Kyle Shanahan first became an Offensive Coordinator in 2008 with the Houston Texas and now finds himself holding the same title at the helm of the Cleveland Browns’ offense. This will be his first season calling plays without either his father, Mike Shanahan, or Gary Kubiak as the Head Coach. Instead, he will work under the Browns’ new Head Coach, Mike Pettine. Pettine is a former Defensive Coordinator and so control of the offense will be left completely to the younger Shanahan. Here’s a look atow offenses have fared with him as the Offensive Coordinator:

A couple things that jump out from the table above are that Shanahan’s teams have proven more-than-capable of moving the ball (average rank of 9.0 among NFL teams in total yards) and that he likes to throw the ball (average rank of 9.8 in passing attempts). The outlier in passing attempts would be Robert Griffin III’s rookie year in Washington when they ranked 30th. By excluding that season, Shanahan’s average passing attempts would rise 591.0 and an average ranking of 5.8 among NFL teams.

Shanahan’s first two seasons in Washington were underwhelming across the board, but that can be attributed to a lackluster roster. In 2010, a 34 year-old Donovan McNabb “spearheaded” an offense that included Santana Moss, Chris Cooley, Anthony Armstrong, and Ryan Torain. In 2011, Rex Grossman stepped into the starting role with Jabar Gaffney as his leading receiver. We feel that it’s safe to cut Shanahan some slack for those two seasons.

Heading into 2014, Shanahan will have what is likely the most talented group of players he’s had at his disposal… continue reading at Footballguys, where all offseason content is FREE.