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Jay Gruden in minority when it comes to calling plays
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John Keim
ESPN Staff Writer
Redskins coach Jay Gruden is in the minority of NFL coaches when it comes to calling plays.
Only eight coaches are expected to call offensive plays this season, with Gruden among them. Two coaches will call defensive plays – Minnesota’s Mike Zimmer and Buffalo’s Rex Ryan (h/t to colleague Rob Demovsky for compiling this list with a survey of NFL Nation reporters).The coaches who call their own plays in addition to Gruden: Philadelphia’s Chip Kelly, New Orleans Sean Payton, Arizona’s Bruce Arians, Kansas City’s Andy Reid, Houston’s Bill O’Brien, Tennessee’s Ken Whisenhunt and Denver’s Gary Kubiak.It was recently reported that Green Bay’s Mike McCarthy was going to surrender play-calling duties for 2015.
I don’t know how many teams, if any, have the same setup as the Redskins in which the offensive coordinator, Sean McVay, relays the plays called by the head coach to the quarterback.Is there a connection between who calls plays and the success of an offense? Hard to say; there are so many responsibilities of a head coach that calling their own plays can be tricky. That's one reason why the Redskins hired quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh this offseason. But there are other factors that enter into the success or failure of play-callers as the below list shows. New Orleans and Philadelphia have good offensive talent and sharp play-callers; it added up to success. But the other teams had quarterback issues or injuries or both.
Anyway, of the offensive coaches who will call their own plays this year, here’s how their offenses ranked last year:
Philadelphia: fifth in yards, third in points.
Washington: 13th in yards, 26th in points.
New Orleans: first in yards, ninth in points.
Kansas City: 25th in yards, 16th in points.
Houston: 17th in yards, 14th in points.
Tennessee: 29th in yards, 30th in points.
Arizona: 24th in yards, 24th in points.
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Laram
