Prepping for the season cont. (Coaching changes part 2 NFC)

Mike McCarthy (Dallas): McCarthy will bring along a winning attitude that's been much needed in Dallas. The biggest changes will be to the in game decisions and clock management. Kellen Moore will still run the offense but MMC will be involved. He's good at putting his players in the position to succeed so I expect solid seasons for all the players involved but not much change in the way of fantasy points. 

Joe Judge HC, Jason Garrett OC (NYG): Judge is a total unknown. Student of Belichick I'm expecting a no nonsense workman attitude from this team. Judge likely won't be very involved in the offense. That will be Jason Garrett's job. Tasked on helping Daniel Jones take the next step he will have to teach Jones a new system. That system may or may not be a good fit for Jones and here's why. It's a vertical attacking scheme that relies on timing and a lot of 5&7 step drops. That requires a high level of play from the OL. The Giants drafted Andrew Thomas but they are far from what Garrett had in Dallas. Also the Giants WRs besides maybe Slayton are built more for a West Coast style offense. It will be interesting to see how Garrett will use the Giants playmakers. I'm not too worried about Saquan but Jones and his WRs might have some growing pains in this new offense.

Ron Rivera HC and Scott Turner OC(Washington):

Washington cleaned house as far as coaches in the off-season. In comes Riverboat Ron and he reunites with Scott Turner who impressed with how he handled the Panthers offense as interim OC last year. Turner is going to mold his scheme to fit his team. He knows how to identify players' strengths and weaknesses. For example last year with the Panthers he knew he had a QB in Kyle Allen that didn't have a big arm and WRs in DJ Moore and Curtis Samuel that weren't polished route runners so he manufactured touches for them in the form of hand-offs, screens, and dig routes to get the ball in their hands and allow them to do what they do best. Make defenders miss. I think you'll see Haskins take a big step forward under Turner and run a more up beat rhythm passing offense. Using Antonio Gibson as a Swiss army knife like he did with Moore and Samuel and heavily targeting Mclaurin down the field allowing him to do what he does best. Make CBs look bad. Haskins has a ways to go as an NFL QB but I'm all in on Mclaurin at his early 6th round ADP. 

Bill Lazor OC (Chicago): Let's make one thing clear here. This is still Matt Nagy's offense. The problem was Nagy took on too much last season and the team (offense in particular) suffered. This will likely be the last chance for Nagy and his QB Trubisky. They also brought in Dave Ragone to help guide this broken passing game. Nagy is a quirky/creative Offensive guy but he went off the rails last season with mind boggling play calls and wasn't helped by downright bad QB play in Trubisky but every now and then Mitch will make a throw that leaves us thinking he can put it together. I think Nagy wakes up and realizes he needs to scheme to his team's strengths. Get Cohen the ball in space, feed A-Rob targets, and pound with Montgomery when you get a lead so your defense can come on fresh and do what they do best. Get after the opposing QB. Montgomery, Arob, and Cohen are all decent buys at their ADPs. As for Trubisky.... Maybe snag Foles as a QB 3 or 4 in superflex and 2QB leagues 🍆

Matt Rhule (HC) Joe Brady (OC): Lazy anyalists will say they are college coaches and we won't know what it will be like at the pro level until we see it live. Well good thing I'm not an anylaist so this will probably be my longest most in-depth look at a new team's coaching situation. Rhule is touted as the program builder (see his Temple and Baylor track record). He brings in a 30 year old OC in Brady who coached Joe Burrow to one of the most impressive seasons a QB can have at the college level. There was a report he had his WRs wearing blackout visors to help them with making contested catches. That's impressive coaching inginuity. Brady caters his system to his team's talent but I think we'll see a lot of spread looks with some short quick passes to get Moore, Samuel, and newly signed Robby Anderson the ball in space and in the position to make plays. Brady also helped TE Thaddeus Moss set positional records for receptions and receiving yards at LSU. This could translate to Ian Thomas being a late round target at TE in drafts. As for  Robby Anderson; he's is reunited with Rhule from their college days and I think he's basically a better form of Curtis Samuel. I'm at odds if they signed him to take Samuel's place in the starting lineup or to bolster the WRs to more aptly run a spread offense. However, I do believe they will both cut into each other's target shares and be unstartable. Moore however will continue his assent as a #1WR and CMC is the overall #1 pick in fantasy by a fair margin too I'd say. 

Well that wraps up my take on all the coaching changes around the league. There are a couple promotions that I didn't mention because there won't be much if any changes to their respective offenses. I'll admit I couldn't wait to get through these and get into the next few blogs about the new rookies coming into the league. I've watched a ton of the All 22 tape on these guys and I've found a few things that aren't reflected in the general thought amongst the fantasy community.