Brandon Staley continues to flesh out his inaugural Chargers staff. Saints quarterbacks coach Joe Lombardi is in line to become Los Angeles’ offensive coordinator, sources told Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
We heard a couple of days ago that Seattle also had interest in Lombardi for their opening. As Schefter points out there’s a connection here, as Staley and Lombardi are both Dayton alums. Lombardi was an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach with the Saints from 2007-13, then was hired to be Detroit’s OC in 2014. The grandson of legendary coach Vince Lombardi was fired after just a season and a half of coordinating for the Lions.
He promptly rejoined Payton’s staff as quarterbacks coach, and has served in that role ever since. Obviously his first stint as an OC didn’t go as planned, but he’ll be walking into a great situation here for any play-caller. Not only will he have Justin Herbert at his disposal, but weapons like Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Austin Ekeler, and potentially Hunter Henry if he’s re-signed.
Please use Easton Stick like you did with Taysom Hill.
He was only the qb coach not OC.
Good suggestion though.
I think it’s a good hire. He definitely worked a lot with Taysom Hill and developing his passing game.
Now he will have the chance to be an OC again on a good team in LA
Looks like we’re bringing in a lot of pieces at once
OC: Joe Lombardi
DC: Renaldo Hill
ST: Derius Swinton
Should have hired J-Lo instead of Joe-Lo to boost team morale.
Don’t let the last name fool you, the guys a loser. All you need to know if he got fired from the Lions.
Won 11 games in 2014 and that’s their last playoff birth. Maybe they should’ve kept him!
Good point and it sure wasn’t due to their defense.
To his credit, no one wins in Detroit. The curse of Bobby Layne and Ford.