Best options for offensive minded HC

6 hours ago, EaglesAddict said:

I like your points, but I just can't sit here and say that Hurts is without limitations based on his entire body of work. At the same time, I put more of this year's problems on coaching for sure. As with many things, there are multiple reasons why this year's offense looked like dog shite...degraded OL play, not using Hurts as a legit running threat, self-inflicted wounds with penalties, AJ Brown checking out mentally, and a completely inept offensive scheme and play-calling sequencing.

But there's nothing I've seen from Hurts that has shown me he can be a consistent threat in the passing game and take advantage of defensive coverage. He's just not that kind of QB. If you were to take away his running threat, what are we left with? I don't think he processes well, he bails the pocket early too much, his accuracy overall is average, and his decision-making is suspect at times. Sirianni and KP (and Moore last year) seem to believe the offensive scheme has to be very basic...why would they think that if they aren't doing that based on either Hurts' feedback to them or based on what they think he can actually do?

All that said, can he be better with that stuff? Will a new OC be able to challenge him to get better? And ultimately that's what's needed...an outside OC with previous experience and success that has the confidence to challenge Hurts to be better. Sirianni and KP are, perhaps, enablers in the sense that they don't push Hurts like he needs to be pushed.

I can't disagree with this take. I am just annoyed the root of issues aren't more clear at this point after 5 years. I have seen so many glimpses of Hurts being able too do everything you say and I almost never see it easy for the Eagles the way I do for other teams with top OCs / Playcallers. Like this year the under center PA game actually looked good. Good enough for the couple games I thought it was going to become their identity and then they just went away from it.

And these call tendencies like 7 plays under center 100% runs. Just picking examples. 1 designed run call in the playoff game that gets 10 yards and a FD (called back on hold) and they NEVER call another one? I mean what is up with that? Hurts is proven to be a winner in big games. I just think he is good enough to be the QB if he is not held back by all of the OC / Playcalling issues. But I also don't think its just him. Go watch the video from Kurt Warner as example from the game Sunday on last drive. The route designs and how they are coaching the entire team to run them are just not there. We saw this all year where they just were not on same page as an offense and receiver routes had them doing not just sub optimal stuff where they weren't working together but the routes ended up actively hurting the ability to get someone open (brought defenders closer to cover).

I am coming to conclusion that Sirianni's base offensive philosophy is Coryell. It is a vertical offense built on timing and the route mechanics adjust on the fly requiring receivers to make their own adjustments on the fly based on the coverage they see. The QB has to read coverage and they have to see it the same and the QB throws to a spot on time.

I don't think they were on the same page. The WRs with each other or Hurts and the WRs. I really put all that on coaching.

Hurts still shows he has limitations. But every QB has limitations. He plays big in big games. I just want to see a scheme that makes it easier on players more often. Fing looks like hardmode every sunday. Across the league you can see it doesnt have to be that way. Take AJ for example - he can be a dominate guy. Need to get him into the flow and build those reps. Only really need to feed him and Smith. Why on earth can't they move him all over and scheme 12 targets a game to each of them. Look how creative other teams are with their top guys? Look at the motion. It just all sucks and I dont think thats Hurts. I just dont.