scoring range, but could not punch it in and settled for an Alex Henery 48-yard field goal to cut the Redskins' lead to 73. With the loss on a questionable call by the officials, the Redskins were officially eliminated from playoff contention. He also wanted all his plays to look the same way at the start, whether it was an outside-zone run, a drop-back pass or a play-action bootleg. If the golden-armed Elway could buy that philosophy, anybody could. Shanahan is 66. Vick would find tight end Brent Celek for a 28-yard score, and Vick would, after another Redskins punt, run for a 3-yard score to go up 267 as the teams headed to the locker room. But I dont believe that [stretch] defined his legacy. The Can Generation is what retired quarterback Trent Dilfer calls it. It makes quarterbacks, not the other way around.. After a 79 seasonthe only year during the 10-year span from 2008 to 17 that Cleveland avoided double-digit lossesthey left, Shanahan bristling at the front office's insistence on playing Johnny Manziel. Washington didn't give up, however, and John Potter connected from 21 yards out to cut the lead to 2720. Click here for more. . Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. They ran through cut-ups of Tim Tebows time in Denver, Cam Newtons rookie season in Carolina and Griffins career at Baylor. With the much-anticipated return of quarterback Robert Griffin III, Washington began its 2013 campaign on Monday Night Football against the Chip Kelly coached Philadelphia Eagles, seeking a third straight win against Philadelphia. Jordan played. I didnt have to tell him stuff. DAL Dan Bailey 30-yard field goal, 10:40. Coach Kyle Shanahan was preceded by Chip Kelly with the San Francisco . 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars (DB Coach) 10-6 Lost in AFC Champ to NE. The New York Giants and Detroit finished with a better conference record than St. Louis. Six years ago, little was expected out of the men now filling the private back room of this upscale steakhouse in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Their four-year tenure at Redskins Park was defined by clashes with a meddling owner, issues with salary-cap management and little success. Following that season, Shanahan was hired as the San Francisco 49ers head coach and he's held that role ever since. Washington got the ball to start the game, and punted. It was the most humbling four years of my life.. Griffin clashed with the coaching staff, which led to larger issues between the staff and prominent people in the organization, including owner Dan Snyder. They must've been a juggernaut team then checks notes oh, It could be worse you could be a browns fan. "Kyle was never going to work here for one minute longer than he was required to," NBC Sports Washington insider JP Finlay said on the latestWashington Football Talkpodcast. The True Hiring Score or THS is compiled by a complex formula bringing together many different factors. On Washington's ensuing possession, it appeared as if Washington took the lead, as Robert Griffin III found wide receiver Aldrick Robinson for a 57-yard score and an apparent 2420 lead. Round to GB 10-6-0 (0.625%) Sean McVay Coaching Stats Record with the Los Angeles Rams: 43-21 (0.672%) Grading the Los Angeles Rams's Franchise 2013 B+ 7-9 2014 B- 6-10 2015 A- 7-9 2016 B- 4-12 2017 A+ 11-5 2018 A+ In 2016, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins set a franchise record with 4,917 passing yards. Drones buzz overhead. 2, 2019, issue ofSports Illustrated. In four seasons under Shanahan, from 2010 to 13, Washington lost 41 games, secured just one playoff berth and saw the rise and fall of a promising young quarterback. But that gave them perspectives football lifers lacked, the license to be creative. 2015 Washington Redskins (DB Coach) 9-7 Lost in NFC Wild Card to GB. Washington also allowed Green Bay to have a 100-yard rusher. Football Outsiders listed the 2013 Redskins as having the second-worst special teams unit they had ever tracked. LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan were two of the 10 assistants dismissed by the Redskins when they fired Mike Shanahan after a 3-13 season in 2013. This is worlds most incredible and depressing collection of Redskins QB jerseys. Early in the third, Washington was able to equalize with John Potter making his first career field goal from 43 yards out. He taught them like Walsh taught him, to read with their feet, to move in rhythm, spin through progressions, limit risk. They stayed pretty mediocre otherwise. This is what happens when you take a Bengals coordinator as a HC. 2019 Many Options (Unemployed) 2018 Jacksonville Jaguars (DB Coach) 5-11. According to Finlay, McVay has gone on the record to say he's a product of Gruden's coaching tree, not Shanahan's. It wasn't Shanahan [in Washington].". Needing a spark, Washington switched to a hurry-up offense for their next drive, and sustained one for the first time on the day. The team had Donovan McNabb in his final season as a full-time starter (2010); Rex Grossman (2011); and Robert Griffin III before and after the knee injury (2012, 2013) at quarterback, so that helps explain why the team didnt have more success. The Redskins will see LaFleur and the Packers once in 2019 when they visit Lambeau Field during the regular season. Philadelphia's offense gained 331 yards of total offense in the first half alone. I was legit concerned RG3 would run the NFC East for years. That pushed all of us in ways we hadnt been pushed before.. However, Washington lost to Detroit at home for the first time since 1935, when they were still the Boston Redskins. Even with the best coaches, you can only go so far without the best players. Kotwica. Redskins Head Coach Ron Rivera Wants to Build A 'Player-Centered Culture' With A 'Coach-Centered Approach' Rivera was clear in his introductory press conference that the way to create a winning culture is by supporting the players with the voice from the head coach. After an Atlanta three-and-out, Washington got into the red zone, but Redskins kicker Billy Cundiff, who had missed three field goals the week before in Tampa Bay, shanked one from 31 yards out, and Washington was unable to build upon its advantage. The Redskins' finished the preseason going undefeated for the first time since the 1985 preseason. Round to GB, 2020 Green Bay Packers Season 13 3 Lost in NFC Finals to TB, Coach Kyle Shanahan Coaching Tree & Rating, Coach Matt LaFleur Coaching Tree & Rating, Coach Raheem Morris Coaching Tree & Rating. While Jay Gruden led the organization as head coach, a trio of current NFC playoff coaches worked on his staff. Hed run 10 new variations out of the same bunch formation. Just a bunch of overambitious, average athletes, McDaniel says. That each ended up elsewhere has become a topic of derision and mirth, but deserves to be placed in the correct context. Trailing 27-20 in the 4th quarter late, Cousins led them down the field to score a touchdown, but the Redskins decided to go for 2 for the win instead of the tie. In fact, it was far from a guarantee that LaFleur would ever become a head coach in the NFL. He hasn't coached football since Washington and can now be considered unofficially retired. He'd long had a connection with Kyle Shanahan dating to their time with the Houston Texans. Even ESPN's Adam Schefter, arguably the league's biggest media insider, chimed in with a tweet of his own on the topic. Father and son spent all four seasons together in Washington. In 2013, CBS Sports ran a piece labeling Kyle Shanahan difficult to work with and over-empowered to shape the offense. Shanahan saw the future in the unlined faces that stared back at him. The Rams made the audacious move of making McVay, who was just 30 years old when hired in January, 2017, the youngest head coach in modern NFL history. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. Jones added he has had some, You can unsubscribe anytime. Mike Shanahan sits at the head of a banquet table. Vote 9 Related Topics Join our linker program. LaFleur, meanwhile, left Washington with the Shanahans following the 2013 season. Trying to play spoiler, the Redskins hosted the Dallas Cowboys and attempted to spoil their playoff chances. That his system worked. 2016 Washington Redskins (DB Coach) 8-7-1. This article was published more than4 years ago. There is plenty of fuel for critics to use against WFT for its decisions on and off the field dating back 30 years. All the jokes this past spring about anyone in McVays orbit landing a head coaching interview missed the point. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Otherwise, he told his son, Theyd call that nepotism. Kyle met all three prerequisites in only his second year as a play caller (with Houston, the leagues fourth-ranked offense in 2009). Shanahan resigned from his position following the season, citing disagreement with Browns head coach Mike Pettine on how the offensive should be run. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. Detroit finished with a better conference record than St. Louis. Shanahan tasked McVay with binding playbooks, making copies, scribbling out play sheets and organizing cutups of opposing defenses. They can recite the quarterbacks who compiled their best seasons playing in some version of Shanahans timeless system. Shanahan became Cleveland's offensive coordinator in 2014 before joining the Falcons, while LaFleur left Washington to become Notre Dame's quarterbacks coach that same year. The Redskins define mediocrity because their QBs have been the definition of mediocre. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. They ditched the zone read elements from Washington and reconstructed the system to maximize Hoyers skills. SF Anquan Boldin 6-yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Phil Dawson kick), 9:33. Ron Rivera's Washington staff, which includes 11 members who worked for him in Carolina, will bring new schemes on both sides of the ball. Oakland then followed with a punt, too. LaFleur returned to the NFL in 2015, where he reunited with Shanahan in Atlanta as the Falcons' QBs coach. That was never going to happen. Washington Commanders Coaches Seasons: 91 (1932 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 625-630-29 Playoff Record: 23-20 Super Bowls Won: 3 (5 Appearances) Championships Won*: 5 All-time Passing Leader: Joe Theismann 2,044/3,602, 25,206 yds, 160 TD All-time Rushing Leader: John Riggins 1,988 att, 7,472 yds, 79 TD Vikings were competitive with Zimmer. After a poor kick return, Washington found themselves backed up in their own end, and Griffin and Morris exchanged a poor option pitch, and Morris fumbled in the end zone, forced to fall on it and giving Philadelphia a safety. CHI Robbie Gould 49-yard field goal, 8:44. That combined with the awful record in their fourth season led to the Shanahans' firing. Sean McVay, who succeeded Kyle as the Redskins offensive coordinator after serving as Washingtons tight ends coach for the previous three years, became the youngest head coach in NFL history when the Rams hired him as a 30-year-old in January 2017. The 32-year-old Hand is getting a one-year contract worth $2 million from, NBA veteran DeMarcus Cousins had an interesting reaction to Ja Morants latest controversy. Washington's struggles would continue, both offensively and defensively, in the second. Almost like, Can you believe this? Flowers says. Let's travel back in time to 2013. It became clear to me that I was never going to out-guru them. #skol pic.twitter.com/UyJfeOIaqe, Congrats to Matt Lafleur and his family! Trent Williams, Brian Orakpo and Alfred Morris were selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl. Shanahan served as Atlanta's offensive coordinator for two seasons, with quarterback Matt Ryan earning MVP honors in the second of those years. 1999 Saginaw Valley State; 2000 Saginaw Valley State; Griffin was benched for the rest of the season. Washington's offense finally possessed the ball, but running back Alfred Morris fumbled, giving possession right back to Philadelphia. In the five years since that staff was dismissed, McVay, 32, coordinated a top-10 offense and has won two division titles as a head coach. Washington went just 313 in 2013 and 412 in 2014, and the organization has struggled to truly return to contender status since Griffin's brief run of stardom. With the loss. Kyle Shanahan, who served as the Redskins offensive coordinator under his dad, inherited a 49ers team that won two games in 2016 and is 10-22 over two seasons in San Francisco. McVay served as Washington's offensive coordinator for three seasons. The story tabbed his assistants, all the young coaches other than McVay, as sycophants, yes men, there to appease the Shanahans, having not earned their coaching stripes. A graphic about the old Washington Redskins coaching staff is going viral this week ahead of the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. (Schedule and Results), Other Notable Asst. Atlanta finished with a better conference record than Tampa Bay. The Redskins were outscored 31-0 in the 4th quarter. Redskins Coaching Staff Head Coach: Ron Rivera Offense: Offensive Coordinator: Scott Turner Offensive Line: John Matsko Assistant OL: Travelle Wharton* Wide Receivers: Jim Hostler Assistant. He studied and borrowed from high school or college coaches, who tend to innovate more than their pro counterparts; he took some tenets from Bill Walsh and others from Mike Holmgren, George Seifert and Alex Gibbs, the long-time offensive line coach considered the leagues premier zone-blocking guru; and, when he became the head coach in Denver in 1995, he applied everything he learned from nine previous stops. The current Washington Redskins coaching staff has 24 coaches listed beginning with Head Coach Jay Gruden. Early in his tenure, he heard a someone yelling through the wall next door as he scribbled on a whiteboard. We werent outside the box; we didnt have one., Mike Shanahan filled his staff with young, motivated coaches; most were early 30s or younger, many were in their first or second jobs. Mike placed Kyle in charge of modernizing their scheme. This season, they collected shifty and speedy running backs, intending to deploy big-play threats out of the backfieldplaymakers at an affordable price. Ron Rivera's Washington staff, which includes 11 members who worked for him in Carolina, will bring new schemes on both sides of the ball. Washington got the ball back again, and Griffin found Hankerson a second time to cut the score to 3327. When McVay was hired by the Rams, Washington was not considering making a head coaching change. Under McVay, Washington's offense was one of the best statistical units in the NFL. This is a subreddit for the NFL community. Cant wait to see LaFleur out there 2x next year!, LaFleurs promotion to head coach reminds me how lucky I was to work with Coach Shanahans staff when I first entered the NFL. In 2017, the 49ers and Rams hired Kyle Shanahan and McVay, respectively, as head coaches. But not hiring McVay, Shanahan or LaFleur as head coach shouldn't be part of that conversation. I think Jay was a fine coach. I dont think Gruden gets enough credit for that. In the NFC, its the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. One potential culprit for the continued slump? The Broncos won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1998 and 99 with an offensive line featuring starters drafted in round seven (center Tom Nalen), round 10 (guards Mark Schlereth and Brian Habib) and not at all (tackle Tony Jones). 4 / 25 Special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica. Below is the complete list of Gibbs' coaching staff: OFFENSE. CHI Matt Forte 6-yard run (Robbie Gould kick), 12:49. Shanahan previously served as the Broncos head coach from 19952008, led the team to back-to-back Super Bowl titles in 1998 and 1999, and is the franchise's winningest head coach with a total of 146 games won. For a group that went 24-40 and made one playoff appearance over four seasons, Mike Shanahans Redskins staff from 2010 to 2013 sure had an abundance of head coaching talent. Later in the quarter, Matt Flynn threw a pass that was intercepted by cornerback David Amerson and returned 45 yards for a score and the deficit was 1410. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. If many around the league questioned Green Bay's decision, LaFleur has quieted any critics with three straight 13-win seasons. PHI Michael Vick 3-yard run (Alex Henery kick), 1:02. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to point to for Washington's struggles over the past decade and beyond. Kyle took McDaniel with him to Cleveland in 2014 and hired Mike LaFleur as an offensive assistant. The 2-point attempt failed and the Falcons won 27-26. For more details, review our, Anthony Richardson compares himself to former MVP quarterback. Redskins legend and current team analyst Chris Cooley appears on the verge of joining Ron Rivera's first coaching staff with the Redskins. Matt LaFleur becomes the third disciple of . Remember, folks, the Redskinsin 2013 had a coaching staff of Mike Shanahan, his son Kyle, Sean McVay, Matt LaFleur, Mike McDaniel, Raheem Morris, Jim Haslett and Aubrey Pleasant. LISTEN: Could Washington Corral Itself a Franchise QB. Among the offensive coaches, only McVay stayed in Washington to work under Jay Gruden, the coach hired as Shanahan's replacement. He was more thorough, detailed and exacting than any of the assistants, able to find mistakes on even the most explosive plays. Theyre all here, at the dinner, for something called the QB Collective. That started with Kyle, the prodigal son. It stalled when it reached the red zone, however, and Washington placekicker John Potter hit a 25-yard chip shot to cut the deficit to 143. NFC East Division Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 2020 San Francisco 49ers Season 6 10 | Did not Make Playoffs, 2020 Los Angeles Rams Season 10 6 Lost in Div. There are maybe a few takeaways here, besides recognizing how stacked that offensive staff was. Perhaps a brain drain among the coaching staff is to blame. Once considered the likely next head coach for Washington, the younger Shanahan instead took the offensive coordinator job with the Cleveland Browns. Though if any of the three aforementioned coaches were still in town, perhaps we'd be watching the Football Team in the divisional round. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division. Richardson had a big day at Indianapolis and set records for a quarterback in both the vertical jump and broad jump. MIN Blair Walsh 39-yard field goal, 9:57. So Kyle set out to make another alteration, stitching in a familiar concept: the zone read. The Washington Football Team looked to be in an enviable position entering the 2013 season. They knew that. By sending most plays wide of the tackles, he sought to effectively cut the field in halfhe could attack five to seven players more easily than all 11. McVay brought LaFleur to Los Angeles as the Rams offensive coordinator in 2017. They had a winning record in two of those years and made the playoffs once, all with Kirk Cousins at quarterback. Kyle Shanahan, Mike LaFleur and McDaniel went to San Francisco in 17 and, out of necessity, designed an offense around two tight ends. Cant wait to see LaFleur out there 2x next year! As offensive coordinator in San Francisco, he once suggested to his head coach, Seifert, that the 49ers line Jerry Rice up in the backfield. (Schedule and Results), Other Notable Asst. Yes, from 2010-2013, Kyle Shanahan (49ers), Sean McVay (Rams) and Matt LaFleur (Packers) all worked on Mike Shanahans staff in Washington. All Rights Reserved. Leading 23-17 late, the Redskins looked poised to pull out the upset, but the Cowboys would score with just under a minute left and won 24-23. at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. He was out of the league for a year before the Redskins tabbed him to replace embattled coach Jim Zorn, who had been unable to develop Jason Campbell into a franchise QB. All three standout coaches left Washington before landing new roles outside the organization. Rodgers connected with Jordy Nelson for a 15-yard score to make Green Bay's advantage 170. Or write about sports? Its almost like remembering a song for him, McDaniel says. With young innovators including Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur, the Redskins never knew what they had. Within a month, the Redskins hired Gruden and LaFleur accepted a job as the quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame. WAS John Potter 21-yard field goal, 1:44. Now the head coaches of the Packers, 49ers and Rams Matt LaFleur, Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay lead their teams in the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs this weekend.Back in 2013, here they are as the QB coach, offensive coordinator and TE coach for #WashingtonFootball pic.twitter.com/3n7nSG30P3.