Tag: Anthony Lynn

Lions OC Anthony Lynn right to find ‘not a damn thing’ to be proud of in loss to Bengals

Coach Lynn did not mince words about the Lions offense and its poor all-around play in the Week 6 loss to Cincinnati

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn was not happy with the performance of his unit in the 34-11 loss to the visiting Cincinnati Bengals in Week 6. Nor should he be.

Lynn was asked during his weekly media session what positives he took away from the loss to the Bengals. Lynn did not mince words.

“Not a damn thing. Not a damn thing,” Lynn said emphatically. “Every game up until then, I could’ve come in and could’ve told you some positives, but after the Cincinnati game, it’s just the way I felt. I think our squad feels that way offensively. We’re looking forward to going out and blessed to have another opportunity to go out on Sunday and do it again.”

The film study from the game backs up Lynn’s bluntly harsh assessment of his unit. Outside of some solid run blocking, notably from left tackle Penei Sewell and left guard Jonah Jackson, the Lions offense was a disaster in Week 7.

Quarterback Jared Goff was inconsistent in his drop depth and held the ball too long, often ignoring open targets down the field. Some of those targets — notably rookie WR Amon-Ra St. Brown and newcomer Geronimo Allison — were not when and where they needed to be, either. There were pre-snap penalties and missed blocks from wide receivers that spoiled any chance of running successfully.

The blame falls on the players for failing to execute, but that’s also on Lynn for not properly stressing the attention to detail to his players.

Lynn remains frustrated by the inability to play a complete game.

“We have yet to focus for four quarters,” Lynn said. “And you talk about this intense focus that it takes to be successful in this league, and I do believe we are a gritty group, but last week we did take a step backwards and I think guys are eager to play this week against a good football team and just see where we stand.”

Anthony Lynn shoots down any rumors of him leaving the Lions for USC

“No, I haven’t spoken with USC at all. My focus is one million percent right here with the Detroit Lions.”

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn doesn’t typically address things outside of his Lions responsibilities in his weekly press conferences. But Lynn made an exception this week.

Lynn addressed the nonspecific but virulent rumors circulating that he is a candidate to take over as head coach of the USC Trojans program.

“I’m surprised that was the fourth question. I was waiting on that one,” Lynn said. “My sister graduated from USC. Half of my family is in California. A lot of guys I’ve played with went to USC. So, of course those guys have talked to me and that’s flattering, but to be honest with you, I’m surprised something like this even went public.”

Lynn continued,

“No, I haven’t spoken with USC at all. My focus is one million percent right here with the Detroit Lions. I love what Coach Campbell and Brad Holmes are doing, the Ford family, I love the grit in our players, hell, I love this fanbase. We want to win for these people and we’re going to build a consistent winner here, but this is where my focus is right now.”

Lions OC Anthony Lynn sorts out who replaces Tyrell Williams at WR for Week 2

Based on what Lynn said, it appears Trinity Benson will get his chances

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To say the Detroit Lions wide receiving corps entering Week 2 is an unknown is a huge understatement. With top veteran receiver Tyrell Williams out for Monday night’s game in Green Bay with a concussion, the unit becomes an even more anonymous group.

Williams’ loss pushes everyone up the depth chart. That’s the easy part. It’s much more difficult to ascertain the WR depth chart with all the changes and inexperience.

Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn was asked about the receivers in his weekly press conference. He cited an interesting name in the group first: newcomer Trinity Benson.

The Lions traded two Day 3 picks in the 2022 NFL draft to Denver for Benson and a return Day 3 pick in 2023 before final roster cutdowns. The speedy Benson caught three passes for 19 yards on six targets from Jared Goff in the Week 1 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Now he could be the featured performer on Monday Night Football.

“(Trinity) Benson is getting better every practice. We threw him out there last week. I think he had been here for three days, and he did a good job for the length of time that he’s been here, but he’s gotten better. So, he will play more,” Lynn told reporters.

As for the rest of the receiving corps, Lynn also mentioned rookie Amon-Ra St. Brown. With presumptive starter Kalif Raymond questionable after suffering a late-week injury in practice, expect to see Tom Kennedy too.

“(Benson) will see more reps and (Amon-Ra St. Brown) Saint’s reps will go up this week. We’ll see what happens. (Tom) Kennedy, I believe he’s going to play this week, Lynn said.

The Lions offense is looking for someone, anyone to step up and fill Williams’ void.

“We’re definitely going to need some guys to step up because Tyrell, that’s going to be hard to replace,” Lynn stated. “He was a starter in this league and a veteran at that. That’s hard to replace at this point with a young group, but guys have got to step up and start making a name for themselves at some point, might as well start this week.”

Former Chargers’ coach Anthony Lynn explains why he didn’t start Justin Herbert in Week 1

Justin Herbert proved on short notice in 2020 that he was capable of starting, but Anthony Lynn explains why he waited to put the rookie in action.

The start of Justin Herbert’s NFL career was about as chaotic as you can possibly make it for a rookie quarterback.

With the clock ticking down before the Los Angeles Chargers’ week 2 game against the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs, Herbert got word from the coaching staff that he would be starting, following a medical injury to Tyrod Taylor, who reportedly punctured a lung before the game.

So, being thrown into the fire against the reigning NFL MVP, Herbert was asked to step up. He didn’t disappoint, going 22-for-33 for 311 yards, throwing 1 touchdown and 1 interception in a 23-20 loss. The rest is history, as the Chargers stuck with Herbert and rode him to a promising season that saw the former Duck win the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.

But if Herbert was so good in his first game, why did it take the Chargers until Week 2 to actually deploy him? Well, former Los Angeles coach Anthony Lynn recently explained his reasoning on the Compas on the Beat podcast:

I did not want to expose him too soon. I’ve seen what that has done to some top picks — especially at the quarterback position. And how sometimes, those young men never recover because they’re living in a day and age where the media is just right there. I mean, social media, and things spread, and some of these kids are just not mentally strong enough to overcome a lot of the negative vibes that they get early in their careers. I think that’s pretty obvious when you look at the quarterback position.

But Justin had to go in and play. We didn’t have any choice. Tyrod [Taylor] got his lungs punctured. Justin found out as the ball was literally in the air — I’m grabbing Justin saying, ‘You’re the starter.’ And the way he handled that situation, I tell you what, he couldn’t have handled it any better.

Now, after his dynamic rookie season, the spotlight is on Herbert, who will be playing under yet another new coaching staff, this time led by Brandon Staley.

If what we saw in 2020, and his years before that at Oregon, are any indication, the next several years are going to be incredibly fun to watch.

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Ex-Chargers HC Anthony Lynn planned on taking year off before joining Lions

The former head coach of the Chargers wanted to take some time away from football.

The Chargers decided to part ways with former head coach Anthony Lynn after the 2020 season.

Like most coaches after being let go of, Lynn had no intentions of remaining on the sidelines the following season.

However, Lynn’s mind quickly changed when Lions HC Dan Campbell offered him the offensive coordinator position.

“I was actually going to sit this year out, but when they called, I had to go because I wanted to be a part of that. I knew it was going to be special,” Lynn told Gilbert Manzano and Fernando Ramirez of the podcast, Compas on the Beat.

Back in 2005, when Lynn was a part of the Cowboys’ staff as their running backs coach, defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and Campbell were players.

“I got to know those two very well. They handled themselves like coaches as players,” Lynn said about Glenn and Campbell.

And so because coach [Bill] Walsh kind of picked me out and sat me aside and talked to me about coaching and it worked, I try to do the same thing with current players.

I just helped plant that seed — when you’re done playing, that’s something I think you should do. And I did that with Dan and Aaron Glenn.”

Lynn spent the past four seasons as Los Angeles’ head coach, going 33-31 before he was fired.

He led L.A. to a 12-4 record and a playoff victory in 2018, but he was unable to carry that success, going 5-11 in 2019 and under .500 in 2020.

Jared Goff was the worst QB in 2020 with pre-snap motion

Goff’s final season with the Los Angeles Rams was a struggle when the team incorporated a lot of movement before the snap

When new Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn is designing the passing game, he might want to scale back the pre-snap motion concepts. His Detroit quarterback, Jared Goff, doesn’t fare too well with all the movement before he gets the ball.

In fact, Goff was the NFL’s worst passer in 2020 with pre-snap motion factored in, according to research from Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar. Goff’s final season with the Los Angeles Rams was a struggle when the team incorporated a lot of movement before the snap.

Sean McVay has one of the more interesting set of pre-snap concepts — everything from jet motions to motion to trips and bunch. So why is it, you may ask, that Jared Goff, McVay’s former quarterback, managed to complete 152 of 237 passes for 1,559 yards, 669 air yards, eight touchdowns, eight interceptions, and a passer rating of 80.1? Well, you have to see how the defense adjusts to that motion, so it could be said that for some quarterbacks, pre-snap movement can be just as confusing for them as it is for those defenses.

It will be interesting to see if the relative struggles carry over with Goff in Detroit, working behind a better (on paper) offensive line but a lesser receiving corps than he had to work with in Los Angeles.

In case you were wondering, Detroit’s Matthew Stafford was around the league average efficiency in 2020 with pre-snap motion.

Matthew Stafford, who now replaces Goff, completed 147 of 226 passes with pre-snap motion for 1,734 yards, 852 air yards, 13 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 98.2

Stafford was never a big proponent of lots of motion during his Detroit days, so it will also be interesting to see how he adapts to the increased use of pre-snap activity under McVay in Los Angeles.

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Lions OC Anthony Lynn checks out Penei Sewell at Oregon pro day

Nearly all the Oregon draft prospects are on defense except Sewell

The Oregon Ducks held their pro day workout on Friday with all 32 NFL teams in attendance. Representing the Lions in Eugene: offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn.

There may be some significance to choosing to send Lynn. While most of the Oregon draft prospects are on defense–they have at least three defensive backs who should get selected in the draft later this month–the biggest Duck on the draft radar is offensive tackle Penei Sewell. And he’s very much in play for the Lions at No. 7 overall…if he lasts that long.

Sewell put on an impressive workout for a 20-year-old, 335-pound man standing just under 6-foot-5. While he had weirdly short arms (33 1/4 inches, very short for his height), Sewell stood out otherwise as a very good athlete for his size and position.

Sewell is by far the consensus choice in mock drafts for the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 5 overall, but there is some school of thought the Bengals could instead select LSU wideout Ja’marr Chase to reunite him with QB Joe Burrow.

Offensive tackle isn’t a pressing need for the Lions but adding Sewell would potentially shore up the position for years. There are some warts to Sewell’s game (he’ll overextend in space and stays too high in the run game at times) and he opted out of playing in 2020, so it’s a risky proposition to take him at No. 7. But Sewell has a chance to be a great NFL offensive tackle and the Lions appear intrigued in possibly having that happen in Detroit.

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New Lions coaches has big plans for former Georgia RB D’Andre Swift

Expect more touches for former Georgia football RB D’Andre Swift going forward with the Detroit Lions.

Expect former Georgia running back D’Andre Swift to receive a few more touches per game under new offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn.

The former LA Chargers head coach Lynn, who was hired in late January to run the offense in Detroit, spoke to how he believes Swift should become a more significant part of the Lions’ passing game.

He also added that Detroit needs to “find someone else to go with him (Swift).”

Lynn is not the only new coach who has big plans for Swift, a former second round pick who just wrapped his rookie season. New running backs coach Deuce Staley added to what Lynn said, noting that Swift is a special player who should be seeing 25 touches per game.

 “A lot of people think you got to go have 20 carries as running back to be successful, and sometimes you do,” Staley said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “But touches, when you have a good back, an electrifying back, touches are definitely more important. You can get 18 carries and seven touches as far as receptions and you have 25 touches, which is what you want from your star back. When I look at D’Andre, I do think he’s a three-down back and like I said, he has some special traits I can’t wait to get my hands on, so I’m excited about that.”

Swift’s rookie season concluded with the Philadelphia native rushing for 521 yards and 8 touchdowns on 114 carries. he also 46 passes for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns.

How can the Detroit Lions maximize Jared Goff?

Anthony Lynn helped develop Justin Herbert this season. Now he takes on Jared Goff. Fixing him might require a trip to school.

The Saturday night trade of Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams sent immediate reverberations through the football world. The Rams are now without a first-round pick for years, having shipped multiple first-rounders to the Motor City – along with a third-round pick – for Stafford.

But there is another piece to the deal, one that has largely stayed under the radar. The Rams also included a quarterback in the deal, one who you can assume will be a starting quarterback for the start of the 2021 season.

So the question is this: How can the Detroit Lions maximize Jared Goff?

It is important to remember at this moment that the new Lions general manager, who was integral to this deal, is Brad Holmes. His previous job? He was the Director of College Scouting for the Rams. During his tenure Los Angeles drafted players such as Aaron Donald, Todd Gurley, Cooper Kupp, and yes, Jared Goff.

Holmes, in fact, was at least one of the people in Los Angeles “banging the table” for the Rams to trade up and draft Goff back in 2016, so Goff is reunited with a general manager who truly believes in what he can be as a passer.

So how can new Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn make the most out of Detroit’s new quarterback, bolstering Holmes’ beliefs in the QB?

First, Lynn needs to identify the issues with Goff in Los Angeles. These have been covered extensively in the past, and they boil down to a single word: hesitation. Goff, even at this point in his career, still can be too cautious in the pocket. It is an issue that can be traced from this season back to Super Bowl LIII and the 2018 campaign:

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By now everyone probably knows how Sean McVay was able to prop up Goff and make him effective in the Rams’ offense. Using eye candy, play-action and a very quarterback-friendly scheme, McVay put Goff in a position to be successful. But even in that environment, Goff never fully developed. Yes, the McVay/Shanahan system has proved that it can make average quarterbacks look good due to the scheme, but does it perhaps hold back their development? By creating so many crutches for them, does it stunt their growth?

Consider this. Over a year ago I wrote a piece with the title “Ruining Quarterbacks 2.0: Zheng He, Admiral James Stavridis, And the Precarious Handling of Young Quarterbacks.” While reading “Sailing True North,” written by Admiral Stavridis, who was once the Supreme Commander of NATO, I came across a passage that made me think of quarterbacks.

Goff in particular:

At every port of call, Zheng He was confronted by new and often dangerous situations, which required him to make a range of quick decisions weighing his mission, the safety of his ships and crew; and his perception of the scene on the ground. During his third voyage, Zheng He called in Sri Lanka in the midst of a three-way civil war between a Sinhalese Buddhist kingdom in the south, a Tamil Muslim kingdom in the north, and a rebel Sinhalese warrior who fought both.

His instructions to establish relations with the people on the island were silent on this unforeseen and challenging situation, which must have taken the admiral himself some time to decipher. (By chance, Zheng He’s first contact was with the rebel leader, which could not have made things easier for him.) He was forced to adapt to the events on the ground without recourse to “instructions” from higher authority. He was able to establish trading relations with all three groups and kept Chinese neutrality – and opportunity for further trade – alive.

Even with the ubiquity and speed of modern communications, today’s leaders still frequently find themselves called to make similar decisions: on the scene, on the spur of the moment, and on limited situational understanding. In many cases, developing the ability to operate autonomously while remaining within the intent of one’s mission is an important part of a leader’s developmental process–and one that today’s leaders may have to develop on their own initiative. If a young leader comes to over-rely on constant and near-instant access to higher authority, he or she can miss out on this crucial maturation step. (Emphasis added)

All I could think about was Goff, and how McVay structured his offense down to breaking the huddle early in the play clock so he could continue to give his quarterback advice through the helmet radio.

It made Goff effective, but was he too missing out on the critical maturation step identified by Stavridis?

Perhaps Lynn can find a way to tap into the QB that Goff can be, and there might be a way.

If indecisiveness is the problem, have there been moments – outside of the schematic elements of McVay’s offense – where Goff has been more decisive with the football?

I found them when the formation was emptied and Goff was alone in the pocket.

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2021 NFL coaching changes: Detroit Lions

Detroit hired Dan Campbell to replace Matt Patricia. What does it mean for fantasy football?

There’s a great amount of real estate to cover with the Detroit Lions hiring a new head coach and coordinators for both sides of the ball. This offseason also will introduce massive changes at quarterback and wide receiver, in all likelihood.

Former Lions tight end Dan Campbell was hired away from the New Orleans Saints to replace Matt Patricia as the newest head coach of this long-standing franchise. Campbell brought former Saints defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn to the Motor City as the incoming defensive coordinator, and recently dismissed Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn will pilot the offense.

Campbell played in the NFL from 1999 until the 2009 season, operating mostly as a blocker. He laced up his cleats for the New York Giants (1999-2002), Dallas Cowboys (2003-05) and, as mentioned, Detroit (2006-08), appearing in only three games. Campbell signed with the Saints in ’09 but tore a knee ligament and missed the entire season.

As a coach, he entered the league’s intern program and was hired by the Miami Dolphins in 2011. The following year, Campbell was promoted to coach his former playing position. In 2015, he was named interim head coach after Joe Philbin was fired prior to the team’s fifth game. Campbell would win five of his 12 contests.

The next season, he’d be reunited in New Orleans with Sean Payton for the fourth time. Payton was his offensive coordinator in New York for a few seasons and also an assistant in Dallas. The injury-ruined 2009 season as a player found the pair together for the third time, and Payton has been Campbell’s boss since 2016 (assistant head coach/tight ends coach).

Coaching tendencies

Dan Campbell

We’ve already beaten the Payton connection to death, so there’s no need to go into great detail there. Campbell was fortunate enough to learn from one of the best coaching minds the game has seen, but we’ve also witnessed plenty of examples of that not working out for a first-time head coach (ahem, Patricia).

Philbin helped orchestrate the Green Bay Packers offense under Mike McCarthy from 2007-11 and again in 2018 — the year he’d replace McCarthy. While Philbin was not a great head coach in his own right, that’s not to say Campbell didn’t learn something from him in South Beach. The offensive designs were modified West Coast offenses, or the same base system Payton has polished to a brilliant luster with the Saints.

Despite being known for his no-nonsense approach, Campbell brings a player-friendly blend of leadership to the Lions. One of the chief issues with Patricia, aside from the lack of wins, was his inability to connect with players due to the implementation of a stringent, Bill Belichickian culture, minus the street cred. As a former NFL player for a decade, the blue-collar Campbell is said to know which buttons to press and when, as well as recognizing the appropriate time to be “one of the guys.”

We could deep dive that side of things until Lions actually win a game, but the point of its inclusion is that fantasy footballers shouldn’t have to worry about Campbell alienating his players or pushing them to the point of wanting out.

Expect a tough, disciplined approach from Campbell. Look for an offense that wants to be physical for a change, and count on his players being motivated to run through a brick wall for the guy.

Aaron Glenn

A former cornerback, Glenn has two coaching stops and as many job titles as a coach in his seven years on the sidelines. He was an assistant defensive backs coach for Cleveland from 2014-15 before joining the Saints as a full-fledged DBs coach until this season. He was a heck of a football player in his day, and the Saints have been one of the best secondaries in football under his leadership, but Detroit has major holes to fill.

Successful fantasy defenses almost always start and end with a pass rush. Detroit’s was second-to-last in 2020 (24 sacks) and only ninth from the bottom in 2019 (28). Merely one of the past five seasons has produced more than 35 sacks, and Detroit has managed exactly seven interceptions in three straight campaigns after generating 19 in 2017 alone.

The likelihood of Detroit turning around from being among the weakest fantasy defenses for years running to a consistently useful commodity is practically zero. The reasoning mainly comes down to a lack of personnel and also a first-time defensive coordinator in Glenn. Unless this unit drastically upgrades its personnel via free agency and the draft, it’s tough to even see them being a streaming unit more than a few times all season in 2021.

Anthony Lynn

Campbell will call the shots overall, but from a fantasy football perspective, Lynn is the more important character of this ensemble. Lynn entered the coaching world back in 2000 following his retirement as a player. He worked his way up the ranks mostly as a running backs coach, his former position. Lynn was the assistant head coach of the New York Jets under Rex Ryan and followed him to Buffalo. From 2009-13, while with the Jets, Lynn’s backfield generated an NFL-best 137 rushing yards per game.

In Buffalo, Lynn was named interim offensive coordinator after Greg Roman was fired in September of 2016. The Bills would finish second in rushing attempts, first in yardage, first in rushing touchdowns, first in yards per attempt and last in passing attempts. He would parlay that success into the head job with the Chargers from 2017 until his recent firing.

The Bolts didn’t resemble the rushing powerhouse Lynn oversaw in Buffalo for that partial season, nor did the play selection skew so heavily in favor of the ground game. Keep in mind, “balanced” in today’s NFL means a team is throwing it roughly two-thirds of the time, compared to the 50.93-49.07 percent run-first ratio in ’16. The highest percentage of rushing vs. passing plays in LA during his tenure was 43.8 percent in 2018.

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Now, we could get into myriad reasons why the Chargers passed so much more — and it’s not necessarily a bad thing that they did — but Lynn wasn’t the full-time playcaller during his four years. He had two legitimate offensive coordinators in Ken Whisenhunt and Shane Steichen. The Bolts shocked the league with the 2020 play of rookie quarterback phenom Justin Herbert, and the defense struggled in the past couple of years, primarily due to injuries. Nevertheless, Austin Ekeler was a top-five PPR back in 2019, and Melvin Gordon was No. 8 overall among RBs in 2018 while playing just 12 games. He was the fifth-best rusher the year before, so we have plenty of positives, even with the team not running with the same frequency.

Lynn’s success with running backs is remarkable. In four of the seasons with the Jets, his backs produced personal highs in rushing yardage. In New York, he was a frequent user of two-back sets. The resume of productive RBs under his tutelage is extensive. Jamal Lewis enjoyed a resurgence with the Cleveland Browns. Dallas RBs Marion Barber III and Julius Jones combined for more than 1,500 rushing yards in consecutive seasons. Jacksonville’s Fred Taylor’s personal-high 1,572 yards and two of the four best rushing yardage seasons in Jaguars history came while Lynn was guiding him.

No matter how good the system may be, it all comes down to having the right people to do the job on the field.

Personnel changes

Here’s were the rubber meets the road for Detroit. Quarterback Matthew Stafford will be traded away, barring some unexpected twist to the developing plot. The Lions’ top-three wideouts — Kenny Golladay, Marvin Jones and Danny Amendola — are set to become unrestricted free agents in March. Running back Adrian Peterson has been an effective role player, but he, too, is a free agent. Kicker Matt Prater also is available to sign elsewhere.

Make no mistake about it, this will be among the youngest teams, at least on offense, in the NFL in 2021. In all probability, the starting quarterback will be a rookie. The youngest of those impending free agents is the 28-year-old Golladay.

All of this change will, in theory, offer increased chances for young talents, like RB D’Andre Swift, wide receiver Quintez Cephus and tight end T.J. Hockenson.

The offensive line has a couple of blue-chip pieces to build around, but otherwise, the cupboard projects to be awfully barren in Motown.

Fantasy football takeaway

There’s hardly anything to say of substance without knowing the quarterback and his primary weapons. As for the few names mentioned above, Swift is the best bet to lead this offense from a fantasy perspective. The to-be second-year back is dynamic and explosive, offering help as a dual-threat weapon. Lynn loves himself some ground game, which helps Swift’s chances, so long as there’s room to roam. The Lions may give Kerryon Johnson a real shot at pairing with Swift, but another veteran addition, like Peterson, isn’t out of the question.

Next up in terms of helping gamers would be Hockenson, especially if he has a rookie quarterback throwing his way. Tight ends tend to be BFFs for inexperienced passers. Hockenson already mostly broke out in 2020, so there’s not going to be much in the way of draft value, unless gamers perceive a QB change as being a major blow to his outlook.

Cephus is an intriguing option as a late-round flier. He brings a 6-foot-1, 202-pound frame to the mix and has enough separation ability to get deep, despite not being a burner. He’s a classic example of a wideout who plays faster than he times.

Expect the Lions to look extremely different in 2020, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing after all of this time of substandard play. We’ll provide a comprehensive update as the roster begins to take shape over the coming months.