Post by bearsinhouston on Jan 30, 2024 9:13:51 GMT -6
But..... He seems to be a good hire also. I like his resume. Success everywhere he has been. I think the same of Hilliard, plus he has actually done it himself. Still, I do like Beatty
Just read up on him. He's worked with A LOT of really good receivers going back to when he coached high school ball. From what I read on his philosophy of coaching and how he's worked with guys...I like what I hear! I found this article on the Athletic about him that gives some great insight: theathletic.com/4689994/2023/07/20/chargers-receivers-coach-chris-beatty/
I liked this part especially:
"What Beatty saw from Williams was untapped potential. Williams was entering his fifth NFL season on an expiring contract. He was a good NFL player, but he had not yet lived up to where the Chargers drafted him. Beatty had a plan to change that.
“Here’s what’s going to happen,” Beatty remembers telling Williams that offseason. “If you do what I ask you to do, you’re going to get 80 catches, 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns and get a big contract.”
Williams, a man of few words, gave Beatty a simple reply: “I got you, Coach.”
What happened next provides a window into what Beatty brings to one of the most talented and expensive receiver rooms in football — and why Beatty could soon be achieving another of his coaching goals by becoming an NFL coordinator and play caller.
Beatty had a grander vision for Williams. In his first four seasons, Williams was used almost exclusively as an outside-the-numbers threat. And he made plenty of jaw-dropping plays in those areas of the field. Williams’ greatest gift is how he uses his huge frame, long arms and elite body control to win jump balls.
But while watching film, Beatty could not understand why Williams wasn’t being used in other areas of the field. The Chargers were building a new offense in Staley’s first season, and this was the ideal opportunity to explore what else Williams could become.
Staley had tapped Joe Lombardi as his offensive coordinator. Lombardi came from the Saints, where, over the previous five seasons, Michael Thomas had set records as one of the most productive receivers in football. Thomas was the X receiver in those Sean Payton-Drew Brees offenses, typically lining up as the isolated receiver.
As the Chargers offense was developing that offseason, Lombardi approached Beatty about where Williams could fit.
“Mike can be Mike Thomas,” Beatty told Lombardi.
There was some consideration into moving Keenan Allen around to fulfill some of the many duties Thomas excelled at in the Saints offense. But Allen is at his best in the slot. Giving Williams the Thomas role would put Allen in the best position to be successful and create a more dynamic passing attack overall. That is, as long as Williams was up for that challenge. And Beatty believed he was.
“He can do more,” Beatty said. “You go back to Clemson, he was running in-breakers, in-cuts, slants. … So, it was like: ‘I think we can do these things with him. We don’t need to move anybody there. He can do them.’ He just hadn’t been asked to do them.”
Lombardi agreed. So did Staley.
And the vision became a reality. Williams finished 2021 with 76 catches, 1,146 yards and nine touchdowns — just missing Beatty’s predictions across the board."
I suggest giving it a read if you have a subscription.
I think so, but we have said that before. As a matter of fact.... every time we do this lol
I came here to say this.
It comes down to being a "glass half full" guy instead of a "glass half empty" guy. I try to keep positive each season and usually last to around November before the glass looks bone dry to me :-)
