04-26-2018, 05:33 PM
The Minnesota Vikings ranked 10th in the NFL in scoring last season despite losing their starting quarterback and starting running back early in the year. Now the offensive coordinator who guided them to a successful 2017 season is the head coach of the New York Giants. That leaves new OC John DeFilippo with the task of designing his own offense while also using concepts that worked in the past.
On Tuesday, two key players on the offensive side – one who was here last year and one that wasn’t – talked about diving into DeFilippo’s offense for the first time.
“It’s been a lot of fun as we’ve dove into it the last couple of weeks,” tight end Kyle Rudolph said. “You look at the success that he’s had calling plays. For me specifically, the success that he’s had with tight ends that he’s been around, it’s exciting. We have a ton of playmakers on offense. He’s mentioned multiple times that he’s going to get the ball in everybody’s hands and everybody is going to have an opportunity to make plays.”
In 2015, DeFilippo was the OC for the Cleveland Browns, whose leading receiver that year was tight end Gary Barnidge with 79 receptions for 1,043 yards. Last year, tight end Zach Ertz led the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles with 74 catches.
Head coach Mike Zimmer said earlier this offseason the team would design an offense around whichever quarterback they signed. That quarterback turned out to be Kirk Cousins. The Vikings’ new signal caller sees the DeFilippo offense as a myriad of different ideas woven together from his OC’s past experiences.
http://www.1500espn.com/vikings-2/2018/0...s-offense/
On Tuesday, two key players on the offensive side – one who was here last year and one that wasn’t – talked about diving into DeFilippo’s offense for the first time.
“It’s been a lot of fun as we’ve dove into it the last couple of weeks,” tight end Kyle Rudolph said. “You look at the success that he’s had calling plays. For me specifically, the success that he’s had with tight ends that he’s been around, it’s exciting. We have a ton of playmakers on offense. He’s mentioned multiple times that he’s going to get the ball in everybody’s hands and everybody is going to have an opportunity to make plays.”
In 2015, DeFilippo was the OC for the Cleveland Browns, whose leading receiver that year was tight end Gary Barnidge with 79 receptions for 1,043 yards. Last year, tight end Zach Ertz led the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles with 74 catches.
Head coach Mike Zimmer said earlier this offseason the team would design an offense around whichever quarterback they signed. That quarterback turned out to be Kirk Cousins. The Vikings’ new signal caller sees the DeFilippo offense as a myriad of different ideas woven together from his OC’s past experiences.
http://www.1500espn.com/vikings-2/2018/0...s-offense/
