Cam Cameron

Jonathan and I went over the past of Cam Cameron to get a feel for how his career production played out.  The short analysis is that he may be a better hire for the offense than Chavis was for the Defense.

His head coaching stints have been on bad teams, Indiana where he had Randle El who set an NCAA record for TD Passes and Rushes and Miami where he lasted only one season.

Miami-:  In Miami his QB was Cleo Lemon with a QB Efficiency WPA 0.57.  This alone sounds bad until you research the years prior. 2006-Harrington  (-1.27) 2005 Frerotte (-0.15)
Big Improvement with QB for 2007 (0.57)

San Diego:  Prior to Cameron 2001 Flutie (.01) Brees was a rookie and only played one game.
Cameron years: 2002 Brees (.72) 2003 (-1.01) 04 (4.27) 05 (0.06) 
Then he picked up a stronger armed QB- 2006 Rivers (2.42)
After Cameron 2007 Rivers dropped to ( 0.66)

Baltimore: Flacco Years are impressive.
Prior to Cameron :2007 Boller(-0.22) McNair (-0.90) 2008 Flacco (-0.60)
Cameron Years:  All Flacco  2009 (1.48) 2010 (3.31) 2011 (3.01) 2012 ( 4.28)

Cameron makes QB and offenses better.

• Baltimore was 30th in the league in Offensive 2008 in efficiency prior to his arrival.
• Since they have been steady- 2009 (16th) 2010 (5th) 2011 (9th) 2012 (12th)
• Miami went from 26th in Offense to 21st in his 1-15 year.
• San Diego dropped from 2nd his last year to 8th the year he left.
• Tidbit- He was QB coaching in Washington and Gus Frerotte went to the Pro Bowl.

Maybe, Miles has found a coach that he will be able to trust and let him run the offense and decide who plays.  If nothing else changes, I feel that Cameron will have the offense better prepared to block and allow the QB time to throw.

Grade of the hire:  A
This could get interesting, especially considering the level of talent that is coming out of Louisiana in 2013.
A good offensive  year and Miles may have the top ranked class in the nation next year.

The changes Saban new Offensive Coordinator made last  year.

J.