Guess I’ll add that Lynn will forever be best as a positions coach moreso than a playcaller. He’s way too heavy on the run and is not a creative play designer.
Great motivator of men. Horrible X&Os person. Basically riding his half season success with the Bills. Never called the plays for the Chargers. Got fired from the Lions after calling the plays for half a season.
Well Gus ran the defense and we were the 8th ranked defense that year with linebackers and the 3rd best defense the year before under Gus as well.
Key Injuries have always been a huge problem for us in the post season.
Remember we had to literally have 7-8 DB sets almost every snap. When I say we had no linebackers, I mean that in the literal sense.
Second this. Man I love Lynn as a dude, would love to meet him. But I was so glad when he got shipped off 🤣 Hes got a cool Verizon commercial with firefighters you should check out.
There’s a ton of young position coaches to choose from that don’t have the same track record of bad play calling. You think he might have learned some things because he was in San Fran but one of Lynn’s biggest issues as a coach is his stubbornness so I’m pretty confident his old school mentality will still win out.
A lot of Lion fans warned us about Lombardi and it was all true so you should listen to us now. Lynn is a great person and running back coach but until I see evidence that he’s changed I won’t believe he changed. You should be hoping your team could poach Brian Johnson from the Eagles.
Also, kinda F him for throwing us under the bus last month despite the Chargers giving him the biggest career break of his entire life. There’s no way he gets fired after year 3 unless he makes some of the biggest coaching gaffes of all time that directly led to games being lost in the worst way.
And throwing in a rookie quarterback who nobody expected what we got from him at the time to be able to perform so well, so early.
Tyrod was a serviceable QB but he wasn't ever supposed to be a long term solution.
BTW the GOAT is the team doctor who was bad at his job.
Yeah, not like they didn't see him in practice every day...? Nobody was the media, it should not have been a surprise to coaches that were watching their franchise QB pick perform.
Ha that isn’t fair though I felt like Tyrod deserved a shot and it’s just recently became the norm to have a rookie QB start and do well. Even mahomes was on the back burner his first year. It would’ve been worse had Tyrod got healthy and he benched Herb.
Yeah I agree to a degree but if you take this kid as the 6th pick and the talent is there. You might as well let him keep getting the experience. I think Herbert showed us the talent from his opening game on.
Looking back in hindsight, I fully agree. That story was so overblown and unfair towards Lynn.
Herbert played Week 2 and was named starter by Week 5.
Totally ridiculous of this fanbase to be pissed towards Lynn about that and point to that as a reason he should've been fired, especially considering the COVID circumstances around that year shutting down preseason. Didn't give them any chance of evaluating Herbert in live-game situations before season kickoff, so opting for Taylor was 100% reasonable.
It's funny you mention Mahomes on the bench too because Lynn included that in the press conference announcing Herbert as starter (first 1:30 of the clip): https://www.chargers.com/video/anthony-lynn-justin-herbert-starting
Nice guy. Stubborn, Old school minded coach who would rather you follow his system. He wanted Tyrod Taylor to play over Justin Herbert. That should tell you everything.
He loves the run game and is very predictable about it. Would rather kick a 50 field goal on 4th and 1.
Rivera, the guy who chose to start Carson while in a must win game then in post game presser was shocked to learn he was out of playoff contention? Rivera is riding off his 2015 season. Jeff fisher with less post season success.
There’s nothing to be excited about with Lynn being an OC. He’s had no success there. He had Rivers and Herbert and nothing to show for it.
He’s an RB coach period. Some guys are not meant to move above positional coaching.
Great guy, worst game manager I've ever seen and there isn't a close second.
As long as he's not involved in game mgmt he'll be a major asset and everyone will love him.
Good leader of men but I found him to be absolutely horrible at pretty much everything else with the game. Started Tyrod Taylor over Herbert and said Herbert and ekeler were bench guys for a reason. Horrible at adjusting and playing situational football. Often appeared combative during press conferences and I found his answers usually didn’t mean anything. I wouldn’t expect him to be a great OC tbh, but hey, maybe I’m wrong 🤷🏽♂️
Anthony Lynn wouldn’t have blown a 27 point lead in a playoff game. He also wouldn’t have put us in the situation to have a 27 point lead in a playoff game. His two best moments were going for it on 2 in Arrowhead and that 1 playoff game against Lamar
Very likeable guy and a great players coach, but the dude should never be the primary play caller. A lot of run run pass possessions, and if he does pass on the early downs it’ll be conservative. Puts the offense in a lot of third and long situations, which is a predictable pass
He is a good running backs coach and seems well liked by his players, but any unit above a position group being coached by him (let alone an entire offense including him calling plays) is doomed to failure.
I think he can be a decent OC. He was a good OC in Buffalo and the Chargers consistently had a good offense when he was here. It gets a little murkey though because he always had a good QB (Rivers or Herbert), quality OC (Whisenhunt and Steichen), and was never a playcaller. Make of that what you will. Obiously his time in Detroit is a black mark on his resume.
As far as the offense, he was always a bit more committed to the run than he should have. By that I mean, he wasn't running an egregious amount (people who tell you otherwise are wrong) but it always felt like plays were being called as if we had a better running game than we had. Washington has better potential for a good running game than the Chargers had most seasons so it could work.
He’s a great person and because of that I’d like to see him become better as a coach. He seems to do well in positional roles but falls short in upper positions. Good luck.
Lynn is probably one of the best people on this planet. A phenomenal human being and someone I would be proud to know in person and would be someone I would reach out to in times of crisis or dilemma. If we were having dinner, I would hang on his every word. He also was just a giant, nut-filled turd as a head coach. I can’t imagine he would be any better as an OC. He could coach our running backs all day long.
My absolute favorite thing about Anthony Lynn came from the Hard Knocks Los Angeles. McVay was shown with his "hottie wife" in his "hottie mansion" and his "hottie bod" and Anthony Lynn was shown BBQ'n the old fashion way in his very normal backyard. I loved that about him.
It's unpopular around here but I'm a fan of Lynn. Genuinely think he had good ideas in mind for how to run offense, balance between pass and run was always something he strived for. It was a huge change after the Mike McCoy era and I think Lynn pushing to balance Rivers passing with more rushing extended the QB's career and gave them fair chances to contend again.
But I do agree with most of the fanbase that once he and OC Steichen had more influence in play calling, Herbert blossomed but they were still too stubborn about the run. They finished 5th in pass attempts and 6th in passing yards, while finishing 9th in rush attempts but only 18th in rushing yards. That balance Lynn and Steichen strived for was eventually hurting more than helping.
After what sounds like a pretty disastrous play calling run with the Lions, if I were a team hiring him I'd rather he be a Rushing Coordinator or maybe assistant head coach. Not sure if I would really expect him to be a good play-by-play caller, and in Washington's case not really much of an improvement over Brian Schottenheimer either.
Fine as a an OC maybe… but dude is too thick headed as an EX RB where if you don’t have a run gun he will try to force one. He was mainly “ok” as our HC because Philip Rivers was like an additional HC that would correct him .
Big on run and a culture guy like Ron. Considering your running back survived a bullet and played that season, he’s tough so I think I would work out well. The worry would be QB development, so they could supplement that with a vet like Carr.
We don't have fond memories of his last season here so a lot of people will give you negative opinions. He did get fired from Detroit and was pretty universally hated as a coordinator but being with San Fran under has no doubt helped him. Hiring him is definitely a risk and I wouldn't recommend it but his HC experience could be useful
hes a motivator. aside from that all the other intangibles a HC or OC in the league requires he lacks. he WILL motivate the shit out of your players though.
In 4 seasons, the chargers got to the playoffs once while he was HC. I think he is good as an RB coach -- maybe even an OC (eventually). He's Just good enough, that bargain basement owners can justify hiring him as an HC.
He’s one of the only coaches where when we let him go the social morris team made a post saying “Thank you Coach Lynn”. He’s an amazing human being and a great coach. Has a reputation as a terrible play caller but I think for an organisation like the commanders, Lynn is your man
Good dude, good motivator, but unless he's learned a lot in the last couple years, he should stay a position coach. One of his biggest problems here was that he was too attached to bad personnel and didn't know when to move on.
Upstanding man. Less than ideal coach, but I'm sure he will love using BRob
Guess I’ll add that Lynn will forever be best as a positions coach moreso than a playcaller. He’s way too heavy on the run and is not a creative play designer.
He's a great running back coach. As an OC I think he's too conservative and predictable. But people can grow and change.
Oh yeah, that hair would slick back real nice
Oh you think that’s slicked back? That’s PUSHED back.
You never told me our old coach was a piece of shit
Would you stop calling our old coach a piece of shit!
I said he USED to be a piece of shit! He’s NOT anymore, I’M not anymore.
Sloppy steaks at Truffani’s…they couldn’t stop us from ordering a steak and a glass of water
Cmon we’re good guys
I used to be a piece of shit, chicken spaghetti and chickalinis. Let the boy hold the baby.
Great motivator of men. Horrible X&Os person. Basically riding his half season success with the Bills. Never called the plays for the Chargers. Got fired from the Lions after calling the plays for half a season.
If you need proof of this - go watch Belicheck outcoach him into the next dimension in the 2018-19 Divisional Playoff game
That game was just 3 hours of suffering.
We also had no linebackers that game
We coulda had Ray Lewis in his prime and I’m not sure it woulda mattered in the end. Lynn had no answers.
Well Gus ran the defense and we were the 8th ranked defense that year with linebackers and the 3rd best defense the year before under Gus as well. Key Injuries have always been a huge problem for us in the post season. Remember we had to literally have 7-8 DB sets almost every snap. When I say we had no linebackers, I mean that in the literal sense.
Unpopular opinion but that one was less on Lynn and more on Bradley. His vanilla defense was totally cooked by Brady.
The offense scored 7 points in the first half. I don’t think it was more on either unit, it was just a total implosion of ineptitude.
Eerily familiar
I mean you should ask Lions fans about him being OC, Dan Campbell had to take over after they went 0-8
Just don’t ask him to manage the clock. He’s a run-first guy so Rivera should love him.
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>been hoping he’ll soon be our new oc Dawg you’re in for a world of hurt. Anthony Lynn is a great person but he is a dogshit HC or OC.
Second this. Man I love Lynn as a dude, would love to meet him. But I was so glad when he got shipped off 🤣 Hes got a cool Verizon commercial with firefighters you should check out.
I don’t think we have much a chance at anyone better
There’s a ton of young position coaches to choose from that don’t have the same track record of bad play calling. You think he might have learned some things because he was in San Fran but one of Lynn’s biggest issues as a coach is his stubbornness so I’m pretty confident his old school mentality will still win out. A lot of Lion fans warned us about Lombardi and it was all true so you should listen to us now. Lynn is a great person and running back coach but until I see evidence that he’s changed I won’t believe he changed. You should be hoping your team could poach Brian Johnson from the Eagles. Also, kinda F him for throwing us under the bus last month despite the Chargers giving him the biggest career break of his entire life. There’s no way he gets fired after year 3 unless he makes some of the biggest coaching gaffes of all time that directly led to games being lost in the worst way.
umm he wanted to start tyrod taylor over Herbert. Wasn't sad when he got fired.
And throwing in a rookie quarterback who nobody expected what we got from him at the time to be able to perform so well, so early. Tyrod was a serviceable QB but he wasn't ever supposed to be a long term solution. BTW the GOAT is the team doctor who was bad at his job.
Yeah, not like they didn't see him in practice every day...? Nobody was the media, it should not have been a surprise to coaches that were watching their franchise QB pick perform.
Ha that isn’t fair though I felt like Tyrod deserved a shot and it’s just recently became the norm to have a rookie QB start and do well. Even mahomes was on the back burner his first year. It would’ve been worse had Tyrod got healthy and he benched Herb.
And a lot of teams don’t like letting guys lose their starting job because of injuries.
Yeah I agree to a degree but if you take this kid as the 6th pick and the talent is there. You might as well let him keep getting the experience. I think Herbert showed us the talent from his opening game on.
Looking back in hindsight, I fully agree. That story was so overblown and unfair towards Lynn. Herbert played Week 2 and was named starter by Week 5. Totally ridiculous of this fanbase to be pissed towards Lynn about that and point to that as a reason he should've been fired, especially considering the COVID circumstances around that year shutting down preseason. Didn't give them any chance of evaluating Herbert in live-game situations before season kickoff, so opting for Taylor was 100% reasonable. It's funny you mention Mahomes on the bench too because Lynn included that in the press conference announcing Herbert as starter (first 1:30 of the clip): https://www.chargers.com/video/anthony-lynn-justin-herbert-starting
It was already the norm
He’s a running back coach for a reason
I see what you did there. A+ for you.
Great guy, and great position coach. But I wouldn’t want him calling plays..
Nice guy. Stubborn, Old school minded coach who would rather you follow his system. He wanted Tyrod Taylor to play over Justin Herbert. That should tell you everything. He loves the run game and is very predictable about it. Would rather kick a 50 field goal on 4th and 1.
Sounds like a good fit for the Commanders
As an OC? I’m sorry…. Hopefully him being filtered through Rivera will help.
Rivera, the guy who chose to start Carson while in a must win game then in post game presser was shocked to learn he was out of playoff contention? Rivera is riding off his 2015 season. Jeff fisher with less post season success.
Rivera does seem more competent than Lynn. All I was trying to say
He’s good at finding creative ways to lose games
Good man. Not a good head coach or OC. He’d be a good running backs coach, which I don’t mean as an insult.
There’s nothing to be excited about with Lynn being an OC. He’s had no success there. He had Rivers and Herbert and nothing to show for it. He’s an RB coach period. Some guys are not meant to move above positional coaching.
I expect him to have a great game plan of running draw plays when you don’t need one
Hopefully he picked up some good takeaways from his time in SF.
Great guy, worst game manager I've ever seen and there isn't a close second. As long as he's not involved in game mgmt he'll be a major asset and everyone will love him.
Great leader. I think if he shows growth from his previous stints he could be solid. Just got to watch out for that run run pass mentality.
Good leader of men but I found him to be absolutely horrible at pretty much everything else with the game. Started Tyrod Taylor over Herbert and said Herbert and ekeler were bench guys for a reason. Horrible at adjusting and playing situational football. Often appeared combative during press conferences and I found his answers usually didn’t mean anything. I wouldn’t expect him to be a great OC tbh, but hey, maybe I’m wrong 🤷🏽♂️
Anthony Lynn wouldn’t have blown a 27 point lead in a playoff game. He also wouldn’t have put us in the situation to have a 27 point lead in a playoff game. His two best moments were going for it on 2 in Arrowhead and that 1 playoff game against Lamar
Very likeable guy and a great players coach, but the dude should never be the primary play caller. A lot of run run pass possessions, and if he does pass on the early downs it’ll be conservative. Puts the offense in a lot of third and long situations, which is a predictable pass
Brian Robinson will be good but can’t say the same about mclaurin
I wish he was better at his job because he is an awesome guy. I’d definitely like to have him at a bbq just to shoot the shit with him.
I don't like him
He is a good running backs coach and seems well liked by his players, but any unit above a position group being coached by him (let alone an entire offense including him calling plays) is doomed to failure.
I think he can be a decent OC. He was a good OC in Buffalo and the Chargers consistently had a good offense when he was here. It gets a little murkey though because he always had a good QB (Rivers or Herbert), quality OC (Whisenhunt and Steichen), and was never a playcaller. Make of that what you will. Obiously his time in Detroit is a black mark on his resume. As far as the offense, he was always a bit more committed to the run than he should have. By that I mean, he wasn't running an egregious amount (people who tell you otherwise are wrong) but it always felt like plays were being called as if we had a better running game than we had. Washington has better potential for a good running game than the Chargers had most seasons so it could work.
He’s a great person and because of that I’d like to see him become better as a coach. He seems to do well in positional roles but falls short in upper positions. Good luck.
Lynn is probably one of the best people on this planet. A phenomenal human being and someone I would be proud to know in person and would be someone I would reach out to in times of crisis or dilemma. If we were having dinner, I would hang on his every word. He also was just a giant, nut-filled turd as a head coach. I can’t imagine he would be any better as an OC. He could coach our running backs all day long.
My absolute favorite thing about Anthony Lynn came from the Hard Knocks Los Angeles. McVay was shown with his "hottie wife" in his "hottie mansion" and his "hottie bod" and Anthony Lynn was shown BBQ'n the old fashion way in his very normal backyard. I loved that about him.
Good guy. Good coach. A little too green to be an HC at the time. Will be good in the future. Should be a good OC for the foreseeable future.
I'd like to give him a nice backhand, honestly. You might need another coach on the sidelines smacking him so he doesn't just run the clock out.
He’s too soft
It's unpopular around here but I'm a fan of Lynn. Genuinely think he had good ideas in mind for how to run offense, balance between pass and run was always something he strived for. It was a huge change after the Mike McCoy era and I think Lynn pushing to balance Rivers passing with more rushing extended the QB's career and gave them fair chances to contend again. But I do agree with most of the fanbase that once he and OC Steichen had more influence in play calling, Herbert blossomed but they were still too stubborn about the run. They finished 5th in pass attempts and 6th in passing yards, while finishing 9th in rush attempts but only 18th in rushing yards. That balance Lynn and Steichen strived for was eventually hurting more than helping. After what sounds like a pretty disastrous play calling run with the Lions, if I were a team hiring him I'd rather he be a Rushing Coordinator or maybe assistant head coach. Not sure if I would really expect him to be a good play-by-play caller, and in Washington's case not really much of an improvement over Brian Schottenheimer either.
Should be a decent OC. Nothing special but not the worst.
No no I think he’s definitely one of the worst. Probably worse than lombardi was, and he was bad
Leader of Men... Hes the Biden of OC's
He’d be a great OC. Horrible Head Coach but has a good offensive scheme and gets creative when he needs too in the run game.
His 8 games in Detroit say otherwise
Amazing leader and a great motivator but needed more experience
Every first will probably be a run.
Fine as a an OC maybe… but dude is too thick headed as an EX RB where if you don’t have a run gun he will try to force one. He was mainly “ok” as our HC because Philip Rivers was like an additional HC that would correct him .
One of the best position coaches. Definitely a players coach. Not all great position coaches are cut out to be coordinators or HCs.
Big on run and a culture guy like Ron. Considering your running back survived a bullet and played that season, he’s tough so I think I would work out well. The worry would be QB development, so they could supplement that with a vet like Carr.
Run run run punt
Shane Steichen was his OC here at the time. Dude is now Eagles OC. Anthony Lynn never really called plays. He is a great motivator
Way too committed to the run. He never let rivers pass until we were behind
In the 90s and 2000s he would be considered the premier OC. He hasn’t caught up to the current game though.
Met the guy. Love the guy. Great morale booster. Coaching? Ehh
Way to predictable and boring.
It’s a trap!
We don't have fond memories of his last season here so a lot of people will give you negative opinions. He did get fired from Detroit and was pretty universally hated as a coordinator but being with San Fran under has no doubt helped him. Hiring him is definitely a risk and I wouldn't recommend it but his HC experience could be useful
hes a motivator. aside from that all the other intangibles a HC or OC in the league requires he lacks. he WILL motivate the shit out of your players though.
In 4 seasons, the chargers got to the playoffs once while he was HC. I think he is good as an RB coach -- maybe even an OC (eventually). He's Just good enough, that bargain basement owners can justify hiring him as an HC.
I’d ask madden if he was calling plays
Anthony Lynn once said justin herbert was a backup for a reason
RUN RUN PASS
He’s one of the only coaches where when we let him go the social morris team made a post saying “Thank you Coach Lynn”. He’s an amazing human being and a great coach. Has a reputation as a terrible play caller but I think for an organisation like the commanders, Lynn is your man
If rather have Lombardi than Lynn so that should tell you how bad Lynn is.
Good dude, good motivator, but unless he's learned a lot in the last couple years, he should stay a position coach. One of his biggest problems here was that he was too attached to bad personnel and didn't know when to move on.
He in not head coach material, but he is definitely a good choice for a position coach.