Report: Seahawks hire from NFC West, drop Rams’ Shane Waldron as offensive coordinator

To quote the late Jimi Jamison of rock band Survivor, the search is over.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter dropped a news dump on Friday Tuesday night, and it has to do with the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive coordinator position. After a few weeks of speculation, excitement, terror, indifference and that ominous moment when Adam Gase’s name appeared, the Seahawks have reportedly hired Los Angeles Rams game coordinator Shane Waldron to replace Brian Schottenheimer.

Waldron has been with Sean McVay since their days in Washington in 2016. When McVay was hired by the Rams, Waldron was initially Los Angeles’ tight ends coach before taking on the role of passing game coordinator in 2018. He Also had the title of quarterbacks coach in 2019 before focusing again on the passing game in 2020. Previously, he was an intern with the New England Patriots and worked under Bill Belichick as a quality control coach offensive, then coach of tight ends in 2009.

The 41-year-old Portland, Oregon native has never called plays in the NFL, but I guess as the offensive coordinator he called plays at the prestigious K-12 Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Massachusetts in 2011.

We know that while the Los Angeles Rams were a heavy passing team early in the runs in neutral game scenario situations under Sean McVay, they are big on the action game and they have led the league in attempts. of game-action over the past two seasons. . Oddly enough, the Seahawks only had 9 more playing assists in 2020 than in 2019, despite Russell Wilson’s increased pass attempts by 42.

The game-to-action rate is one thing, but the creativity of the game-action concepts and taking Jared Goff out of the pocket is another story and the Rams have always made it a staple of their offense throughout. of the McVay era.

And so on, Mr. Waldron as the Seahawks’ fourth OC during Pete Carroll’s day. Kudos to him and I hope this is a great rental.