So bear with me a bit. I don't watch much in the way of actual games anymore and just do most of my "footballing" by following it online and reading articles so I don't see much of this stuff play out.
But on my way home this morning I was listening to Fox Sports radio and Shannon and Skip were on. They were discussing whether Goff was a system QB or not. Shannon was arguing that all QBs are system QBs and most other players are system players. He used himself as an example that when he was coming out of college, only 3 teams used H-backs. But back to QBs. Sharpe was saying that McVay came him, he looked at what Goff did well and built a system around that. Specifically, that you don't see a lot of short passes in their offense but you do see a lot of play action and then deep throws (that works for Goff because he has a strong arm). They already had Gurley when McVay got there so it worked well to build around the run and play action.
Anyway, listening to that . . . isn't that exactly what Seattle tries to do? Yet McVay is held up as some sort of offensive genius.
But on my way home this morning I was listening to Fox Sports radio and Shannon and Skip were on. They were discussing whether Goff was a system QB or not. Shannon was arguing that all QBs are system QBs and most other players are system players. He used himself as an example that when he was coming out of college, only 3 teams used H-backs. But back to QBs. Sharpe was saying that McVay came him, he looked at what Goff did well and built a system around that. Specifically, that you don't see a lot of short passes in their offense but you do see a lot of play action and then deep throws (that works for Goff because he has a strong arm). They already had Gurley when McVay got there so it worked well to build around the run and play action.
Anyway, listening to that . . . isn't that exactly what Seattle tries to do? Yet McVay is held up as some sort of offensive genius.