Yes, I know, winning a press conference doesn't mean shit.
But its more about the details that Ben shared, combined with learning more about what kind of coach he is and his success as a play caller with the Lions.
Point I am getting at?
Cliff notes is look at Kliff Kingsbury and Jayden Daniels.
To expound on that, Kliff was able to get Jayden off to a fast start because not only did he cut the field in half for his QB (something that won't be necessary for Caleb at this point), he took a lot of the plays Jayden liked from college and put them in the play book (with the obvious upgrades to NFL level of course). A decent portion of the Commanders' offensive playbook comes from what Jayden ran in college. That's because he wanted Jayden to play fast and not have to think as much on the line.
Ben basically confirmed he is going to do the same thing with Caleb. They are going to get on the same page, and while Caleb is learning how to see the game through Ben's eyes, Ben is also going to make notes on what Caleb likes to do and put that into the playbook. And if he is doing that with Caleb, you best believe he is also going to be doing the same thing with Kmet, Moore, and Rome, asking what routes they like and what they are good at, reviewing tape, etc.
Seems like this would be common sense, right? Well, not all OCs do it this way. In fact, MOST DON'T. Most OCs learn a system, and try to get players to fit that system. It takes a novel understanding off offense and why certain things are done to be able to engineer an offense from the ground up. And Ben showed with the Lions, he has that and gets it.
What this means is when we finally get to the games, you will have a very comfortable Caleb Williams (provided the line gets addressed), and receivers and a tight end that are energized to play hard because they know all their favorite plays are in the playbook, which keeps them engaged.
Doesn't mean the players will drive the complete playbook. But I guarantee you - their favorite things to do on the field will be the backbone that Ben will build out from. And because of the buy in from including that, he will have buy in for those players to also run other plays, as everyone waits their turn for their play to eventually be dialed up.
There will always be some hiccups when installing a new offense. But I expect this one to hit the ground running like they did in Washington this past year.
Get excited.
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