Coaching and Front Office Changes

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

Im curious to see how many snaps Sweat was dropped into coverage. Preston Smith was dropped into coverage a bit yesterday and Im coming to the conclusion that while every D Coord would like not to do that ... sometimes it is inevitable or impossible to 100% have them just rush.

Sure. 100% of the time, particularly as a 3-4 OLB, you wouldn't rush 100% of the time.

A Zone Blitz D would have DL drop into coverage routinely.

At the same time, when you draft a freakish pass rusher, you should find a way to have him routinely rush the passer. Instead, for the majority of the first 10 games, when MS played, he was dropping into coverage. When Manusky started having him routinely rush the passer, he started making some noise.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Sure. 100% of the time, particularly as a 3-4 OLB, you wouldn't rush 100% of the time.

A Zone Blitz D would have DL drop into coverage routinely.

At the same time, when you draft a freakish pass rusher, you should find a way to have him routinely rush the passer. Instead, for the majority of the first 10 games, when MS played, he was dropping into coverage. When Manusky started having him routinely rush the passer, he started making some noise.

Yes, I think everyone would agree that us using hand in the dirt guys like Sweat, Kerrigan, Preston etc in coverage is not ideal, not to their strengths and allows QBs/Coord to take advantage of that when the gift presented itself.

I just want to see the snap breakdown vs fan recollection. We as fans may over emphasis or think "its every time" when in reality maybe it was 30% of his snaps. I bolded the majority part bc we dont really know the numbers. I think its safe to say Sweat was doing more than we would like in the first half and perhaps the second half but I want to see the actual numbers and numbers for other teams as well to compare.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

Yes, I think everyone would agree that us using hand in the dirt guys like Sweat, Kerrigan, Preston etc in coverage is not ideal, not to their strengths and allows QBs/Coord to take advantage of that when the gift presented itself.

I just want to see the snap breakdown vs fan recollection. We as fans may over emphasis or think "its every time" when in reality maybe it was 30% of his snaps. I bolded the majority part bc we dont really know the numbers. I think its safe to say Sweat was doing more than we would like in the first half and perhaps the second half but I want to see the actual numbers and numbers for other teams as well to compare.

From Nick Aldrige at PFF on 12/18/19:

Nick Akridge‏ @PFF_NickAkridge
In his senior season, [Montez Sweat] had 14 snaps as an OLB and 347 as a DE.

With the Redskins this year he has 296 snaps as an OLB and 300 snaps as a DE.

So it seems Sweat was dropping into coverage about 50% of the time with little to no experience doing so.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Manusky getting trolled.

https://sports.yahoo.com/clinton-dix...042342042.html

[Clowney drops into coverage on 3rd and long]

"They call that a Manusky"

The accuracy of this statement is painful.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

I don't think there are any jobs in the world where your boss would be happy with you if you lock them out completely and don't let them know what you're doing. Snyder SHOULD be involved at a high level. He just needs to trust the judgement of the people he has employed and let them do their jobs. So far, he's clearly doing that by letting Rivera let people go that have been BFFs with Snyder for years. Snyder is doing exactly what we've been begging him to do for 2 decades and deserves credit.

[AnonEmouse]

Those numbers are ridiculous for a non-cover LB. No wonder we generated a poor pass rush.

Well he'll be DE opposite Young come camp with any luck, so it shouldn't be an issue any more.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Those numbers are ridiculous for a non-cover LB. No wonder we generated a poor pass rush.



Well he'll be DE opposite Young come camp with any luck, so it shouldn't be an issue any more.

Skins were actually 10th overall with 46 sacks



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[Ruhskins]

Kyle Smith has been promoted:

https://www.redskins.com/news/redski...ayer-personnel

Pretty happy with this move. Kyle is a rising star and the team should do anything and everything to keep him.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Kyle Smith has been promoted:

https://www.redskins.com/news/redski...ayer-personnel

Pretty happy with this move. Kyle is a rising star and the team should do anything and everything to keep him.

Nice. This clears up who will be in charge of free agency this year. If Smith crushes free agency and the draft, i wonder if he gets the GM title, too.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Nice. This clears up who will be in charge of free agency this year. If Smith crushes free agency and the draft, i wonder if he gets the GM title, too.

I think the GM title would be empty, in name only. It wouldn't really mean anything in this case.

Rivera has decision making authority over roster construction. If he wants to delegate it to someone that's his call. But Kyle will put together the draft board and prioritize free agents. Rob Rogers will handle the negotiating. And Rivera will oversee them both - he'll take Kyle's information about free agents, Kyle will make recommendations, and Rivera will tell Rogers who to pursue.

So unless Rivera decides he wants to completely delegate that process to someone and name them General Manager to oversee all of it, I don't imagine a General Manager having much to actually do. You've got the guy handling all things scouting in Smith, you've got the guy handling negotiations in Rogers, and you've got the guy making the decisions in Rivera.

Don't know what else you need, except for a Director of College Personnel to report in to Smith, who already knows that world really well.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I think the GM title would be empty, in name only. It wouldn't really mean anything in this case.

Rivera has decision making authority over roster construction. If he wants to delegate it to someone that's his call. But Kyle will put together the draft board and prioritize free agents. Richard Rogers will handle the negotiating. And Rivera will oversee them both - he'll take Kyle's information about free agents, Kyle will make recommendations, and Rivera will tell Rogers who to pursue.

So unless Rivera decides he wants to completely delegate that process to someone and name them General Manager to oversee all of it, I don't imagine a General Manager having much to actually do. You've got the guy handling all things scouting in Smith, you've got the guy handling negotiations in Rogers, and you've got the guy making the decisions in Rivera.

Don't know what else you need, except for a Director of College Personnel to report in to Smith, who already knows that world really well.

A lot of reporters on the Redskins beat are thinking that they may not hire a GM at all and just keep things as they are.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

A lot of reporters on the Redskins beat are thinking that they may not hire a GM at all and just keep things as they are.

Which would make complete sense org-chart wise now that Kyle has been moved into this role.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I think the GM title would be empty, in name only. It wouldn't really mean anything in this case.

Rivera has decision making authority over roster construction. If he wants to delegate it to someone that's his call. But Kyle will put together the draft board and prioritize free agents. Rob Rogers will handle the negotiating. And Rivera will oversee them both - he'll take Kyle's information about free agents, Kyle will make recommendations, and Rivera will tell Rogers who to pursue.

So unless Rivera decides he wants to completely delegate that process to someone and name them General Manager to oversee all of it, I don't imagine a General Manager having much to actually do. You've got the guy handling all things scouting in Smith, you've got the guy handling negotiations in Rogers, and you've got the guy making the decisions in Rivera.

Don't know what else you need, except for a Director of College Personnel to report in to Smith, who already knows that world really well.

They may already have the role filled, but the current structure would seem to leave some gaps in responsibilities. Who handles all the non-football operations stuff? Who is in charge of picking up players during the season and determining when to put guys on IR? Who is responsible for making trades? Rivera is going to be too busy working on his duties as a coach to deal with that sort of stuff during the season. It could be that Kyle is handling all of those duties, but if so, why not give him the GM title?

I still think there is a good chance someone comes in to fill that GM/Team President type role. If for nothing else, I think we need someone to resolve disagreements between Kyle and Ron that is not Snyder.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

They may already have the role filled, but the current structure would seem to leave some gaps in responsibilities. Who handles all the non-football operations stuff? Who is in charge of picking up players during the season and determining when to put guys on IR? Who is responsible for making trades? Rivera is going to be too busy working on his duties as a coach to deal with that sort of stuff during the season. It could be that Kyle is handling all of those duties, but if so, why not give him the GM title?

I still think there is a good chance someone comes in to fill that GM/Team President type role. If for nothing else, I think we need someone to resolve disagreements between Kyle and Ron that is not Snyder.

I really hope they don't do that. The best scenario would be Ron and Kyle working with each other over the next 3 to 4 months including the draft, things go swimmingly, and there is no need to add another individual to the process.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Kyle Smith has been promoted:

https://www.redskins.com/news/redski...ayer-personnel

Pretty happy with this move. Kyle is a rising star and the team should do anything and everything to keep him.

Good move. From what I heard either from Keim or Cooley...Ron was given the last couple drafts and was told Kyle was the primary source for each pick (Haskins...seems to be the out layer). And was asked what did he think of the talent from the draft, top of players, context of other players chosen and Rivera was sold on Kyle Smith from the work he did on those last couple drafts. If true story, good to see these guys working together going forward.