Without coach Anthony Lynn there may be no running back Austin Ekeler for the Washington Commanders to rely on this season.
Austin Ekeler has grown from an undrafted, deep-on-the-depth chart type of NFL player into one of the more electrifying running backs in the league once he gets the ball in his hands. Ekeler is now with the Washington Commanders and will likely split time in the backfield with fellow RB Brian Robinson now that Antonio Gibson is no longer in the fold after heading to New England to play for the Patriots.
"For me, my entire NFL philosophy has been built off of what he is. He taught me all of my stuff that I know about the NFL and the five-step rhythm and reading this, and this is the aim point, and this is the footwork we use and this is what we call it, this is how we align, this is what we do, the fundamentals of how we were going to block and stuff," Ekeler said of coach Lynn. "He was the one implementing that when I was a rookie.
As an undrafted free agent in 2017 nobody expected Ekeler to be a real contributor in the league so quickly, yet he still touchded the football 74 times as a rookie and gave the Chargers 539 scrimmage yartds and five touchdowns in return.
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