Using the Coryell chart made plays easy to decipher for the quarterback and his receivers. A common route from this list was the 20, or shallow crosser. Routes for Coryell’s inside receiver (Y) were numbered in multiples of 10 ascending from that figure to 90. The former was a simple out pattern, the latter a go route (deep). Outside receivers (X and Z) ran routes numbered one through 9. The Coryell passing game was easy to grasp because of his numbering system. Working with a smaller talent pool encouraged a natural innovator to ditch the power-I, run-heavy schemes he’d been fond of for something more air-based. The Jets could win on the ground or through the air, but Coryell’s Chargers were all about painting the skies with footballs.Ĭoryell developed his offense at the collegiate level with San Diego State. ‘Broadway Joe’ threw for 4,007 yards, no mean feat in a New York Jets’ offense featuring talented running backs Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell. His name was Dan Fouts, golden-armed field general for the San Diego ‘Super’ Chargers, who would eventually become knows as ‘Air Coryell.’ Head coach Don Coryell’s innovative aerial schemes combined with some extraordinary personnel to help Fouts shatter the mark Joe Namath had set in 1967. The effect wasn’t immediate, but there was a new single-season passing yardage leader a year later. That’s what happened when the league extended its season from 14 to 16 games in 1978. Playing more games means more chances to break NFL records.
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