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Seattle Seahawks

Brian Schottenheimer takes over Seattle offense

The Seahawks are handing the reins of their offense to Brian Schotteheimer, but he looks like an underwhelming hire. He’s spent nine years as an NFL coordinator, with modest success.

All of those seasons came with the Jets and Rams. He never had overwhelming talent. But at some point he has to pick up some portion of the blame. Sean McVay, after all, took on a Los Angeles offense with seemingly modest talent and was able to elevate them from last to first in scoring.

However you want to slice it, Schottenheimer has had nine offense. The 2008 Jets ranked 9th in scoring. Four of his offenses ranked in the teens, and the remaining four ranked lower than 20th. He’s spent the last two seasons as a quarterbacks coach in Indianapolis.

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER OFFENSES
YearTeamWinPt/GRkPts
2006New York Jets10-619.818316
2007New York Jets4-1216.825268
2008New York Jets9-725.39405
2009New York Jets9-721.817348
2010New York Jets11-522.913367
2011New York Jets8-823.613377
2012St. Louis Rams7-8-118.725299
2013St. Louis Rams7-921.821348
2014St. Louis Rams6-1020.321324

With New York, Schottenheimer had three offenses that ranked in the top 10 in rushing. But two thirds of his offenses finished with below-average rushing numbers. (That’s using standard scoring).

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER / RUSHING
YearTeamAttYardsAvgTDPointsRk
2006New York Jets4911,7383.515263.817
2007New York Jets4461,7013.86206.126
2008New York Jets4222,0044.720320.48
2009New York Jets6072,7564.521401.61
2010New York Jets5342,3744.414321.47
2011New York Jets4431,6923.814253.218
2012St. Louis Rams4101,7144.25201.427
2013St. Louis Rams4261,7524.110235.220
2014St. Louis Rams3951,6354.111229.521

Schottenheimer’s offenses haven’t tended to put up big passing numbers. He’s never had a team rank in the top dozen in overall production (using standard scoring). And five of his nine teams have ranked in the bottom 10.

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER / PASSING
YearTeamPctYardsTDIntPointsRk
2006New York Jets64%3,3521716437.219
2007New York Jets61%3,3301519423.024
2008New York Jets66%3,5162223483.614
2009New York Jets53%2,5961221331.631
2010New York Jets55%3,4202014462.025
2011New York Jets57%3,5422618510.217
2012St. Louis Rams60%3,7832214510.319
2013St. Louis Rams59%3,3602211468.027
2014St. Louis Rams63%3,4002016460.023

No Schottenheimer quarterback has ever ranked in the top dozen in per-game production (standard scoring), but none of those guys were of the caliber of Russell Wilson. All but one of his offenses, at least, featured either Brett Favre or a quarterback chosen in the first round.

But I’m not a big Russell Wilson fan this year. I’ve got him #2 among quarterbacks, but not a player I’m looking to select.

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, QUARTERBACKS
YearPlayerStPassTDPIntRunTDRPtsRk
2006Chad Pennington, NYJ162101.061.007.0015.422
2007Chad Pennington, NYJ81981.251.134.1316.217
2007Kellen Clemens, NYJ8178.631.0014.1313.625
2008Brett Favre, NYJ162171.381.383.0617.115
2009Mark Sanchez, NYJ15163.801.337.2013.528
2010Mark Sanchez, NYJ162061.06.817.1916.423
2011Mark Sanchez, NYJ162171.631.136.3820.313
2012Sam Bradford, St.L.162311.31.818.0618.519
2013Sam Bradford, St.L.72412.00.574.0020.8--
2013Kellen Clemens, St.L.9184.89.787.0013.733
2014Austin Davis, St.L.82261.501.005.0017.825
2014Shaun Hill, St.L.82071.00.881.1315.231

Some are optimistic about Rashaad Penny in Seattle, but note that Schottenheimer in nine years has produced only one top-15 running backs – Thomas Jones 10 years ago.

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, TOP-80 RUNNING BACKS
YearPlayerRecRunTotal TDPointsRk
2006Leon Washington, NYJ2706509204116.035
2006Kevan Barlow, NYJ21370391675.147
2006Cedric Houston, NYJ43374417571.748
2007Thomas Jones, NYJ2171,1191,3362145.622
2007Leon Washington, NYJ213353566694.644
2008Thomas Jones, NYJ2071,3121,51915241.95
2008Leon Washington, NYJ3554488039136.328
2009Shonn Greene, NYJ0540540266.056
2009Leon Washington, NYJ131331462046.271
2010LaDainian Tomlinson, NYJ3689141,2826164.217
2010Shonn Greene, NYJ1207668862100.637
2010Joe McKnight, NYJ20189209020.985
2011Shonn Greene, NYJ2111,0541,2656162.518
2011LaDainian Tomlinson, NYJ449280729390.940
2011Joe McKnight, NYJ139134273133.382
2012Steven Jackson, St.L.3211,0421,3634162.316
2012Daryl Richardson, St.L.163475638065.849
2013Zac Stacy, St.L.1419731,1148159.418
2013Benny Cunningham, St.L.59261320140.068
2013Daryl Richardson, St.L.121215336033.679
2014Tre Mason, St.L.1487659135121.325
2014Benny Cunningham, St.L.352246598483.842
2014Zac Stacy, St.L.152293445150.569

Schottenheimer hasn’t had a lot of luck with wide receivers. He’s never had one who’s finished a season with top-15 numbers.

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, TOP-80 WIDE RECEIVERS
YearPlayerNoRecAvgRunTDPointsRk
2006Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ8296111.7256134.623
2006Laveranues Coles, NYJ911,09812.1146147.216
2007Laveranues Coles, NYJ5564611.706100.639
2007Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ821,13013.8382128.826
2008Chansi Stuckey, NYJ3235911.21354.078
2008Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ7185812.185118.630
2008Laveranues Coles, NYJ7085012.197127.924
2009Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ5782114.404106.134
2010Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ4143310.6-3255.078
2010Santonio Holmes, NYJ5274614.3176112.333
2010Braylon Edwards, NYJ5390417.147134.821
2011Plaxico Burress, NYJ4561213.608109.236
2011Santonio Holmes, NYJ5165412.8278116.130
2012Danny Amendola, St.L.6366610.68387.454
2012Chris Givens, St.L.4269816.612391.052
2012Brandon Gibson, St.L.5169113.50599.145
2013Chris Givens, St.L.3456916.78057.779
2013Austin Pettis, St.L.3839910.50463.969
2013Tavon Austin, St.L.4041810.5151692.950
2014Tavon Austin, St.L.312427.8224364.674
2014Kenny Britt, St.L.4874815.614394.251

Schottenheimer has tended to do best with tight ends. In all nine of his seasons, he’s had a top-20 player at the position. Just two seasons, however, with somebody in the top dozen (Dustin Keller ranked 9th in both 2010 and 2011.) But I will take this as an indication that in a 12-team league with everyone drafting two tight ends, Ed Dickson should be chosen.

BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, TOP-40 TIGHT ENDS
YearPlayerNoYardsAvgTDPtsPointsRk
2006Chris Baker, NYJ313009.742454.018
2007Chris Baker, NYJ4140910.031858.918
2008Dustin Keller, NYJ4853511.131871.514
2009Dustin Keller, NYJ4552211.621466.220
2010Dustin Keller, NYJ5568712.553098.79
2011Dustin Keller, NYJ6581512.5530111.59
2012Lance Kendricks, St.L.4251912.442677.919
2013Lance Kendricks, St.L.322588.142449.835
2013Jared Cook, St.L.5167113.253097.111
2014Lance Kendricks, St.L.272599.653055.923
2014Jared Cook, St.L.5263412.231881.415

Overall, however, I am cool on Schottenheimer and Seattle’s offense in general.

—Ian Allan

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