ORLANDO, Fla. — Brian Johnson was the scapegoat for the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive failures last season. When one door closed, another one opened for Johnson — still one of the rising offensive minds in the league.
Dan Quinn didn’t hesitate to bring Johnson aboard the Washington Commanders staff. Johnson has the title of assistant head coach now along with being the passing game coordinator. He’s part of the braintrust to find the next franchise quarterback in Washington, playing a massive role in turning the organization around.
“I’ve known Brian for a while. I followed his time through when he was at the [University of Florida] Gators and saw all the work that he did with the offense there,” Quinn said about Johnson at the NFL Annual League Meeting on Tuesday. “I’ve had a chance to compete against him over the last few years.
“We were very intentional, in terms of the offensive side regarding [offensive coordinator] Kliff [Kingsbury] and Brian and [quarterbacks coach] Tavita [Pritchard] and [assistant quarterbacks coach] David [Blough] and, you know, making sure from the quarterback standpoint that we just had the most unique and strong setup as we possibly could.”
The Commanders see the innovation Johnson brings to the table, something Johnson couldn’t do with full conviction in Philadelphia. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was adamant about the offense being his and Johnson was the play-caller.
Johnson’s relationship with Jalen Hurts couldn’t save him in Philadelphia, as the on-field results in his one season as the play-caller resulted in Hurts turning the ball over 20 times in the regular season. Hurts also threw over the middle of the field just 37.5% of the time last season. Among the quarterbacks that threw 250+ attempts, only Kenny Pickett was lower at 34.2%.
The Eagles had a top-10 offense in points per possession (seventh at 2.33) and yards per possession…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-03-27 21:29:04
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