Russell Wilson on new Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron’s offense: ‘It’s super complex’

For the initially time due to the fact 2017, the Seattle Seahawks have a new offensive coordinator. Brian Schottenheimer and the firm parted strategies earlier this offseason, just after which Pete Carroll introduced in former Los Angeles Rams go game coordinator Shane Waldron to operate the offense. 

Waldron figures to bring a lot of his Sean McVay-model playbook with him to Seattle, providing the Seahawks a focus on zone runs and bootleg principles that allow for Russell Wilson to use his mobility and accuracy outdoors the pocket. So much in minicamp, Wilson likes what he sees of Waldron’s technique. 

“It is really tremendous intricate,” Wilson stated Thursday, per The Information Tribune. “We are going to be ready to transfer people all around. We are going to do every thing that we want to… I definitely believe that in him.”

The greatest modify Wilson sees so much is not schematic, but connected to pace. 

“We have some nuances across the board that definitely challenge the defense, employing the entire discipline and definitely increasing the offense,” Wilson stated. “Just employing everyone as a lot as possible, in all distinct formations and distinct seems to be and distinct tempos.”

Below Schottenheimer and former offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, the Seahawks have been routinely one particular of the slower-paced offenses in the NFL. In accordance to Football Outsiders, the Seahawks averaged much more seconds per snap in neutral scenarios than the Rams in each and every of the 4 a long time Waldron was in L.A. Seattle was in the bottom half of the league in each and every of Schottenheimer’s three seasons, although the Rams have been in the major ten every single 12 months but one particular.

2017	thirty.02*	27.ninety	twelve*	1
2018	31.sixteen	29.05	18	three
2019	31.79	28.thirty	24	three
2020	thirty.68	29.80	22	twelve

In accordance to Wilson, Waldron isn’t really just importing McVay’s playbook. He is bringing principles from each and every of his prior stops and marrying them all alongside one another, although producing certain to retain the tempo going. 

“We are going to have a excellent mixture of every thing,” Wilson stated. “The superior thing is, we can do it all. Shane delivers a excellent versatility. Anything that I love about him is he definitely understands the game in all areas of it, situationally. He is been at a lot of distinct areas, a lot of prosperous areas. With Shane, currently being with the Rams, currently being with the [Washington Football Staff], currently being with the Patriots, he delivers a lot of perspective.”

We hear this form of thing from teams just about every single offseason. Most people wants to be imaginative and various and quick-paced more than the summertime. Considerably fewer teams basically dedicate to it arrive the tumble. We are going to locate out no matter if or not the Seahawks are one particular of them when September rolls all around.