Bills name DJ Mangas offensive quality control coach

#Bills name DJ Mangas offensive quality control coach:

DJ Mangas has been named an assistant on the Buffalo Bills coaching staff.

The team announced that Mangas, 34, is the new offensive quality control coach:

Mangas was most recently at the college level locally at the University at Buffalo. He was their offensive coordinator.

In December it was announced that Mangas was joining the Bills, however, his title was only just announced.

Mangas is known as a friend of current Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady. The two worked together in 2019 at LSU. At that time, Mangas was an offensive analyst. Brady was the team’s passing game coordinator.

That season, LSU went undefeated and won the national championship.

Like Brady and Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott, Mangas played at William & Mary College as well.

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Bills hire Joe Brady’s friend, DJ Mangas, as offensive aide

#Bills hire Joe Brady’s friend, DJ Mangas, as offensive aide:

The Buffalo Bills have added DJ Mangas to their coaching staff. He will serve as an offensive aide.

Mangas did not go far physically. He most-recently served as offensive coordinator for the University at Buffalo this past season.

Mangas, 34, left the UB program on Dec. 1, according to the Buffalo News. He is known as a friend of current Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady.

The two worked together in 2019 at LSU. At that time, Mangas was an offensive analyst. Brady was the team’s passing game coordinator.

That season, LSU went undefeated and won the national championship.

Like Brady and Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott, Mangas played at William & Mary College as well.

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Report: Brian Kelly let go passing game coordinator DJ Mangas

DJ Mangas won’t be with LSU when they play in the Texas Bowl.

Another staffing move has been made for the LSU Tigers by head coach Brian Kelly. According to Bruce Feldman, the new head coach has let go of passing game coordinator DJ Mangas. Mangas was an offensive analyst under Ed Orgeron in 2019 and left for the Carolina Panthers with Joe Brady. He returned for the 2021 season as passing game coordinator with offensive coordinator Jake Peetz.

Mangas was in charge of play calls on third down in passing situations but now Kelly has opted to promote an analyst in his place. Carter Sheridan spent time with the New Orleans Saints as an analyst. He will be working with the wide receivers as they prepare for the Kansas State Wildcats in the Texas Bowl.

This will remove one part of the playcalling and leave it entirely up to Peetz. It seemed like a weird dynamic to have two different coordinators calling plays for the offense.

There has been no word at this point as to whether or not Peetz will return to the staff in 2022 as the offensive coordinator. Brian Kelly likely still weighing his options and won’t make a decision until after the early signing period comes to an end. Perhaps it could wait until after bowl season when other teams wrap up their season.

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The Monday After: LSU needs to find a way to finish

Do you trust LSU to win the final two games?

The theme of this season has to do with finishing, the LSU Tigers have shown the inability to finish out games. After the first month of the season the Tigers found themselves 3-1. Everything was still in front of them despite an early embarrassment against the UCLA Bruins.

When the calendar changed to October, the wheels started to come off for LSU. They lost at home to Auburn, something that hasn’t happened since 1999. In that game they held the lead but couldn’t find a way to finish the game. Instead they relied on four Cade York field goals to be their offense, the last coming with 3:26 to go in the third quarter. Auburn scored 14 in the final 18 minutes of the game to win. The LSU offense finished with three punts and an interception to lose 24-19.

The very next week it was Kentucky, not much you can say about that game because the Wildcats did whatever they wanted in that game. The team didn’t look prepared for what Mark Stoops’ team was going to do. Then the Florida game happened, and as we have seen the Gators haven’t looked the same since the Alabama game. Ole Miss completely shut down the offense and only allowed LSU to score 10 points late in the game with backup quarterback Garrett Nussmeier.

The open date couldn’t have come at a better time due to the fact that this team was reeling. Losers in three of the last four games, and could have been four straight if a play or two goes the other way. Just the way things go in the game of college football.

When Ed Orgeron and company rolled into Tuscaloosa, everyone expected the Crimson Tide to blow them out. It didn’t happen. In fact LSU had a real opportunity to win that game. They led 7-0 for most of the first half, it wasn’t until Max Johnson turned the ball over twice that allowed Alabama to take control of the scoreboard. In the third quarter the Tigers trailed 20-7 after really making life difficult on Bryce Young and the Tide.

It was a 14-play 89-yard drive by the offense that got LSU back in it. The drive capped off by a Max Johnson to Jack Bech 8-yard touchdown throw. The Tigers were down just six points and you had to like their chances based on how the defense was playing. In the final seven minutes of the game LSU had the ball on three different drives. Two of which ended with a pass into the endzone that wasn’t caught. They just couldn’t finish against the Tide.

The failings in the Arkansas game are well documented. After two drives that resulted in two punts where the offense had 13 snaps and 39 yards, Johnson was pulled in favor of Garrett Nussmeier. It paid immediate dividends as he led the team on back-to-back scoring drives to take the lead at 10-3. The next six drives were anything but successful. Punt, fumble, punt, punt, missed field goal, interception. The team couldn’t finish and it allowed the Hogs back into the game.

The offense would tie the game up in the fourth quarter, where it would remain until halftime. Nussmeier and the offense held possession of the ball for 10:55 of the final quarter. Time of possession clearly in their favor but they could only muster those three points at the beginning of the final quarter. LSU would turn the ball over on downs at the Arkansas 38-yard line and then punt with just 0:17 left in the game. In overtime Nussmeier was intercepted in the end zone and Cam Little sent everyone home on a 29-yard field goal.

The problems with this team go so far beyond the quarterback play. They don’t have a full compliment of their offensive line. Receivers don’t do enough to get open. The playcalling is atrocious. There is a stench on the offensive side of the ball that likely won’t get better until they rid themselves of Ed Orgeron, Jake Peetz, and DJ Mangas.

They could still win the final two games and get to bowl season. At this point, do you trust them?

LSU Offense: Orgeron wants to go ‘warp speed’ against Central Michigan

Hopefully this plan works for Ed Orgeron and the LSU Tigers.

Going into fall camp, there was a level of optimism going into the 2021 campaign. The team was going back to the Joe Brady offense they helped win them a national championship. To do so, the LSU Tigers hired two Joe Brady assistants from Carolina in Jake Peetz and DJ Mangas.

The only problem is that during the two weeks to open the season this offense has looked like anything but a Joe Brady system. These two coaches are in their first season with the Tigers, so one shouldn’t expect them to hit the ground running as soon as the team broke camp.

After watching the team struggle to move the ball consistently against UCLA and McNeese, it is time to speed up the offense with an up-tempo approach.

When speaking with the media, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron states the offense needs to kick it up a notch.

“I think it’s more we’re trying to love over, get the perfect play for the perfect defense,” Orgeron said when discussing the issues on offense. “We had a discussion and we’re better off sometimes going to what we call ‘warp’. Go fast and attack the defense and we’re going to practice that this week.”

Going up-tempo or ‘warp’ could be a way for the offense to disguise some of its weaknesses. More specifically the weaknesses with the offensive line. They have allowed five sacks and countless pressures in protection. Going faster will help the team in that regard.

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Going faster with no substitutions won’t allow the defense to catch their breath and that is where mistakes can happen. It interesting idea just a couple of weeks into the season. The real question is do they have enough time ahead of Mississippi State to get it installed to their liking?

Just one more aspect to follow in this week’s game with Central Michigan.

LSU hires Jake Peetz as offensive coordinator, DJ Mangas as passing game coordinator

One day after LSU head coach Ed Orgeron went on his weekly radio spot and said his top choices for offensive coordinator were in the

One day after LSU head coach Ed Orgeron went on his weekly radio spot and said his top choices for offensive coordinator were in the building; the school announced it had hired Jake Peetz as offensive coordinator and DJ Mangas as passing game coordinator.

Peetz takes over for Steve Ensminger, who retired in December after 10 seasons on LSU’s staff.

Mangas returns to Baton Rouge, where he spent the 2019 season as an offensive analyst under Joe Brady — LSU’s passing game coordinator in that season.

Mangas followed Brady to the Carolina Panthers as an offensive assistant, where he served under Brady, who was the offensive coordinator in 2020.

Peetz was already on staff with Carolina, where he spent the 2019 season as running backs coach before Brady moved him to quarterbacks coach for the 2020 season.

Peetz and Mangas were recommended to Orgeron by Brady after the head coach made it clear he wanted to get back to the same offensive scheme from LSU’s championship team in 2019.

Peetz, 37, has spent several years in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders, Washington Football Team, Jacksonville Jaguars and, most recently, the Carolina Panthers.

Peetz has also spent two seasons on Nick Saban’s staff as an offensive analyst in 2013 and 2018.

Mangas was a college teammate of Brady’s at William & Mary and coached under him in two different stints with LSU and Carolina.

Orgeron released a statement on the new hires.

Both Jake and DJ come highly recommended from one of the premier and innovative offensive coaches in the game in Joe Brady. Jake brings 10 years of NFL experience with him to our staff. He spent a season coaching alongside and learning from Joe (Brady) so we couldn’t be more excited about Jake joining our staff. His knowledge of football combined with the players we have on our roster, will make for a dynamic offense for LSU in 2021.

Peetz and Mangas will certainly have plenty of talent to work with in 2021, but there will still be uncertainty on how college football will proceed with spring practice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

LSU reportedly meeting with Panthers QB coach Jake Peetz, assistant DJ Mangas

LSU is set to meet with Panthers quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz and offensive assistant DJ Mangas this week.

LSU will meet with Carolina Panthers quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz and offensive assistant DJ Mangas this week, Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports reported Monday.

The Tigers are targeting Peetz to fill the void at offensive coordinator, and for Mangas, who was with LSU in 2019 as an offensive analyst, to potentially join as the passing game coordinator.

Peetz and Mangas both worked under Joe Brady — LSU’s former passing game coordinator — in Carolina.

Peetz — who has spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders in the past — served as the Panthers running backs coach in 2019.

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He was named the quarterbacks coach ahead of the 2020 season. Peetz was a large factor in Christian McCaffrey’s success, when the rusher recorded 1,387 rushing yards and 19 total touchdowns.

Peetz is set to leave tonight “for a meeting with LSU that will stretch into tomorrow,” according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Now that Steve Ensminger is moving from offensive coordinator to an analyst role for LSU, it’s a good move on Ed Orgeron’s part to go for coaches connected to Brady after the historical level of success of the 2019 season.

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