“Git ‘Er Dun” Attitude Makes Houston Texans’ Receiving Corps Unique

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Published: July 1, 2009

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... >Sid Gillman in the 1960s, when he made the San Diego Chargers the most pass-happy team in the old AFL.

It evolved into “Air Coryell” with the St. Louis Cardinals and later evolved again with the Chargers under head coach Don Coryell. 

Al Davis lifted the idea and took it to Oakland, where John Madden used it to take Kenny “Snake” Stabler and the Raiders to a Super Bowl.

In San Francisco, Bill Walsh further refined it to create a dynasty in San Francisco with Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Dwight Clark.

It received its name in the early part of that dynasty when Bill Parcells’ defense-minded Giants shut down the 49ers in the 1985 playoffs. Parcells quipped, “What do you think of that West Coast offense now?”

Several of Walsh’s protégées tinkered with the offense to create their own unique va...

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