Eric Bienemy

In no way am I trying to bash Eric Bienemy. But I want you guys to read the Wikepedia bio of our new QB Coach. This is the guy hired by the supposedly highest profile OC candidate in the NFL this year, in his first full authority OC job, coming to a team with a young QB who presumably will be starting his first NFL season.

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Wikipedia entry for Tavita Pritchard:

Tavita Pritchard (born February 20, 1987) is an American football coach. He currently is the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Commanders.

High school career[edit]
Pritchard graduated from Clover Park High School in Lakewood, Washington, where he threw for 5,323 yards and 55 touchdowns in his high school career.[1] Pritchard was also a standout on the baseball team and star pitcher. Pritchard was also four year varsity letter winner on the Clover Park basketball team.

College career[edit]
Pritchard received his first start at Stanford on October 6, 2007 in a game against top-ranked USC, after starter T. C. Ostrander suffered a seizure the week before the game. Though Stanford was a 41-point underdog, Pritchard led Stanford to an improbable 24–23 victory and earned the starting job.[2][3]

Pritchard was replaced as the starting quarterback by redshirt freshman Andrew Luck during the 2009 season. After Luck injured a finger on his throwing hand and had surgery prior to the 2009 Sun Bowl, Pritchard started the game for the Cardinal. He went 8 for 19 for 118 yards and two interceptions in the 31–27 loss to Oklahoma. Pritchard went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft. In May, he participated in a rookie minicamp with the San Francisco 49ers, but was not offered a contract.

Coaching career[edit]
Stanford[edit]
Pritchard worked as a volunteer assistant for the Stanford football team in 2010, and in 2011, was hired as a defensive assistant football coach at Stanford by new head football coach David Shaw. In January 2013, Pritchard was elevated to the role of running backs coach. In December 2013, he was promoted to quarterbacks and wide receivers coach, succeeding Mike Sanford.[4] In December 2017, Pritchard was promoted to offensive coordinator when Mike Bloomgren left to become head coach at Rice.[5]

Washington Commanders[edit]
Pritchard was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Commanders on February 28, 2023
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I'm a little skeptical of this hire. That's all I'm going to say. Seems like someone of Bienemy's clout would bring in a proven, experienced guy vs. taking a flier on a relatively inexperienced college coach from Stanford. Hope it turns out to be a genius hire though.

Doesn't sound impressive.

I have come around to the idea that QB coach needed upgrading. I mean, at first, you could argue that Heinicke overproduced, but then in his second year he flatlined (of may have regressed) Wentz, Haskins, and all the other QBs we've around here never really found their mojo under Zampese. Now, the kid has a great QB coach name, but has he been great for us?

That said, Boone's write up of the new guy reminds me of the "Who is going to sign onto a lame duck coach narrative on a team that is about to be sold, too" narrative. Maybe Pritchard is great. If so, Bienemy knows something very few do. I'm not as concerned as I think Eric will be spending a lot of time with Howell, but it's not exactly a "stop the presses" get.

Hopefully, the KC running backs coach decides to sign on.

Well, as someone on Twitter also stated, Ken Zampese is still part of the team here, so maybe that mitigates bringing in a college guy. Fingers crossed but definitely struck me as a head-scratching early move.

Honestly my initial thought was that he was a she.

Unless Bienemy takes over as head coach I can’t see him being here for three years. If the offense is good, you’d think he would be hired. If the offense doesn’t take off then neither he nor Rivera will be here.

Believe it when I see it.

I remember years ago about the hype of : Two tight end sets with Cooley and Fred Davis...gonna be a matchup nightmare for any defense! Offense will be unstoppable!!
Nothing.

Let's see it fellas.

I think this team has legitimate players at WR and RB.

If the quarterback play is even middle of the pack this offense should be productive.

I don't know anything about Bienemy other than he used to be an NFL running back and has sat on the right side of Andy Reid while Reid has built up a real monster in Kansas City, surpassing the consistently excellent play of his Eagles teams.

A LOT of NFL coaches got their jobs because of their associations with Reid - our very own Ron Rivera being one of them.

Nothing is guaranteed once they are on their own - we certainly learned that with Norv Turner.

I like the fact the first move Bienemy pointed the team to when he came on board was signing a RT who is a good pass protector in Andrew Wylie.

In the past, outside of the selection of #2 pick Sam Cosmi, Washington has not committed the kind of dollars and picks into the OL that it should have.