Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell knew he wanted to gain experience around him with his coaching staff and on Saturday he did so by hiring former Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn as the team’s offensive coordinator, they said. sources for Dan Graziano, ESPN.
Lynn, 52, was with the Chargers from 2017 to ’20 with a 33-31 record. Prior to that, he was the Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator for one season in 2016.
He and Campbell are getting to know each other. Lynn coached the Dallas defenders in 2005, when Campbell finished with the team.
“What’s more important to me when it comes to an offensive coordinator is someone who I think has a vision of the crime the way I do,” Campbell said Thursday. “Just in terms of ‘Listen, I’m not going to give up what you want to call terminology. I will not close with the system style you want to introduce “.
“I’m more interested in ‘Man, show me what nuts you believe in.’
One thing Campbell pointed out in his introductory press conference is to make sure his coordinators – the team officially announced Aaron Glenn as defensive coordinator on Saturday – can identify and exploit match mismatches.
In Buffalo in 2016, Lynn had the best offense in the NFL, averaging 164.4 yards per game and 5.35 yards per carry, with LeSean McCoy as the main back. Lynn also showed her willingness to throw. His Chargers team last season was sixth in the league in playgrounds per game (270.6), with a rookie defender Justin Herbert behind center most of the season and had the No. 6 passing offense in 2019 (276 , 6 yards per game).
Lynn will likely also work with a new defender in 2021, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Matthew Stafford requested a transaction from Detroit – the only place he played in his career after finishing No. 1. in 2009.