Schottenheimer Rejects Buffalo's Advances

It had to be a distraction, especially for Sanchez.

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He is very good in developing young quarterbacks. He has also called 3 great games in a row. He’s not perfect and sometimes shies away from whats going and gets cute but IMO a very solid offensive coordinator.

He has improved since last year under Mangini’s conservative approach. Rex has let him sort of run the show on offense. It worked well the first three weeks and actually it worked in N.O. but Sanchez blew that game with bad ball security. i think during the losing strech he let Sanchez do more than he was capable of at such a early stage of his career. In the last several weeks he has found a happy median that gives him just enough passing opportunities to keep him happy and not putting him in situations to make a costly mistake. we need to keep him at least next season to help Sanchez develop.

I think he doesn’t want to coach in Buffalo because he sees that he’s gonna be up against the Jets for the next X amount of years and he knows he’s not gonna get any success against them! haha

  I have been one (and to some extent continue to be) of Schott’s biggest critics during his time as o coord. That said, I really like how he handled this situation, and it warmed me up to him in a lot of regards. One thing I like a bunch his how he cited his working relationship with Rex as a primary reason to stick around. Schott’s still growing as a coach and having a hc that he works well with is really important. However, he still takes too long to do effective things for the offense than he should. The plays that have been effective recently (namely in the pass game) should have been run far more early and often throughout the year. Play action? Maybe a whole bunch with their run game. The simple play fake, roll out toss to keller should be run 2-3 times A GAME. How about letting B. Smith throw it once too? (especially last week v cin would have been perfect) And can you get this team that excels at run blocking and pulls well to please be able to execute a hb screen? Not having that play in our arsenal or an effective draw is huge. Also, as mentioned, he overthinks himself to hell at times.