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 by den-the-coach
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   Fifty-four Forty or Fight
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BY THAYER EVANS

Thu Jan. 28, 2016

Former Chicago Bears running backs coach Skip Peete is the new running backs for the Los Angeles Rams, according to a source.

Peete was out of football this past season after coaching the Bears’ running backs from 2013–14. He inherits Rams star running back Todd Gurley, who was a Pro Bowl selection as a rookie after rushing for 1,106 yards with 10 touchdowns on 229 carries this past season.

Prior to the Bears, the 52-year-old Peete was the running backs coach for the Dallas Cowboys from 2007–12 and the Oakland Raiders from 1998–2006. He was UCLA’s running backs coach from 1996–97 after coaching wide receivers at Rutgers in ’95.

Peete was also Michigan State’s running backs coach from 1993–94. He got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh in ’88. Peete coached Pitt’s wide receivers for three seasons before moving to running back coach for his final two years with the program.

A Phoenix native, he played wide receiver at Arizona from 1981–82 before finishing his collegiate career at Kansas in ’86.

Peete’s father, Willie, is a former longtime NFL and collegiate coach, and his brother, Rodney, played quarterback in the NFL for 16 seasons.

The Rams relocated to Los Angeles earlier this month. They went 7–9 this past season under coach Jeff Fisher, who has 27-36-1 mark in his four years with the franchise.

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/01/28/skip-p ... acks-coach

 by Hacksaw
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   AT THE BEACH
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Peete is stoked to get TGII. I hope the feeling will be mutual. Rodney must have had some chops to hang in the league for that long. Let's hope that runs in the fam.

 by Stranger
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   Norcal
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Who were the RB's at the Cowboys, Raiders, and Bruins when he was there, and how did those RB's do under him. Anyone know ?

 by den-the-coach
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   Fifty-four Forty or Fight
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Stranger wrote:Who were the RB's at the Cowboys, Raiders, and Bruins when he was there, and how did those RB's do under him. Anyone know ?

After being hired by the Chicago Bears on January 18, 2013, Skip Peete is in his second season as the team’s running backs coach.

Peete has spent the last 16 seasons as an NFL running backs coach.

In 2013, under Peete’s coaching, Bears running back Matt Forte was named to his second-career Pro Bowl after finishing second in the NFL with 1,339 rushing yards and third with 1,933 yards from scrimmage. Both were career-bests for Forte ranking ninth and fifth, respectively, in single-season franchise history and most among players other than Hall of Famer Walter Payton. With Peete’s guidance, Forte added a career-best nine rushing touchdowns in 2013, which were tied for the sixth most in the NFL and his 12 overall touchdowns also tied a career-high. Peete also helped Forte set a franchise record among running backs for receptions in a season with 74 and his 594 receiving yards were second-most in franchise annals.

Prior to joining the Bears, Peete spent six seasons (2007-12) with the Dallas Cowboys.

During his tenure in Dallas, the Cowboys rushing attack set a franchise single-season record in 2009 with a 4.8 yards per carry average (2,103 yards on 436 attempts), which ranked second in the NFL that season. Dallas’ 131.4 rushing yards per game was seventh in the league in 2009. His 2011 squad finished with the ninth-highest rushing average in franchise history at 4.4 yards per attempt (1,807 yards on 408 carries).

In 2009, under Peete’s guidance, Felix Jones established a single-season franchise mark averaging 5.9 yards per carry (685 yards on 116 attempts). His rushing average led the league in 2009 and is 10th highest in NFL single-season annals among running backs since the 1970 merger. DeMarco Murray’s 5.5 rushing average (897 yards on 164 attempts) in 2011 is third-highest in single-season franchise history and was third-highest in the NFL that season (second among running backs). It is the seventh highest rushing average by a rookie since 1970 and fifth highest during that time among rookie running backs.

In his first season with the club in 2007, Peete helped Marion Barber to his first career Pro Bowl nod as Barber rushed for a career-high 975 rushing yards to go along with 10 touchdowns.

Prior to his time in Dallas, Peete spent nine seasons (1998-2006) overseeing the Raiders running backs. During that time, Peete directed Tyrone Wheatley (1,046 in 2000) and LaMont Jordan (1,025 in 2005) to career highs in rushing yards. The 1,000-yard rushing seasons are two of just 14 such occurrences in franchise history and rank 10th and 11th, respectively in Raiders annals.

Oakland led the league in rushing in 2000 averaging 154.4 yards per game, ninth best in franchise history.

During the Raiders 2002 AFC Championship season, Charlie Garner had 941 receiving yards on 91 receptions, fourth and fifth most all-time in NFL single-season history among running backs.

Before coming to the NFL, Peete spent 10 years (1988-1997) in the collegiate coaching ranks. He began his career at the University of Pittsburgh as a graduate assistant in 1988 before coaching the wide receivers for two seasons. He was the Panthers running backs coach for his final two seasons at Pittsburgh, coaching future NFL rusher Curtis Martin. Peete went on to coach the wide receivers at Michigan State (1993-94) and Rutgers (1995) before coaching the running backs at UCLA for two seasons (1996-97).

Collegiately, Peete played two seasons at Arizona (1981-82) before transferring to Kansas. During his time at Kansas, Peete was an All-Big Eight wide receiver (1985) and was voted team captain in his senior year of 1986. He played wide receiver and special teams for one season in the NFL with the New York Jets.

His father, Willie, is a longtime collegiate and NFL coach, including working with the Bears running backs from 1995-97 and as one of Chicago’s pro scouts in 1998. His brother, Rodney, is a former NFL quarterback, who played 16 seasons. A Phoenix native, Peete and his wife, Rebeca, have twins, son Reeco and daughter Gisele.

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 by RamsFanSince82
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   So. Cal.
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Next step is taking their best WR when free agency starts in March. Then, when "Chris" Long, becomes a free agent, the Rams need to sign him.

 by Stranger
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United States of America   Norcal
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RamsFanSince82 wrote:Next step is taking their best WR when free agency starts in March. Then, when "Chris" Long, becomes a free agent, the Rams need to sign him.

Two Longs don't make it right :)

 by RamsFanSince82
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   So. Cal.
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Stranger wrote:
RamsFanSince82 wrote:Next step is taking their best WR when free agency starts in March. Then, when "Chris" Long, becomes a free agent, the Rams need to sign him.

Two Longs don't make it right :)


The Rams can say goodbye to Jake Long, and sign "Chris" Long. He'll be the right Long. ;)

 by Stranger
8 years 1 month ago
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United States of America   Norcal
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RamsFanSince82 wrote:
Stranger wrote:
RamsFanSince82 wrote:Next step is taking their best WR when free agency starts in March. Then, when "Chris" Long, becomes a free agent, the Rams need to sign him.

Two Longs don't make it right :)


The Rams can say goodbye to Jake Long, and sign "Chris" Long. He'll be the right Long. ;)

I was thinking about pulling brother Kyle from the Bears.

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