Many around the program – and outside of it – compare the scheme Ensminger is implementing

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to the one Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay used last season to lead the NFL in scoring. It is described as a revamped West Coast system.

The offense is a pro-style attack, but one of its strongest elements is a hurry-up, multi-receiver package where the quarterback reads just one person – maybe an inside linebacker or deep safety – before the firing the ball. Play-action off of zone rushing is another key element, and deep balls off of bootlegs are a significant piece of the scheme, too.

Denham Spring High coach Bill Conides, who coached sophomore quarterback Myles Brennan at St. Stanislaus, mentioned the Rams’ offense during an interview with The Advocate in January.

Orgeron said his offensive staff plans to visit the Charges later in the spring. Coaches have studied “a lot of what the Saints are doing” as well, he said, again indicating a spread-type offense that relies heavily on quick and intermediate passing and scatbacks in the backfield.

Receiver route running and timing are essential in these systems. They are characteristics that new pass game coordinator Jerry Sullivan was hired to implement.

“I’m a big believer in footwork is everything, whether you’re a left tackle blocking, running back cutting or a receiver,” Sullivan said recently during an interview on ESPN 104.5 FM. “The footwork element of running routes (is) a huge element. From my perspective, that’s where we start, the foundation of everything we do in the passing game.”

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