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Summer School: Breaking down the West Coast Offense

We go deep on how first-year head-coach Ben McAdoo's offense works.

The New York Giants are heading into their third year with the West Coast Offense. While the team as a whole has yet to improve their winning ways, the performances of individual players on offense has noticeably improved. Let's take a look at what makes this scheme special and what makes it work.

The West Coast Offense was born in 1970 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its father, Bill Walsh, was a quarterbacks coach for the Cincinnati Bengals, and acted as play-caller for head coach Paul Brown.