Top five offensive play-callers in the NFL right now

#3 Sean McVay

At number three there is another Sean, who was everybody’s darling less than a year ago as that new, young offensive coach. After being schooled by Bill Belichick (as so many do) in the Super Bowl when his team was held to only three points, and not looking quite the same this year, the Rams HC doesn’t seem to get the same recognition he used to, but he is still one of the more clever minds out there.

McVay comes from the Shanahan tree and has built his offense around the zone run game, with jet sweeps and a multitude of play-action concepts off it to keep defenses honest.

To me the reason why this offense is “only” eight with 26.8 points per game is due to the porous offensive line and a Todd Gurley who simply isn’t the same guy he was just a year ago. With the loss of Pro Bowler Rodger Saffold in free agency and a few injuries along the line, this group up front has struggled mightily.

Ahead of their bye week, that O-line was ranked only ahead of the then-winless Dolphins according to PFF. Gurley is only averaging 3.9 yards a carry without a single run over 40 yards. If not for a few cheap touchdowns at the goal-line he would be the biggest fantasy bust at less than 500 total yards.

Still the offense is somehow top ten in terms yards, points, first downs and completions of 25+ yards. That is largely due to creativity of the guy calling the shots, best displayed by that long touchdown to Cooper Kupp off a reverse flea-flicker in London.