Fifteen NFL teams enter this fall with a different offensive play-caller than the one who held that role at the beginning of last season. Nearly half of the league has experienced turnover as franchises try to replicate the magic that Sean McVay has conjured with the Rams. The Ringer’s Robert Mays dove deep into the wunderkind coaching trend this offseason—and analyzed the intricacies of six teams with new full-time play-callers for 2019.
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Everything You Need to Know About the NFL’s New Class of Offensive Play-Callers
The leaguewide search for the next Sean McVay was the story of the latest coaching carousel. How will that play out in 2019?
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August 22, 2019
Byron Leftwich and Bruce Arians Hope to Change the NFL by Changing the Bucs
The Tampa Bay coordinator enters this season as the only black offensive play-caller in the NFL. That status says a lot about the state of coaching in the league.
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August 20, 2019
Mayfield Mania and the New-Look Browns Are Giving Cleveland Reason to Believe
After 20 seasons of misery, the Browns have a generational quarterback, the right coach to unlock him, and plenty of talent surrounding them. Can it all come together for a dream season in 2019?
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August 19, 2019
The Vikings Are Doubling Down on Kirk Cousins—and a New Offensive Identity
Minnesota overhauled its offensive coaching staff this year in an effort to get the most out of its $84 million QB. Now the team’s Super Bowl aspirations lie in the hands of a young coordinator and the man who created the system he’s running.
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August 15, 2019
Can the NFL’s Youngest Play-caller Unlock Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott?
Kellen Moore has just one year of coaching experience under his belt. This season, he’s tasked with getting Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott to justify their looming mega-extensions.
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August 14, 2019
Kliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray Just Raised the Stakes of the NFL’s Offensive Revolution
As teams around the league search for innovative coaches and dynamic passers, the Cardinals have taken those trends to their extremes. Will hiring an Air Raid head coach and drafting a 5-foot-10 QB pay off?
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August 13, 2019
Matt LaFleur Is Here to Modernize the Packers Offense—and Maximize Aaron Rodgers’s Prime
Can Green Bay’s coaching whiz kid help one of the greatest QBs in NFL history return to MVP form?
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August 12, 2019
The NFL’s Great Sean McVay Experiment and the Age of the Coaching Wunderkind
What will determine who succeeds or fails in a league where the play-calling phenom is football’s most precious commodity?