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A season for change: The Mike Riley offense, past and future
Chief among them: Langsdorf, who spent nine years with Riley in Corvallis before following a former colleague, Ben McAdoo to the New York Giants. McAdoo called plays this year. Langsdorf coached Eli Manning. Langsdorf immediately set high goals – a 70 percent completion rate for Manning, whose career completion rate was 58.5 percent heading into this season. Manning didn't reach that 70 percent mark – but he did complete a career-high 63.1 percent of his passes. And he did reduce his interceptions from a career-high 27 to just 14. So something went right there.
At Oregon State, Mannion fell back a bit, although that might have been the departure of Cooks more than anything. Mannion gushed about Langsdorf in a recent World-Herald story.
Chief among them: Langsdorf, who spent nine years with Riley in Corvallis before following a former colleague, Ben McAdoo to the New York Giants. McAdoo called plays this year. Langsdorf coached Eli Manning. Langsdorf immediately set high goals – a 70 percent completion rate for Manning, whose career completion rate was 58.5 percent heading into this season. Manning didn't reach that 70 percent mark – but he did complete a career-high 63.1 percent of his passes. And he did reduce his interceptions from a career-high 27 to just 14. So something went right there.
At Oregon State, Mannion fell back a bit, although that might have been the departure of Cooks more than anything. Mannion gushed about Langsdorf in a recent World-Herald story.