Joe Lombardi is the Chargers Offensive Coordinator

[like54ninjas]

Good listen. Joe has a good ability to explain in limited wording.

[like54ninjas]

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Joe Lombardi may have landed the top assistant coaching prize of the offseason when new Chargers head coach Brandon Staley hired him to be Los Angeles’ offensive coordinator.

Lombardi had been the Saints’ quarterbacks coach since 2009, with the exception of the 2014-2015 seasons when he was the Lions’ offensive coordinator. But now he’ll be one of the most important pieces for developing quarterback Justin Herbert.

Lombardi was impressed with Herbert’s rookie year.

“He’s got a skillset that is elite,” Lombardi said in his Tuesday press conference. “It appears there’s nothing he can’t do. He’s got an incredibly strong arm, good accuracy, he’s very athletic, and it sounds like he’s a real smart guy that’s a good leader. So he checks all the boxes and the sky is the limit with a player like that.”

Herbert set several rookie records in 2020, finishing the season with 4,336 yards passing, 31 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions in 15 games.

As for his offensive philosophy, Lombardi said that generally he’d like to strike a balance between the run and pass. But of course, there are exceptions.

“When you have a quarterback as talented as Justin, you want to let him throw the ball when it’s appropriate — that’s for sure,” Lombardi said.

[Xenos]

Some more context from Popper. I think it’s important to understand what Lombardi said earlier about “balance”. Key words here being “harder to throw”. I think we saw that with the Bills this past weekend and the week before when you have no semblance of a running game unfortunately.

[Coachmarkos]

Lombardi sounded good.

But they all sound good, or they wouldn't be NFL coaches.

Let's see it on the field, Coach Lombardi!

[powderblueboy]

Is anyone worried that we have rookie HC, OC DC and ST coaches?

yes!

[Xenos]

yes!

ST coach isn’t a rookie.

[powderblueboy]

ST coach isn’t a rookie.

And Lombardi was previously an OC for a year and a half

[richpjr]

He really does look a lot like his grandfather.

[like54ninjas]

He really does look a lot like his grandfather.

A Lombardi on staff to help guide us to a Lombardi Trophy.

[AKFlyFisher]

Lombardi sounded great. He addressed his failings with the Lions head on, and noted the need to be less rigid and to develop a system that works for the talent. I loved at the end he addressed analytics and data about needing to be more aggressive and going for it on 4th down. We will see if it works, but I am cautiously optimistic based on what I heard.

[Charge!]

Some more context from Popper. I think it’s important to understand what Lombardi said earlier about “balance”. Key words here being “harder to throw”. I think we saw that with the Bills this past weekend and the week before when you have no semblance of a running game unfortunately.

He also said you pass to score points and run to win the game......
He also said that he likes the idea of going for it on 4th down more frequently than most do it.... depending on team makup the stats show that it is advantageous in many situations.....
---remember that Payton used to go for it more then most.....

[Charge!]

A Lombardi on staff to help guide us to a Lombardi Trophy.

I like that he is related to the great one..... lol