The Bucs wasted no time after their messy parting ways with former offensive coordinator Liam Cohen. After reports surfaced that Interview with Los Angeles Rams passing game specialist Nate Schielhaas The team announced it has completed virtual interviews with Los Angeles Chargers passing game coordinator Marcus Brady and Minnesota Vikings assistant offensive coordinator Grant Wudinsky. The team made these announcements X, formerly a Twitter account.
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For the third year in a row, it looks like the team will be interviewing a large number of candidates to find the right person for the job. Just one day after Cohen announced his move to the Jaguars’ head coaching position, the Jaguars have already completed three interviews. And the league is taking note of the process that led to the promotion of two one-time coordinators in the same season.
The Bucs, who hired a player who hit a home run two years in a row as OC, are interviewing a wide range of people, not just players the HC knows. There’s a lesson somewhere.
— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnaracy) January 25, 2025
In an offense-driven league, it will be critical for Bucs head coach Todd Bowles, along with the support of the Bucs’ front office, to continue to execute this particular usage correctly. And I’m sure they want this to last longer than 12 months.
After interviewing 10 candidates in 2023, the Bucs zeroed in on a relatively unknown quarterbacks coach from Seattle who has never called a play above the high school level. A year later, Dave Canales was hired as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers. Last year they increased the net They must include 15 different candidates before agreeing to hire Cohen. After a prolific offensive season, Cohen found himself at the helm of a franchise in need of improvement in just one year.
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May 29, 2024. Costa Mesa, California, USA. Los Angeles Chargers game coordinator Marcus Brady, quarterbacks coach Shane Day, quarterbacks Justin Herbert (10) and Casey Bauman during organized team activities at the Hogue Performance Center. (16 years old) and Max Duggan (8 years old). Required Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Brady only stayed with the Chargers for one season, joining new head coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff who helped turn Los Angeles into an immediate playoff team. Although the Chargers ranked just 19th in passing yards per game, they were one of the most efficient passing attacks in the NFL. Under Brady and offensive coordinator Greg Roman, they ranked 11th in EPA/play at +0.04, and quarterback Justin Herbert threw the fewest interceptions of any eligible passer in the NFL. (3).
Brady’s passing attack is one of the most vertical in the league, with Herbert tied for fifth in completion percentage of passes of 20 or more air yards (14%) and tied for eighth in completion percentage of throws between 10 and 19 air yards (23.7%). It became. The middle-of-the-field attack should be especially intriguing for Tampa Bay as it was the area of the field where Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield improved the most this season as he enters his best year as a pro.
Before coming to Los Angeles, Brady served as an offensive consultant and then as the Eagles’ senior offensive assistant from 2022-2023. Prior to that, he was with the Colts from 2018 to 2022 under former head coach Frank Reich. There, he started as an assistant QB coach, was promoted to QB coach in 2019, and then was promoted again to offensive coordinator in 2021. Brady has never called plays at the NFL level.
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Udinkushi is very youthful and very well thought out. At just 29 years old, the Vikings assistant has only been coaching at the NFL level for five years. After spending one year at Baylor as a graduate assistant in 2019, Udinsky spent two years as a coaching assistant with the Carolina Panthers under former head coach Matt Rhule and former offensive coordinator Joe Brady. Brady is currently considered one of the hottest offensive players in football.
He moved to Minnesota in 2022 to become head coach/special projects assistant. In 2023, he moved into the role of assistant QB coach and helped keep the Vikings afloat in the NFC playoff race despite starting four different QBs.
Last season, Wudynski added the title of assistant offensive coordinator while retaining the title of assistant QB coach. Wudynski was part of the team that developed former “busted” Sam Darnold into one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Darnold currently stands to earn a contract worth more than $100 million.
Everyone who works with Udinski “loves” him, according to league officials who spoke to him. This year’s Vikings offense rankings middle of pack in the most offensive statistical category.
