The first instance of #FireBruceAllen was tweeted in jest. Detroit marched down the field and all but sealed the deal, as Stafford connected with superstar Calvin Johnson with just under four minutes remaining in the game. In the fourth quarter, he blew it out. As for Mike Shanahan, his legacy is complicated. 2 / 23 . Now the head coaches of the Packers, 49ers and Rams Matt LaFleur, Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay lead their teams in the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs this weekend.Back in 2013, here they are as the QB coach, offensive coordinator and TE coach for #WashingtonFootball pic.twitter.com/3n7nSG30P3. That great quarterbacks mattered, of course, but that efficiency at that position mattered more. Do you have a sports website? This is a subreddit for the NFL community. The New York Giants and Detroit finished with a better conference record than St. Louis. Let's travel back in time to 2013. Los Angeles Rams Head Coach Sean McVay Hot Seat Status: Job is Very Safe! That combined with the awful record in their fourth season led to the Shanahans' firing. Washington got to midfield, but Griffin's hail mary pass was off the mark, and Washington lost once again. Now its a movement. And yet, despite the middling record, internal discord and outdated facilities, buried in the deeply seated and oh-so public dysfunction, they created concepts that changed offensive football. LaFleur, meanwhile, left Washington with the Shanahans following the 2013 season. Theres no doubt that Kyle has the best offensive mind of anyone Ive ever been around, says Scangarello, who wasnt in Washington but worked for Kyle at two other stops. DAL Dan Bailey 30-yard field goal, 10:40. How much are Football Coaches Really Worth? At that point, the relationship between the Shanahans and Washington was over. 2012 Washington Redskins Coaching Staff. Kyle served as offensive coordinator of the Redskins when Mike coached there from 2010 to 2013. . Last edited on 18 December 2022, at 05:30, Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, "Final 2013 DVOA Ratings | Football Outsiders", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2013_Washington_Redskins_season&oldid=1128065907, Vice president of football administration , Offensive quality control Richmond Flowers III, Assistant defensive backs/special teams assistant , Director of player performance Malcolm Blacken, Head strength and conditioning Ray Wright, Assistant strength and conditioning Chad Englehart. Here was a multi-billion dollar organization being run by a bunch of 25-year-olds.. Gruden didn't get rid of all of them, he made McVay OC and I am forever thankful for that choice. : Larry Coyer (Scout), Chris Foerster (Offensive Line), Matt LaFleur (Quarterbacks), Mike McDaniel (Wide Receivers), Sean McVay (Tight Ends), Raheem Morris (Secondary) and Bob Slowik (Linebackers), Executive VP/General Manager: Bruce Allen, Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3300; O/U: 8.0, Training Camp: Bon Secours Training Center (Richmond, Virginia), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2:32PM. The 2013 Washington Redskins finished the season 3-13, | Kyle Shanahans Record with San Francisco 49ers, Grading the San Francisco 49ers Franchise, | Sean McVays Record with Los Angeles Rams, | Matt LaFleurs Record with Green Bay Packers, | Raheem Morriss Record with Atlanta Falcons. WAS Kai Forbath 33-yard field goal, 10:08. 1 / 25. With the much-anticipated return of quarterback Robert Griffin III, Washington began its 2013 campaign on Monday Night Football against the Chip Kelly coached Philadelphia Eagles, seeking a third straight win against Philadelphia. LaFleur spent the past season as the offensive coordinator for head coach Mike Vrabel and the Titans, and had the opportunity to call plays for the first time. According to Finlay, McVay has gone on the record to say he's a product of Gruden's coaching tree, not Shanahan's. CHI Matt Forte 6-yard run (Robbie Gould kick), 12:49. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. From those sessions came a simplified scheme designed to capitalize on Griffins strengths. If the coaches closed their eyes, they might be transported back to Redskins Park, to the fresh faces and The Fun Bunch, when they innovated because they were forced to, because they didnt know better. This was also the first time in Packers history that they had a 400-yard passer and 100-yard rusher in the same game. Griffin clashed with the coaching staff, which led to larger issues between the staff and prominent people in the organization, including owner Dan Snyder. "Sean McVay actively tells people he's part of the Gruden coaching tree," Finlay said. After two stops on first and second down, Rodgers went back to the air on 3rd-and-9, and connected with James Jones, and Washington never saw the ball again. McDaniel joined him at Redskins Park in 2011. Matt LaFleur, after spending last season as the offensive coordinator in Tennessee, is now the head coach in Green Bay. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Nate Kaczor (pronounced Kat-sir) enters his fourth season as special teams coordinator with Washington in 2022. But that gave them perspectives football lifers lacked, the license to be creative. Although Shanahan has had plenty of success with the 49ers, it took stops at those two other places following his dismissal from Washington before he became a head coach. The Packers have talent and a future Hall-of-Famer at quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, but Green Bay had missed the playoffs two straight seasons before LaFleur arrived. I didnt have to tell him stuff. Matt Cavanaugh, Offensive Coordinator. The 2-point attempt failed and the Falcons won 27-26. Any hopes of a comeback were stumped out, however, when Packers running back James Starks raced past defenders into the end zone for a 32-yard score to put the advantage up to 387. In fact, it was far from a guarantee that LaFleur would ever become a head coach in the NFL. As it turned out, Mike Shanahan was conducting an interview for an offensive assistant opening. Hindsight is 20/20, though. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 2013 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports Previous Season Next Season Record: 3-13-0, 4th in NFC East Division ( Schedule and Results ) Coach: Mike Shanahan (3-13-0) Points For: 334 (20.9/g) 23rd of 32 Points Against: 478 (29.9/g) 30th of 32 Expected W-L: 4.8-11.2 SRS: -9.28 (31st of 32), SOS: -0.28 Washington could not respond, and when Oakland got the ball again, quarterback Matt Flynn, filling in for concussed quarterback Terrelle Pryor found rookie tight end Mychal Rivera (brother of Glee star Naya Rivera) for a 31-yard score and a 140 Raiders lead. With the loss, the Redskins finished in last place in NFC. Maybe its time to move on. That coaching staff . Empty wine bottles stand in for running backs. Coming off their season-opening loss to Philadelphia, Washington traveled to historic Lambeau Field to take on the Aaron Rodgers-led Green Bay Packers in a battle of defending division champions and also the first meeting between these two teams since Week 5 of 2010. competitive team with a C+ roster, The thing is no one can succeed here with Snyder and that front office, so Jay posting the only b2b winning seasons since the 90s is a hell of an accomplishment, OP, I think you meant Mike McDaniel, not Mike McDonald lol. Both LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan left after Mikes tenure as Washingtons coach ended, but McVay stayed on as Jay Grudens offensive coordinator the next three seasons. 3-13, and now lead the next generation of great NFL coaches? LaFleurs promotion to head coach reminds me how lucky I was to work with Coach Shanahans staff when I first entered the NFL, Cousins wrote. All three are now head coaches of teams still active in the NFC playoffs, with Shanahan leading the 49ers, LaFleur with the Packers, and McVay with the Rams. 2014 Cleveland Browns (O-Cord) 7-9. The team had Donovan McNabb in his final season as a full-time starter (2010); Rex Grossman (2011); and Robert Griffin III before and after the knee injury (2012, 2013) at quarterback, so that helps explain why the team didnt have more success. In the five years since that staff was dismissed, McVay, 32, coordinated a top-10 offense and has won two division titles as a head coach. Head Coach: Mike Shanahan Offensive Coordinator: Kyle Shanahan Defensive Coordinator: Jim Haslett . Though if any of the three aforementioned coaches were still in town, perhaps we'd be watching the Football Team in the divisional round. 1 / 25 2 / 25 Head Coach Jay Gruden. On Washington's ensuing possession, it appeared as if Washington took the lead, as Robert Griffin III found wide receiver Aldrick Robinson for a 57-yard score and an apparent 2420 lead. at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado. Take a look at the entire 2017 Washington Redskins coaching staff in headshot form. Seifert blanched, at least until he saw linebackers trying to shadow the greatest receiver of all time. He hired Matt LaFleur away from Kyle Shanahan and the Falcons, and together they designed their own version of the offense. He knew the applicants grandfather, John McVay, a former Niners GM who with Walsh had constructed one of the NFLs great dynasties. Bon Secours Training Center (Richmond, Virginia), Frequently Asked Questions about the NFL and Football, Pro-Football-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREE. That made us a thousand times better., From Cleveland the crew moved on to Atlanta, where they inherited an established quarterback in Matt Ryan and tasked him with throwing on the move, re-inventing once again. The Washington Redskins had the first change to their coaching staff Wednesday, when the Atlanta Falcons announced they have hired Ben Kotwica as their new special teams coordinator. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported Saturday that the Colorado Rockies are signing veteran left-hander Brad Hand. Maybe not great, but certainly not something that gets a coach fired entering his fourth season. WAS Alfred Morris 5-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 0:11. Shanahan and LaFleur's teams meet at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday in Green Bay and McVay's Rams play at defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay on Sunday at 3 p.m. on NBC. They didn't give up on him. Changes that grew out of so many nights much like this one. Great coach, better guy! This article was published more than4 years ago. Jack Burns: Quarterbacks. Theyre turning a social event into a coaching clinicsame as alwaysand its getting a little . All Rights Reserved. After a 79 seasonthe only year during the 10-year span from 2008 to 17 that Cleveland avoided double-digit lossesthey left, Shanahan bristling at the front office's insistence on playing Johnny Manziel. Shanahan would install plays that werent even in his playbook some weeks. Gruden was the coach that first allowed him to become a coordinator. 4 / 25 Special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica. Back at the QB Collective camp, the coaches patrol the field, correcting prospects on their footwork, fine-tuning their releases. Round to GB, 2020 Green Bay Packers Season 13 3 Lost in NFC Finals to TB, Coach Kyle Shanahan Coaching Tree & Rating, Coach Matt LaFleur Coaching Tree & Rating, Coach Raheem Morris Coaching Tree & Rating. The limitless deviations meant he could change the scheme each week, targeting his opponents weaknesses. He taught them like Walsh taught him, to read with their feet, to move in rhythm, spin through progressions, limit risk. Green Bay ran out the clock and preserved the 3820 win. Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post/Getty Images. Since LaFleur took over, they've annually been one of the NFC's best teams and are currently Super Bowl favorites. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. I dont think Gruden gets enough credit for that. Mike Shanahan coached in Washington for four seasons and. . Copyright 2023 Washington Commanders. They would also be the only team this season to be swept by all of its division rivals. LaFleur returned to the NFL in 2015, where he reunited with Shanahan in Atlanta as the Falcons' QBs coach. Join our linker program. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Matt LaFleur, then 30, came with Kyle from Houston to become the Redskins quarterback coach. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to point to for Washington's struggles over the past decade and beyond. In the context of a disastrous 3-13 season in 2013 that got Mike Shanahan and most of his staff fired, it's pretty obvious why none of the three ended up as Washington's head coach. They must've been a juggernaut team then checks notes oh, It could be worse you could be a browns fan. He searched for a new home and landed a college assistant job coaching the quarterbacks at Notre Dame. He hasn't coached football since Washington and can now be considered unofficially retired. Drafting more than anything killed that regime. Bill Callahan, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line. The Broncos won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1998 and 99 with an offensive line featuring starters drafted in round seven (center Tom Nalen), round 10 (guards Mark Schlereth and Brian Habib) and not at all (tackle Tony Jones). DET David Akers 32-yard field goal, 0:49. This meeting marked the 30th anniversary of their meeting on October 17, 1983, in which Green Bay beat Washington 4847 in the highest-scoring Monday Night Football game in history (although October 17 fell on a Thursday in 2013, the NFL ultimately did not schedule the teams to meet that night). Football Outsiders listed the 2013 Redskins as having the second-worst special teams unit they had ever tracked. In a sluggish game that saw 9 combined turnovers by each team, Washington would lead 21-7 at one point, but the Broncos would score 38 straight points to win 45-21. Griffin continued on, but left after two more ineffectual seasons with Gruden. PHI Michael Vick 3-yard run (Alex Henery kick), 1:02. Kyle Shanahan worked as the team's offensive coordinator, while Matt LaFleur served as quarterbacks coach. 2015 Washington Redskins (DB Coach) 9-7 Lost in NFC Wild Card to GB. WAS Kai Forbath 47-yard field goal, 7:06. The good times rolled during RG3's rookie year, for the quarterback and the offensive cooridnator, Kyle Shanahan (in white). Fits for Giants, Raiders, Bears and Broncos JobsJimmy G May Be the Best QB Available This Offseason Ranking the NFLs Eight Head Coaching Vacancies Washington Football: LISTEN: Could Washington Corral Itself a Franchise QB? Slabs of meat, partially dissected, land in the middle of new plays. Ron Rivera enters his 26th season coaching in the NFL and his third as Washingtons head coach in 2022 after being named the 30th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 1, 2020. 53 active, 17 inactive, 8 practice squad. Question or comment? That started with Kyle, the prodigal son. Washington finished 710 in 2021, and the franchise has returned to respectability under Ron Rivera. Theyre all here, at the dinner, for something called the QB Collective. They still made the playoffs. Chris Russell Jan 13, 2020 3:06 PM EST Chris. 3 / 25. Like with Silicon Valley, he says. Against the Seahawks in the wild-card round, they started a hobbled Griffin, who had injured his right knee four weeks earlier. 274 for 456, 3,203 yards, 16 td, 12 int, & 86 rushes for 489 yards and 0 td, 276 rushes for 1,275 yards, 7 td, & 9 catches for 78 yards and 0 td, 12 rushes for 41 yards, 3 td, & 4 catches for 71 yards and 1 td, 113 catches for 1,346 yards, 5 td, & 2 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td, 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered, 10.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered, 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. During his time with the Redskins, LaFleur worked with quarterbacks Donovan McNabb, Rex Grossman, John Beck, Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins. 5 / 23 . The ground game dominatedjust like in Denver, it was built around a sixth-round running back and an unheralded front five. Despite all the talented offensive minds on staff for Washington that season, the team was a disaster. 2012 Washington Redskins (O-Cord) 10-6 Lost in Wild Card to SEA. It won the NFC East at 9-7 in 2015 and missed the playoffs by a half game (thanks to a tie) after an 8-7-1 season in 2016. But he was proof of what before was abstract theory: The system makes a tangible difference.. Were all Napoleon Complex dudes. Don Breaux: Offensive Coordinator. 4 / 23 . Washington got the ball to start the game, and punted. Gruden had just led the team to back-to-back winning seasons, the first time the franchise had accomplished that since 1996-97. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. Mike Shanahan's 2013 Redskins staff has produced as many NFL head coaches as wins - The Washington Post This article was published more than 4 years ago D.C. Sports Bog Mike Shanahan's 2013. Kyle Shanahan, who served as the Redskins offensive coordinator under his dad, inherited a 49ers team that won two games in 2016 and is 10-22 over two seasons in San Francisco. He would also change personnel within those formations. Alfred Morris ran for 1,613 yards, a tally he would never again approach. Coaching Staff Coaching Staff Assistant Barbara Allen Tight Ends Juan Castillo Experience: 26 years Assistant Quarterbacks/Offensive Quality Control Luke Del Rio Experience: 3 years Assistant Defensive Backs/Nickels Coach Cristian Garcia Assistant Special Teams Ben Jacobs Experience: 2 years Running Backs Randy Jordan Experience: 17 years Oakland then followed with a punt, too. According to McDaniel, bouncing around actually made them better. After graduation in 2005, when it came time to ask Shanahan for a letter of recommendation, the coach suggested he intern for the team, for free, instead. LaFleur was Washington's QB coach and McVay, at age 28, was the club's tight ends coach. The 33-year-old Bartelstein will be serving as Phoenixs new, A former All-Star reliever is taking his talents to Coors Field. The New York Giants defeated Detroit head-to-head (. PHI LeSean McCoy 1-yard run (Alex Henery kick), 9:43. That has left WFT open to some not-so-gentle mocking as three coaches on its 2013 staff alone -- Kyle Shanahan with the San Francisco 49ers, Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams and Matt LaFleur with the Green Bay Packers -- will coach their teams in the NFC divisional round this weekend. Perry Fewell Coaching Rsum. By sending most plays wide of the tackles, he sought to effectively cut the field in halfhe could attack five to seven players more easily than all 11. I was legit concerned RG3 would run the NFC East for years. The Washington Football Team looked to be in an enviable position entering the 2013 season.