First, if you are a McVay fanboy, you cannot get any closer to the source than Coen. He's his Mike McDaniel. The brilliant nerd that loves what he does. Hand picked by McVay to be his OC. Not the passing game coordinator or the QB coach or one of these side gigs, but to be the right hand man. His Hamilton. And when he needed someone to spark the offense in a down year McVay turned to Coen who actually did improve the offense. With Baker Mayfield as his QB no less. That electric win vs the Raiders as well as hanging 50 points on Denver. You literally could not be more trendy than Liam Coen. Great news is that he's also called plays both in the NFL and in college. He's gotten a lot of the early growing pains of doing so out of the way, and you've heard him speak to as much in his Kentucky interviews. He's also well versed in the art of installing the system, a lot of which we're already carrying over. You wanted play action? You're going to get it. Pre-snap motion? Every play. Scheming to your players? Consider it done. No lie, by the time December rolls around this year we will be one of the best shows on air.
The biggest reason I was so bummed about Canales leaving was, despite the everything about him, we knew we had a "fit". We found one, hurray! Now it was walking out the door. Lucky for us one of the best fits walks right in. Very similar system, and very much a play calling style that reflects Baker. This fit would convict OJ. I want to say Mike Evans will have the best year of his career, but I'm really curious who is going to get that slot role in the offense. Honestly, this could just as well be an unlock for Godwin or Palmer. Rachaad will continue to eat, but I have my money of Ray Davis in the 4th. Either way a great duo. Finally, we have probably the youngest, top bookend OTs in the league. Mauch will make the Licht leap his second year. Need some help on the inside, but I think we can find it. With it I see us jumping up to a 25-28 ppg offense. Yes, you heard that right. For a test case of the expect Liam can have look at his time in Kentucky, they put up 29 and 32 ppg in 2021 and 2023, the year in between without Coen they were 20 ppg. As close to a controlled case experiment you can ask for on a coaching resume. The redzone conversion percentage is ridiculous, which just so happened to be exactly what we need most. Even if you are the biggest debbie downer and still insist on finding our savior through the draft, you can rejoice that if we do go that route in the next year or two we'll have a great offense scheme set up for him to walk into.
Finally, you pair that up with a top 8 scoring defense (minimum). You give the gravediggers the lead, let them pin their ears back and go after it? A year of growth for the young defenders and hopefully yet another playmaker added. Yeah, this team is going to be right back in the thick of it next year.
