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Kyle Shanahan was hired as an OC for the first time at 28. McVay just turned 27. Seen as a rising star. Future head coaching type.

AnthonyRRedskin1995 wrote:He can't be worse than daddy's boy kyle.

Irn-Bru wrote:Wow, I had no idea he was that young. I guess he must have really impressed people in the past couple of years.

SkinsJock wrote:as I posted elsewhere ... I am glad we have decided on a HC and I like the choice .. I agree with riggofan - it's time to move on with all this

I particularly like the choice for OC - Sean McVay - it might have been harder to 'work together' if we'd brought in some super OC
this way Sean can learn from Jay and at the same time bring some new thinking to the offense that Jay has proven is a good offense

we do need a QB coach that complements what these 2 want to get done and gets RG3 ready to be the QB he (RG3) wants to be
RG3 said today that he's looking forward to becoming a much better all round QB and not just a good read option type QB

skinsfan#33 wrote:It's not like he would be calling the plays. He would really be the asst OC since Gruden will be the play caller. Maybe he helps Gruden build a game plan.

Colorado Skin Fan wrote:Players universally say he is a brilliant football mind and can teach the game. We need both. This was from ey, Fletcher, and Paul. All pretty credible sources. I read more unilateral support on-line for McVay today than anyone else on the staff.

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He won’t have a problem calling plays.”

But Gruden will serve as play-caller, he said.

“It’s got to be genuine,” he said of the trust that he intends to develop with Griffin. “He’s got to believe it. I’m going to let him know that I’m a trustworthy guy. He’s also got to understand that I expect a lot from the starting quarterback. I expect him to come in and prepare and work hard and I expect him to take the blame on some throws. I expect him to be a great leader. I expect him to do extra things to be great. As long as he’s working his butt off, I will provide him with everything he needs to be successful and I will give him every avenue – if he doesn’t like a play, I’m not going to call the play. I want to make sure that he’s going to be comfortable with everything we’re doing so he goes out on game day and he can succeed.”

“I think Sean would be terrific as an offensive coordinator. I'll tell you what guys, I've had nothing to say but great things about Sean McVay. He is a football-minded guy, he'll do a great job in that role. I'm extremely excited for him. Yes, he was the tight ends coach here for the last two and a half seasons … When Jon Embree took the job in Colorado, I went into Mike and Kyle and said it has to be Sean for tight ends coach. I would love this guy. He took over as kind of the interim for kind of a couple weeks and he was as good as it got for me as a position coach. I mean, a smart a guy as I've been around as a position coach. So I think that's a good decision.”