The Las Vegas Raiders have a talented and experienced coaching staff. One coach who is flying under the radar is Rob Leonard, the defensive line coach.
After officially becoming the team’s head coach earlier this offseason, Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce filled out his remaining coaching staff with coaches who possessed many years of coaching experience on various levels. Coach Pierce added a new coordinator and many new position coaches this offseason.
However, the Raiders have kept several coaches from the past few seasons on their staff, including Senior Defensive Assistant Rob Ryan and Defensive Line Coach Rob Leonard. Multiple players, including veteran defensive lineman Maxx Crosby, have recently spoken about how much they appreciate Coach Leonard.“Well, Robbie Leonard, he's not the biggest cat in the world, but he thinks he's big,” Ryan jokingly said. “He is a technician. Like, this guy is a technician.
Leonard was critical to the defensive line's growth last season, including the development of rookie Tyree Wilson and Malcolm Koonce. However, Ryan points out that Leonard spent time with current Raiders defensive linemen John Jenkins and Christian Wilkins at previous stops before joining the Raiders. Ryan believes Leonard was critical in the growth of both players before they signed with the Raiders.
“Look, he's worked with John Jenkins, ‘Oh, John Jenkins had a meteoric rise.’ No, John Jenkins was great when he was a rookie for me in New Orleans,” Ryan said. “But this guy helped him. He had John Jenkins, he had Christian Wilkins, “So, he developed all those guys, too, when they were young. And he's a great teacher. But he's also a skinny guy who doesn't know how skinny he is. But he thinks he's bigger than those guys. He loves teaching. He works hard. And then you put Andre Carter in that room. My god, that's a good room.”that has positively impacted each player on the Raiders defensive line.
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