Seahawks Rumors: Ex-Chargers HC Anthony Lynn in OC Vacancy

Damaged-down Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn is reportedly within the running to develop into the Seattle Seahawks’ fresh offensive coordinator.

Essentially based on NFL Media (h/t Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk), Lynn has spoken with Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll about the team’s OC opening, however the 52-yr-worn hasn’t but determined what he needs to assemble in 2021.

Lynn used to be fired this month after four years as head coach of the Chargers, which included posting a 7-9 legend remaining season.

Seattle’s OC job grew to develop into on hand this week when the Seahawks parted programs with Brian Schottenheimer, who had served in that role for three years.

After ranking within the tip 10 in both whole offense (eighth) and scoring (ninth) remaining season, the Seahawks fell off a minute in 2020, ranking 17th in whole offense and eighth in scoring offense.

Quarterback Russell Wilson had a tall yr overall with 4,212 yards and a profession-high 40 touchdowns thru the air, however he also thru a profession-worst 13 interceptions and had a passer ranking below 100 in every of his closing four traditional-season games after topping the 100 attach in nine of the outdated 13 games this season, including in every of his first 5 games.

The leisure straw for Schottenheimer used to be Seattle’s offensive efficiency in a 30-20 NFC Wild Card Round playoff loss to the NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams.

Seattle played from at the attend of all game, turned the ball over as soon as (a Wilson INT) and done with ultimate 278 yards of whole offense against L.A.’s fearsome protection.

Lynn’s Chargers had their complications this season, and his team never came shut to replicating the 12-4 legend he registered in 2018, however the offense did some ultimate things at some level of the 2020 advertising campaign.

The Chargers ranked ninth in whole offense and 18th in scoring, which is rarely any minute feat brooding about they’d a rookie quarterback.

Justin Herbert had much less hype surrounding him than both Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa entering the 2020 NFL draft, however the No. 6 overall defend had the next rookie yr than both of them below the tutelage of Lynn.

After ending 66.6 percent of his passes for 4,336 yards, 31 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, Herbert is the potentialities-on favorite to be named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yr.

Other than his stint as head coach of the Chargers, Lynn has some skills as an OC as neatly, serving in that role for the Buffalo Funds in 2016. Most of his NFL coaching profession has been spent on the offensive aspect of the ball as a running backs coach.

If Lynn finally ends up landing the OC job in Seattle, he’ll have not any scarcity of weapons at his disposal within the believe of Wilson, broad receivers D.Okay. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, and running attend Chris Carson.