Tag: Sanjay Lal

2024 NFL draft: Chargers GM Joe Hortiz attends LSU pro day

The Chargers were in Baton Rouge, LA on Wednesday.

The Chargers were in Baton Rouge, LA on Wednesday, where they were in attendance for LSU’s pro day.

General manager Joe Hortiz and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal represented Los Angeles.

The Tigers had a slew of prospects on display, with quarterback Jayden Daniels headlining the pack. However, the Bolts most likely had their eyes set on WRs Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas.

Nabers has been commonly linked to the Chargers at No. 5 overall since the start of the pre-draft process. He is a home-run threat each time he touches the ball, and that type of player would be a welcomed addition to the wide receiver room.

After an 89-catch, 1,569-yard, 14-touchdown season, Nabers followed it up with an incredible pro day, posting a 42-inch vertical and 4.35 40-yard dash time.

If Los Angeles were to trade down and stockpile more picks, Thomas could be a target for them later in the first round. At 6-foot-3 and 209 pounds, he has good size for the position but also possesses great speed and burst to be a threat vertically and in the open field.

Report: Chargers hiring Sanjay Lal as wide receivers coach

Sanjay Lal has coached NFL wide receivers dating back to 2009.

The Chargers are hiring Sanjay Lal as their wide receivers coach, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

Lal, 54, spent the past two seasons with the Seahawks as their wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. He also worked in Seattle as a senior offensive assistant in 2020.

Lal began his career in the NFL in 2007, working as a quality control coach for the Raiders before being promoted to wide receivers coach. He worked in that same role with the Jets, Bills, Colts, Cowboys and Jaguars.

Lal began his college career at UCLA in 1989 before transferring to the University of Washington, where he played from 1990 to 1992.

Sanjay Lal removes himself from consideration for Bears job

Sanjay Lal interviewed for a position on the Bears coaching staff earlier in the week but removed himself from consideration on Friday.

The Chicago Bears are beginning to round out the coaching staff on the offensive side of the ball this week, but one coach who interviewed for a position won’t be joining them.

Former Seattle Seahawks passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal has removed himself from consideration for a job with the Bears, according to ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler. Lal was one of a few former Seattle coaches who interviewed for a position earlier this week, but he will now look for a job elsewhere.

Lal has held many NFL jobs throughout his coaching career, beginning in the mid-2000s with the Raiders. He’s primarily worked as a wide receivers coach and took on the role of passing game coordinator over the last two seasons with the Seahawks. Lal may have been interviewing for a similar job with the Bears, and it’s possible a higher position is available to him on another team. For example, the Carolina Panthers hired Dave Canales to be their head coach on Thursday, who used to work with Lal, and there could be a fit there.

Regardless, the Bears will need to look elsewhere for help as they build their staff. They hired Shane Waldron as their offensive coordinator earlier in the week and are bringing in former Seahawks assistant quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph as the quarterback coach.

Report: Jags WR coach Sanjay Lal interviews for Bears OC job

Similar to Joe Cullen, Sanjay Lal is receiving interest from other teams.

One of the candidates the Jacksonville Jaguars targeted in their head coaching search, Matt Eberflus, was able to land with the Chicago Bears this week. However, Eberflus’ work is far from done, and he will now be tasked with assembling a staff.

According to NFL Network’s Jane Slater, Jags receivers coach Sanjay Lal interviewed for the Bears’ offensive coordinator job Saturday. The connection would group a pair of former Jason Garrett assistants if Lal was hired, but he could have an uphill battle ahead with options like Green Bay Packers assistant Luke Getsy and Houston Texans assistant Pep Hamilton being on the Bears’ radar.

Lal was officially named to the Jags staff on Feb. 11 after spending 2020 with the Seattle Seahawks as a senior offensive assistant. He spent time with the Dallas Cowboys under Garrett from 2018-19, where he coached Tavon Austin, Amari Cooper, and Michael Gallup, among notables.

Before his time with Dallas Lal spent time with many other franchises such as the Oakland Raiders, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, and Indianapolis Colts. Overall, he’s been an assistant in the league for 14 seasons, five of which were with the Raiders.

While with the Jags Lal coached players like DJ Chark Jr. (temporarily due to injury), Marvin Jones, Laviska Shenault, and Jamal Agnew, among notables. Of the group, Jones led the way with 832 yards, but most agree the overall receivers corps took a step back from the unit it was under Keenan McCardell previously.

Report: Bears interviewing Jaguars’ Sanjay Lal for offensive coordinator

The Bears are interviewing Jaguars WR coach Sanjay Lal for their offensive coordinator vacancy.

The Chicago Bears have their new head coach in Matt Eberflus, and now he’s working on assembling his coaching staff.

No doubt his most important hire is going to be the offensive coordinator, who will be responsible for developing quarterback Justin Fields and leading the offense.

According to NFL Network’s Jane Slater, the Bears are interviewing Jacksonville Jaguars wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal for their offensive coordinator position.

Lal has coached in the NFL for 14 years, which includes stops as a wide receivers coach in Jacksonville (2021-Present), Dallas (2018-19), Indianapolis (2017) Buffalo (2015-16), New York Jets (2012-14) and Oakland (2009-11). He also served as a senior offensive assistant with Seattle  (2020).

Packers quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Luke Getsy has reportedly been offered the Bears’ offensive coordinator position. Chicago has also interviewed Texans quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Pep Hamilton.

Eberflus is also bringing cornerbacks coach James Rowe and linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi with him from the Colts. He’s also zeroing in on Raiders interim head coach Rich Bisaccia to serve as his special teams coordinator.

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New Jags assistant purchases $9.8 million beach house

The $9.8 million property was the most expensive home sale in Northeast Florida so far this year.

One of the perks of moving to Jacksonville is the proximity to the ocean, so you can bet that players and coaches recently signed by the team tend to invest some of their newfound cash into beachfront property. That’s exactly what new Jacksonville Jaguars receiver coach Sanjay Lal did when he and his wife purchased an unfinished $9.8 million beach house on Ponte Vedra Boulevard.

Lal joins the Jags after spending 2020 as a senior offensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks. Before that, he served as the receivers coach for the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys.

The house features five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms, and it includes an infinity pool, glass wine cellar, sauna and massage and yoga rooms. According to the Jacksonville Daily Record report, the Lals purchased the house without seeing it.

Construction began a year and a half ago and is expected to be finished by May. The original builders were constructing their “dream home,” but changed their mind and decided to put the unfinished house on the market.

There were reportedly three offers, and the Lals purchased it for $273,500 above listing value. The home sale is the most expensive of this year or last for Northeast Florida.

Report: Sanjay Lal expected to join Jags’ coaching staff

The 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars’ coaching staff has yet to be officially named, but new coach Urban Meyer does seem to be doing a thorough job of finding the best candidates possible. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the staff added another …

The 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars’ coaching staff has yet to be officially named, but new coach Urban Meyer does seem to be doing a thorough job of finding the best candidates possible. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the staff added another coach with extensive NFL experience in longtime receivers coach Sanjay Lal.

Lal, 51, has been coaching in the NFL since 2007 and entered the league as an offensive quality controls coach and assistant receivers coach for the Oakland Raiders. He was promoted to their head receivers coaching role from 2009-11.

After his time in Oakland, Lal held roles as the receivers coach for the New York Jets (2012-14), Buffalo Bills (2015-16), Indianapolis Colts (2017), and Dallas Cowboys (2018-19). Along the way, he coached notables like Cole Beasley, Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup, Randall Cobb, and T.Y. Hilton.

Under Lal’s coaching in 2019, Gallup and Cooper both registered over 1,100 receiving yards, though Cooper started that season in Oakland. Randall Cobb also registered over 800 yards.

Lal spent 2020 with the Seattle Seahawks as a senior offensive assistant. While there he served under Pete Carroll, who is one of the NFL’s best coaches. It’s unclear if he will be a receivers coach for Jacksonville, but his résumé seems to indicate it.

If named the Jags’ receivers coach, Lal will inherit a pretty talented receivers group in Jacksonville as they currently have DJ Chark Jr., Laviska Shenault Jr., and Collin Johnson on the roster. The group was coached by Jags legend Keenan McCardell since 2017, so it’s a possibility he may not be retained by Meyer though an announcement hasn’t officially been made.

News: Dez Bryant clarifies TE role, Cowboys assistant to be honored by Packers

Also in the news, Dak Prescott’s ranking among all 2019 starters, a decision coming at linebacker, and a former Cowboys coach lands a job.

A former Cowboys position coach has found a new team. And a new Cowboys assistant is being honored by his old team.

In addition, Dallas has a decision to make regarding two members of their linebacking corps, Dak Prescott ranks lower than you think on one particular list, and there are guesses as to what the team might do in free agency if they want to make a “splash.” Oh, and Dez Bryant is tweeting directly to fans, which is always fun. This time he’s plotting out his responsibilities should he get his wishes with a return to the Cowboys roster. That’s on tap in this edition of News and Notes.

Former Cowboys wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal is headed to the Seattle Seahawks :: Blogging the Boys

The dust is still settling from the coaching staff blowup in Dallas, and now one of the pieces has settled somewhere else. Former wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal will take over the same responsibilities in Seattle, it was announced Friday. Lal was with the Cowboys in 2018 and 2019, helping Amari Cooper get acclimated as a target for Dak Prescott and aiding in the development of Michael Gallup.

Lal will now work with a group that includes receivers Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf. The Cowboys will get reacquainted with Lal in 2020 when they travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks.

QB Index: Ranking every quarterback to start a game in 2019 :: NFL.com

Fifty-seven different men started at least one game at quarterback in the NFL last season. The league website efforts to rank them all based on their 2019 performances. The top of the list includes the usual suspects: Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, and Drew Brees.

Cowboys fans will have to scroll further than expected to find Dak Prescott. Despite a career-best year and being one of only five QBs since 1950 to post a passer rating of 95-plus in at least three of his first four NFL seasons, Prescott placed just 11th on the list. While that puts him ahead of Matt Ryan, Tom Brady, and Jimmy Garoppolo, it also (somewhat questionably) ranks him behind Ryan Tannehill, Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford, and Carson Wentz.

Four splashes the Dallas Cowboys can make in free agency :: The Landry Hat

Word circulated last week that Jerry Jones “wants to make a big splash” at the 2020 NFL Draft, according to a team insider. But with free agency looming, he wouldn’t have to wait that long to generate some big waves within the Cowboys locker room.

Terence Watson looks into his crystal ball and forecasts four names that could conceivably turn the tide for the 8-8 Cowboys next season. Among his picks? A potential Robert Quinn replacement that would give Dallas a dangerous pass rush, a former first-round safety who would be an immediate upgrade over Jeff Heath, and a big-leg kicker who the Cowboys’ new special teams coach already knows quite well.

Cowboys assistant Al Harris finalizes plan to enter Packers Hall of Fame :: CowboyMaven

Before Al Harris gets down to the real nitty-gritty of coaching the cornerbacks in Dallas, he has a little unfinished business back at Lambeau Field. Harris will be inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame on April 18 alongside his fellow Packers CB Charles Woodson. Hall has chosen his agent, Jack Bechta, to be his presenter.

Harris played in Green Bay from 2003 to 2010. In 2007 and 2008, under then-Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, the former Texas A&M star turned in consecutive Pro Bowl seasons. After retiring as a player in 2013, Harris interned on the staff in Miami and was an assistant coach in Kansas City for six seasons before reuniting with McCarthy in Dallas.

Dez Bryant clarifies willingness to play tight end for Cowboys :: Heavy.com

Yeah… about that “role they gave Witten” thing Dez Bryant said a while back…

Bryant has taken to engaging selective fans via Twitter as he continues his comeback bid, and his vocal pass on interior blocking duties was just one example from over the weekend. Bryant was also asked where he thinks he could contribute on the already-loaded roster.

“Easy.. guys will need a breather… I’m a huge target in the redzone.. you create all different types packages with all of the talent… my motto is scoring.. I don’t care about yards.. all I care about is 6,” he wrote to a different follower regarding his self-projected duties.

Will Cowboys have to choose between LBs Sean Lee and Joe Thomas? :: Inside the Star

Sean Lee’s future in Dallas is in flux, but what the organization decides to do with fellow linebacker Joe Thomas may be the deciding factor. Lee is, of course, the more decorated of the two, the more established member of the Cowboys family. And any conversation regarding Lee must at least acknowledge his injury-riddled past.

Thomas is five years younger and has history with Mike McCarthy. He was with the Packers in his rookie season when a knee injury put him on injured reserve; he returned later to the team’s practice squad. After two weeks on the Cowboys’ practice squad in 2015, Thomas was brought back to Green Bay and played in 37 games under McCarthy, including five postseason contests through the 2017 season.

Jess Haynie writes that both linebackers could be re-signed by Dallas, but warns that “if it comes to one or the other, Cowboys fans shouldn’t assume that Sean Lee is the easy pick.”

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Report: Sanjay Lal to join Seahawks as senior assistant to Schottenheimer

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal will be joining the Seattle Seahawks as a senior assistant to Brian Schottenheimer.

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal will be joining the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff for the 2020 season, according to an NFL source and first reported by Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic on Thursday.

Lal had been with the Cowboys the previous two seasons and had worked with current Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer in 2017 when they were both employed by the Colts. He has reportedly been assigned to a senior assistant role to work closely with Schottenheimer on the offensive side of the ball.

Lal is also notable for being a former player for the Washington Huskies from 1990 to 1992, winning a national championship with the team in the latter year.

The exact role given to Lal is still unclear, but he will be very closely involved with the offense as an assistant to Schottenheimer, signifying that he will be an integral component of the coaching staff next season.

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WR coach with ties to OBJ, Jarvis Landry heading to Cowboys staff

Adam Henry has coaching stints with LSU, the Giants, and Cleveland on his resume, and looks to be nearing a deal to coach the Cowboys’ WRs.

Mike McCarthy may have found his target to be the new coach for Dak Prescott’s targets. According to multiple sources as of Friday evening, the Cowboys are closing in on a deal to make Adam Henry the new wide receivers coach in Dallas, replacing Sanjay Lal.

Henry spent the past two seasons in the same role in Cleveland, where he worked with Browns wideouts Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. The 47-year-old Henry had previously been Beckham’s position coach in New York in 2016, and the wide receivers coach for both Beckham and Landry during their final two years at LSU.

Coincidentally, Henry also has history with the man he is expected to replace. Henry and Lal were on staff together in Oakland from 2007 through 2011. Both served as offensive quality control coaches in 2007-2008. In 2009, Henry was named tight ends coach, while Lal was promoted to lead the wide receiver group. Both held those roles with the Raiders until the conclusion of the 2011 season.

Under Henry’s watch with the Browns, Landry enjoyed a career-high season in 2019 with 1,174 receiving yards. Beckham also topped 1,000 receiving yards in Cleveland in 2019; his best season in number of receptions came in 2016 as a Giant, also with Henry as his position coach.

Rumors of Beckham joining the Cowboys have circulated for some time, dating back to his tenure in New York. A newly-hired wide receiver coach who has been with him at three previous stops won’t do anything to help quiet those whispers now with Cowboys fans who still aren’t sold on free agent Amari Cooper as a long-term solution for the club.