Homer Rice and Bill Johnson

[BengalChris]

(07-11-2021, 07:06 PM)impactplaya Wrote: I.thought Walsh's contribution to those Bengals teams
Were well documented. Wasnt he  the QBs coach then eventually the OC?

I know the roots of the WC offense was laid with those Otto Graham teams but from what Ive heard the WC really
Took shape under Walsh's guidance when he
Was a Bengals coach. 

No the West Coast Offense (Ohio River Offense) came into being after Greg Cook [Otto Graham was up in Cleveland and gone by this time] had a career ending injury and the backup QB, Virgil Carter, didn't have a very strong arm. The team needed a way to open up the short passing game. It was a new system. Later Joe Montana was drafted by Walsh specifically for his latest version of this offense.

Today you don't see many new systems being developed. They all seem to be derivatives of existing systems.

Paul Brown was no slouch with the offensive schemes either. Here's a great article on how versatile Paul Brown could be.

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/eagles/20160126_When_the_Browns_threw_zero_passes_-_and_beat_the_Eagles.html