Andy Heck to Remain Jaguars Offensive Line Coach, According to Report

by Adam Stites on Jan 23, 2012 1:03 PM EST in Jacksonville Jaguars News

According to a tweet from Tania Ganguli of the Florida Times-Union, the Jaguars have retained offensive line coach and the longest tenured coach for the team, Andy Heck. Heck has been the offensive line coach for the Jaguars since 2004, and over that span the Jaguars have consistently had one of the stronger run blocking lines in the NFL.

The #Jaguars have retained offensive line coach Andy Heck, according to a source.
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) January 23, 2012

Heck played 12 seasons in the NFL after the Seahawks drafted him in the first round of the 1989 NFL Draft. He played five seasons in Seattle, five seasons for the Chicago Bears and his final two years with the Washington Redskins before retiring after the 2000 season.

Heck then took a job as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Virginia before being promoted to tight ends coach for the 2003 season. He joined the Jaguars staff in 2004 and has now outlasted all of his peers, including former head coach Jack Del Rio.

There was reported interest from the Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins for the services of Heck. (h/t to Jagsrok9008 for having this news first)

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Is it personnel

or coaching that would generally cause a team to be better at run-blocking vs pass-blocking?

by CheapSeat on Jan 23, 2012 1:19 PM EST reply actions

i would assume it is a bit of both. i know skill wise run and pass are pretty different as far as technique. coaching is more of the scheme..what type of pass blocking scheme will you employ with the OL men you have. what are they good and bad at doing.

by chrisltr22c on Jan 23, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

It has more to do with the players than it does the coach, but the coach is still pretty important because their job it to improve and refine a players technique

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by theMAGICman on Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions

superior technique can overcome physical short comings. Casey Wiegmann, center for the Chiefs has been in the league for 15 years despite being much smaller than most other centers. How has he been able to compete at such a high level for so long? Its because he has great technique.

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by theMAGICman on Jan 23, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions

At least I got credit where credit is due. lol

personally, I am not a lover of this retention as I do think there would have been a better person to fill the role, specifically the guy who now is our TE coach.

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by Jagsrok9008 on Jan 23, 2012 1:33 PM EST reply actions