How the Patriots might appear if Shanahan were to lead the offense.
The first appearance of the Patriots’ Shanahan offense came on NBC Sports Boston.
The New England Patriots didn’t have to search far to find their next head coach, but they did a thorough search for their offensive coordinator. There have been 11 interviewers so far, and according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, pass game coordinators for the San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders, Scott Turner and Klint Kubiak, have entered the race.
There’s an obvious interest in Kyle Shanahan’s coaching tree in New England, even though the team appears most interested in learning from Sean McVay’s coaches (Los Angeles Rams tight ends coach Nick Caley had a second interview with the Patriots this week). In addition to interviewing Kubiak, who is on his way to a Super Bowl in his first season under Shanahan, the Patriots’ Jerod Mayo also spent time getting to know Brian Fleury, the 49ers’ tight ends coach, who is in his sixth season.
There are also a lot of coaches that are close to Shanahan on the Patriots’ possible offensive coordinator list. From 2019 to 2021, Luke Getsy, a former offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, worked in Green Bay under Matt LaFleur, a longtime Shanahan assistant. Jerrod Johnson, the quarterbacks coach for the Texans, recently concluded his first season as offensive coordinator under Bobby Slowik. Slowik previously served as an offensive staff coach for Shanahan for four years in San Francisco.
Similar to McVay’s plan, we frequently speak to “The Shanahan Offense” and associate it with other West Coast systems. And anyone who has watched football over the previous ten or so years probably has a pretty decent sense of what Shanahan’s offense includes, since Shanahan assistants have been dispersed throughout the league with owners eager to latch onto whatever it is that’s occurring out in the Bay Area.
All set to take off
Even while Shanahan and McVay, former teammates turned adversaries, run very different offenses, they both enjoy getting their playmakers moving. They specifically want players to be active at the snap. The Niners are third in the NFL this season in terms of the percentage of offensive snaps run with a player motioning at the snap (37.7%), only behind the Rams under McVay (44.1%) and the Miami Dolphins under former Shanahan assistant Mike McDaniel (68.2). This information comes from ESPN Stats and Info.
The Niners were top in the NFL in terms of run-game snaps that involved any motion, and they were seventh in terms of passing plays that used motion, according to Sports Info Solutions. Brock Purdy, the quarterback for San Francisco, frequently made those movements while working from beneath center. The Niners ranked 13th in under-center drop-back pass attempts and fourth in under-center hand-offs in the NFL.
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