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Finding the Right Fit: 5 Players Who Will Benefit from New Systems in 2015

May 23, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Every year, we see players in the NFL benefit immensely from scheme changes, whether it's after they've switched teams in free agency or as veteran holdovers with a new coaching staff.
Who will those players be this year? Who will take a step forward thanks to a game plan that's a better fit?
Here are five such players—guys with skill sets that best mesh with their team's new systems.
 
QB Derek Carr, Raiders
We have to project a little bit here with Derek Carr and new Raiders offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave, but this is a perfect example of a coach with an opportunity to cater his game plan in order to maximize the quarterback position. Musgrave led solid offenses in the past in Minnesota and Jacksonville, but he also comes to Oakland from the Eagles, where he coached the quarterbacks for Chip Kelly in 2014.
If Musgrave can utilize some of the spread schemes from Kelly's playbook and lean on a mixture of the zone/power-running ga...

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