Hello and welcome back to Inside the Data on Inside the Birds.

I'm Jeff Mosher with, of course, our data and analytics expert, Sam Finkel,

and it did not take long, although it might, the actual search for a new Eagles offensive coordinator might have felt like an eternity for some, Sam.

It did not take long for us to get right back in to the first inside the data of the off season.

And we are going to focus it on not only the hiring of offensive coordinator, Sean Mannion, a relative unknown in the coaching field,

but also the addition of the past game coordinator, Josh Grizzard, because both of these guys

come from a similar background. They've coached with similar type coaches. And when you start to

connect all the dots, right, the McVan-McVeatrees, you start to connect all the dots, right? The McVan-Shannan-McVa-Trees, you start to see where the Eagles are going,

at least theoretically, with their offense and what they want it to look like.

So was that, A, your impression of the two hires, and then B, when you put this together,

what we're about to go through on Inside the data here, what were you seeking to do?

Yeah, I mean, my impression is that they got the relatively unknown, like you said,

but a rising star.

And then they married it to a, you know, a more seasoned coach with the thought process, I'm assuming, being that we have a voice that has been coaching a little bit longer in the room as well and can help with the transition.

Because it does take usually a little bit of time for especially a new play caller to find success. So

trying to put him in a position of success by having another person who's had some, you know,

success, but also some more time coaching. I love how you used unintentionally the word marrying

there because you're talking about marrying two coordinators or two offensive designers

with a similar background, which helps, right? Much like when Vic Fangio became defensive

coordinator to get a guy like Clint Hurt, Christian Parker, who had both coached under him before

Joe Casper. That way, the trickle down, right? Because the position coaches are really the most important coaches in development of players,

not the coordinator, because those are the guys who work on the techniques and the fundamentals.

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