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Chiefs’ offense has improved since Andy Reid handed off to Matt Nagy
Michael David Smith
ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports • Dec 26, 2017, 7:38 AM
Heading into December, the Chiefs’ offense was in a tailspin and coach Andy Reid decided to hand play calling to offensive coordinator Matt Nagy. The results have been impressive.
In the four games before Reid gave up play calling, the Chiefs were 1-3 and had averaged 16 points a game and 300 yards a game. In the four games since Reid gave up play calling, the Chiefs are 3-1 and have averaged 29 points a game and 421 yards a game.
Alex Smith has been a major beneficiary of Nagy’s play calling. In the four games before the switch, Smith had a passer rating of 78.7 and there was talk of the Chiefs benching Smith for Patrick Mahomes. Since the switch, Smith has a passer rating of 105.3, and no one is talking about benching him.
And rookie running back Kareem Hunt may have been an even bigger beneficiary of Nagy taking over the offense. After a hot start, Hunt had started to disappear in the middle of the season, with 60 carries for 173 yards, 11 catches for 59 yards, and zero total touchdowns in the four games before Nagy took the reins of the offense. In the four games since Nagy has started calling plays, Hunt has 87 carries for 402 yards and three touchdowns, plus 17 catches for 111 yards and a receiving touchdown.
The Chiefs have now clinched the AFC West and can rest their starters in Week 17 before a home playoff game in the wild card round. They’re in great shape heading into the postseason, thanks in large part to Reid’s wise decision to take a step back.
https://nflmocks.com/2017/12/27/chicago-bears-3-reasons-matt-nagy-guy/
Chicago Bears: 3 Reasons Matt Nagy Could Be Their Guy
by Erik Lambert3 days ago Follow @ErikLambert1
The Chicago Bears are set to pursue their next head coach come this January, and a popular name expected to be of interest in Matt Nagy
Offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, his star has been rising rapidly over the past month. That was when head coach Andy Reid handed him play calling duties for the offense. Since then the Chiefs have not scored less than 26 points in any game and everything is clicking. At age 39 he represents another of those young blood coaches who might be able to follow in the footsteps of Coach of the Year hopeful Sean McVay out in Los Angeles.
Nagy remains a bit of an unknown. Being a Reid disciple is never a bad thing of course. Ask guys like Doug Pederson and John Harbaugh. At the same time, Nagy is still so fresh to the scene, having just become a coordinator in 2016. There’s no way to know for sure if he’d head coaching material, so perhaps it’s better to ask the simpler question. Would he be good for Mitch Trubisky and the Bears offense were he to take over?
Here are three things he can do for them.
#1 – Coaches passing efficiency
Alex Smith has always been an efficient passer but Nagy gets the most out of what he does best. Prior to his taking over, Smith had 19 touchdowns and four interceptions in 11 games. Over the past four games since Nagy took over play calling duties, Smith has seven touchdowns to just one interception. That’s an even better ratio prior to the change. This is something that the Bears will want more from Trubisky. Higher number of touchdowns, lower number of interceptions.
#2 – Commits to the run
Don’t be fooled. Nagy may be a former quarterback who specializes at the position, but he’s a balanced offensive mind. Just look back at the past four games. In three of the he made sure to give Kareem Hunt at least 24 touches on the ground. All three of those games were victories and in each he still managed to make sure Smith was staying productive as a passer. That’s the sort of balance the Bears have been yearning for.
#3 – Knows how to manufacture big plays
One problem with the Bears offense since the start of the season has been their consistent inability to hit big plays, especially through the air. Despite having Smith at QB, a man notorious for not being a deep thrower, the Chiefs have consistently hit on several big plays over the past month. Much of this is due to Nagy’s ability to manufacture good matchups at the right time, then allowing his quarterback to take the shot.
Such an aggressive mentality is something the Bears haven’t had under John Fox. It’s high time that changed.
http://www.profootballweekly.com/20...successful-head-coach-from-reid-tree/arid3tk/
Greg Gabriel: Could Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy be next successful head coach from Reid tree?
Nagy is a name to watch if not this year, then next
FOLLOW @PFWEEKLY By GREG GABRIEL
Published: Dec. 21, 2017 — 8:02 a.m.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2017 — 8:03 a.m.
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With two games to go in the 2017 regular season, there is already one head coaching job open and there are bound to be more in another two weeks. The New York Giants parted ways with Ben McAdoo following Week 13. When the 2017 regular season ends, teams such as Tampa Bay, Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Houston could also be looking for new coaches. While there is always an abundance of names floated around, few of them are really ready to assume a head job and have success.
Looking at the success rate of new coaches over the past ten years or so, the ones that almost always seem to have success are the coaches who come from the Andy Reid tree. The Buffalo Bills' new head coach, Sean McDermott, was once a defensive coordinator under Reid. The same can be said about Carolina head coach Ron Rivera. The Eagles' current coach, Doug Pederson, was also a former Reid assistant as the Kansas City Chiefs offensive Coordinator under Reid before he took over in Philly. Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is one of the first from the Reid tree to become a head coach, and no one has to tell you about his success. It goes without saying that Andy Reid does a superb job in preparing his coaches for the next step.
This year there are two coordinators under Reid who will be hot names when coaching positions open. One is Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub and the other is offensive coordinator Matt Nagy. Toub has been through the head coach interview process in the past, and it seems likely that this year will be the year that he finally gets a well-deserved head coaching position.
Nagy, on the other hand, will be new to the process but, because of his responsibilities in Kansas City and the success that Los Angeles Rams rookie Head Coach Sean McVay has had this year, Nagy could very well be a head coach within the next six weeks. I use McVay as an example because he is young and relatively inexperienced as far as years in the league, yet he has been able to turn the Rams around in one season.
Nagy is only 39 years old and he has been coaching in the NFL for eight seasons. Before coaching, the Delaware grad was a quarterback in the Arena Football League and passed for over 18,000 yards and 374 touchdowns.
Following his Arena League career, Nagy became an offensive assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles under Reid for one season (2010) and then spent two years as an offensive quality control coach. When Reid became the Chiefs head coach in 2013, Nagy was hired to be the Chiefs quarterback coach, working closely with Alex Smith. Under Nagy’s guidance, Smith put up some of the best numbers of his career. He spent two seasons at that position, and then in 2015, he was promoted to co-offensive coordinator with former Vikings head coach Brad Childress and still worked with the quarterbacks. This season he was named sole offensive coordinator for the Chiefs.
Under Reid, the offensive coordinator is heavily involved with the game planning each week but it has always been Reid who called the plays. That changed three games ago when Reid gave the play-calling duties to Nagy. Being that Reid has always called the plays since he has been a head coach, the move is huge and speaks volumes about what Reid thinks of Nagy as a coach.
In the three weeks since Nagy has become the Chiefs' play caller, the Kansas City offense has averaged better than 425 yards and 29 points per game. In the past two games, the Chiefs have averaged better than 33 minutes per game in time of possession. With those kind of offensive numbers, most teams win!
While there haven’t been a lot of young coaches that have become head coaches, the success rate for those who do is very good. Jon Gruden, Mike Tomlin and McVay are just three examples. Adam Gase in Miami was 38 years old last year when he became a head coach. While he had success in 2016, he has struggled this year, but the Dolphins also lost their starting quarterback (Ryan Tannehill) in the preseason to a leg injury.
Nagy may or may not get a head coaching job this year, but his is a name to watch the next few years if he is unsuccessful this offseason.
