New scheme
The change of signal-callers also includes a change in scheme. The offense will hardly be recognized from what it looked like over the past decade with the pocket-passing from Rivers.
Shane Steichen, who took over as interim offensive coordinator in Week 7 last season, is now the permanent OC, and he had an entire offseason to put the scheme exactly how he envisioned.
With the new system in place, we can expect more pistol formation, play-action and run-pass option. The offense is going to look a lot more like the Ravens offense last season. Coach Anthony Lynn and Baltimore offensive coordinator Greg Roman coached together in Buffalo in 2015 and 2016.
Taylor and Herbert have the skill sets to run the concepts the Ravens do, like zone read and other quarterback option runs, which was hardly ever the case when Rivers was under center for Los Angeles.
Seeing how it all unfolds will be fascinating.
“We’re putting in a new system, but you got to go rep it,” offensive coordinator Shane Steichen said. “There will be some similarities to what we’ve done and there’s going to be some wrinkles, too.”