N/S Article - what makes a good offensive coordinator?

efil4stnias said
The latter part of that article is what many have been talking about here now since Oct.
There is a distinct rhythm for good OCs. We don't seem to have it week in and week out.
We saw glimpse Sunday, first drive.

One of the most memorable aspects of SP play calling was getting out the huddle, to the line with 15 to 17 sec. Play after play. Mechanical almost. But it creates a rhythm for offense and stress for defenses. The other was his ability to "see" moves ahead. If I do this, the defense will react with this look. Then, I adjust x or y route during week, and if that look comes, we run this way.

Sigh. Miss those days.

I think the marriage between OC and QB is paramount. OC has to adjust to what his QB can/cannot do well. Early on, it felt as if PC was trying to mold Carr into what he wanted. And it wasn't working.

I agree on rhythm, but how well the offense is executing early in the game will dictate rhythm for the rest of the game. It’s hard for one play to set up the next when the first couple of series are failures, the defense isn’t adjusting to what you’re doing well (because you’re doing nothing well) and the opportunities you gameplanned for aren’t there as a result.

Even Payton and Brees had games that started off ugly and stayed ugly, but more often than not that elite pairing of HC/QB with good blocking up front opened the door to some excellent sequential play calling.