The Philadelphia Eagles love doing things by a committee approach and that’ll definitely be the status quo when it comes to coaching up Carson Wentz.
On Thursday, the Eagles announced another offensive mind has been added to the coaching staff, naming former offensive coordinator, Marty Mornhinweg as a consultant to head coach Doug Pederson.
Mornhinweg brings decades of experience as a play-caller and offensive innovator and will add another dimension to the coaching-bubble being placed around Carson Wentz.
With a co-offensive coordinator approach in place, here are four takeaways to Mornhinweg’s hire:
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1. The offensive-minded cocoon around Wentz will work wonders
The Eagles don’t have an official offensive coordinator, but they now have a room full of solid and innovative minds that should help take Carson Wentz’s game to the next level.
The Eagles also hired former Broncos offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello and added pass game coordinator to quarterbacks coach Press Taylor’s title, making this offseason about taking Carson Wentz to the next level as a passer.
2. Who needs an offensive coordinator
Like a big pot of Gumbo Pederson will be able to utilize Mornhinweg’s wealth of experience and offensive knowledge that he’s accrued over the years.
Mornhinweg spent two years as head coach of the Detroit Lions and, most recently, he spent three seasons stint as the Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator (2016-18).
“He gets what we’re doing. He gets my vision. He understands my philosophy,” Pederson said in a statement on Thursday. “He understands what my goal is and what my vision is for this offense.”
Pederson is the play-caller and it’ll be on Mornhinweg and Press Taylor to dial up some innovation.
3. Mornhinweg knows how to develop a signal-caller
It’s unknown what role Mornhinweg will play with Carson Wentz, but there’s no doubt that he’s experienced in the department of developing quarterbacks. In his career, Mornhinweg has worked with the likes of Steve Yong, Brett Favre, Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick.
