TK Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 For Immediate Release January 28, 2015 REDSKINS NAME MATT CAVANAUGH AS QUARTERBACKS COACH LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have named Matt Cavanaugh as Quarterbacks Coach. Cavanaugh joins the Redskins with 22 seasons of coaching experience across the professional and collegiate levels. The 2015 season will mark the 32nd NFL season of Cavanaugh’s career, including 14 combined seasons as a quarterback for the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants from 1978-91 and 17 seasons as an NFL coach. Cavanaugh most recently served as quarterbacks coach of the Chicago Bears from 2013-14. In 2013, under Cavanaugh’s tutelage, Chicago’s quarterbacks set single-season team records in passer rating (96.9), passing yards (4,450), passing touchdowns (32) and completion percentage (64.4). Prior to joining the Bears, Cavanaugh spent 2009-12 coaching quarterbacks for the New York Jets, guiding the team to two AFC Championship game appearances. Cavanaugh’s background includes stints as an offensive coordinator with the Bears (1997-98), Baltimore Ravens (1999-2004) and University of Pittsburgh (2005-08). His tenure in Baltimore included a 34-7 victory over the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. Cavanaugh won two Super Bowl titles as a backup quarterback with the Giants (Super Bowl XXV) and 49ers (Super Bowl XIX). He was a second-round selection (50th overall) of the Patriots in 1978 NFL Draft, appearing in 112 career regular season contests with 19 starts and completing 305-of-579 passes for 4,332 yards and 28 touchdowns. As a collegiate quarterback, Cavanaugh guided Pitt to the 1976 National Championship and was named the Sugar Bowl MVP after a 27-3 victory over Georgia. A year later, he earned All-America honors as a senior in 1977. A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Cavanaugh attended Chaney H.S. He is married to his wife, Maria, and is the father of three children: Amy, Andrew and Mollie. CAVANAUGH FOOTBALL TIMELINE 2013-14: Quarterbacks Coach, Chicago Bears 2009-12: Quarterbacks Coach, New York Jets 2005-08: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach, University of Pittsburgh 1999-2004: Offensive Coordinator, Baltimore Ravens 1997-98: Offensive Coordinator, Chicago Bears 1996: Quarterbacks Coach, San Francisco 49ers 1994-95: Quarterbacks Coach, Arizona Cardinals 1993: Tight Ends Coach, University of Pittsburgh 1990-91: Quarterback, New York Giants 1986-89: Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles 1983-85: Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers 1978-82: Quarterback, New England Patriots 1974-77: Quarterback, University of Pittsburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Seems like a solid hire. Second person to come here from the Bears, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The tutor of Mark Sanchez? Kidding aside, I hope he helps out. QB is the most important position and Gruden can only do so much. I can only hope this helps Griffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm going to make a rare repeat of a post in the zoony bin thread. Well, now some of the drum-beaters setting the table for stirring up the villagers on that matter can maybe take a little breather. Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The tutor of Mark Sanchez? Kidding aside, I hope he helps out. QB is the most important position and Gruden can only do so much. I can only hope this helps Griffin. Well, he was hired by Trestman and got a good season out of journeyman Josh McCown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Seems like a solid hire. Second person to come here from the Bears, no? I'd imagine that whether it turns out solid or not (and how that's even going to be judged in the long run), we'll hear how it isn't more than it is with bias/agenda in full swing. But maybe, by now, we may not hear that so much. I add that I'm not one who sees the Redskins primarily through RG3-centric lenses. Please try not to make more out of that last comment than what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgm110 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm glad to see we added a QB coach--- much needed addition IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJ Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I add that I'm not one who sees the Redskins primarily through RG3-centric lenses. Please try not to make more out of that last comment than what it is. So thinking he might help Cousins get over the INT virus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGoonie55 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I really think we have some good raw talent at QB. If Cavanaugh can come in here and coach them up, I'm sure we've got a solid starter in there somewhere. There have been quite a few flashes of brilliance. Dare I be hopeful in saying a franchise QB? I think so! Welcome to the Redskins! Roll up your sleeves, you got some work to put in buddy. HTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I feel old when I reflect on the fact that I remember when Matt played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3200fps Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The tutor of Mark Sanchez? Kidding aside, I hope he helps out. QB is the most important position and Gruden can only do so much. I can only hope this helps our QB situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasRoane Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I feel old when I reflect on the fact that I remember when Matt played. Face it man, we are old! I vaguely remember him engineering some good comebacks. I think it was the same player anyways. Regardless, seems like a good move and all the pieces for the Coaching Staff are in place. Just in time to work with Scotty Mac on player evals. Cavanaugh can be a good buffer between Jay and Robert while also coming in completely objective about all three QB's on the roster. Or some project that might be available in the draft. I'm very optimistic about the future with no delusions about the next two years. However, I can envision a noticeable upward turn of the franchise in closing the gap with the upper echelon in years 3 & 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 So thinking he might help Cousins get over the INT virus? Crap, that would be a big hope. I'd love it. Cousins' seeming melt-down and the muddying of matters with RG3 not "owning the spot" and the ankle injury added so much to the mess. I would love to see if Kirk can rebound as much as I'd love to see RG3 rebound. Another highly pushed narrative told as fact here, that I find much flaw in, is the exaggerated (even unfounded to a great extent) "all 3 qbs have regressed and it's all cuz of jay" stuff. But I haven't been interested in "arguing" that yet, though it's been on my mind and I don't think it's really very hard to argue. However I'm not interested in extending that here or now, so, please, no one needs to reply to this with the same stances I've already read more than a hundred times. I feel old when I reflect on the fact that I remember when Matt played. No sympathy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinjarra Rouge Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Along with Callahan,Cavanaugh brings plenty of experience which i see as a positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I don't know this guy from anyone, but I'm just glad about the hiring of a quarterbacks coach. I know that EVERY year seems like something is turning around, but this is the first year where I've seen some egos drop. Bruce and Dan admit that they need a GM, Jay admits that he doesn't have enough time in the day to coach the quarterbacks, Bruce/Jay let Haz go (even if it were Haz's decision, I'm relatively sure that Jay/Bruce could've pushed him to stay), Morris wasn't retained, and so on. Even if this were a terrible quarterbacks coach, I love that we have one. Oh, and one more thing thing, this is yet another signing that wasn't highly publicized before it actually happened. I like that we heard about it when Ashburn wanted us to hear it, not through the grapevine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Kev Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 This caps the big three needs IMO. A proper GM, replace Haslett and get a QB coach. I suppose that these moves will ultimately be judged "results based" but I hope people (myself included) look back and say that Dan and Bruce (eventually) did the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeast Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Any idea/rumors on who the new DL coach will be? I want our team to be hard and mean. Even if we lose the other team goes home feeling beaten because we played so damn hard physically. We used to be known for that. Teams dreaded coming to play us, not because we were invincible, but we played hard; with spirit and pride. Our players HATED losing. We desperately need that back. That was our "identity" that was talked about recently. "The Redskins way" so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Any idea/rumors on who the new DL coach will be? Don't tell but I hear we've netted former Redskins LB Warrick Holdman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinpigskin Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I like the experience of our recent coaching hires. None of them are first timers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Like the hire. Longtime asst, former coordinator, former NFL QB. Should be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'd imagine that whether it turns out solid or not (and how that's even going to be judged in the long run), we'll hear how it isn't more than it is with bias/agenda in full swing. But maybe, by now, we may not hear that so much. I add that I'm not one who sees the Redskins primarily through RG3-centric lenses. Please try not to make more out of that last comment than what it is. Yah one poster in particular. The narcissistic know it all douchebag we've been talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carex Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 he's never coached a superstar QB it looks like, but if I'm remembering the teams he was working for right he never coached for a team with a high quality QB. Looks like he mostly got the best out of journeymen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeast Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Yah one poster in particular. The narcissistic know it all douchebag we've been talking about Isn't he a cowpukes fan now? Hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l7986 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 No Tampa Bay connection... is Jay sick or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedBNG Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 One QB can't see the field and holds onto the ball. The other thinks he sees the field and throws INT's. Somewhere in this mix I hope Matt will neutralize the problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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