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Dude makes dumb mistakes, but man, no one throws a prettier ball than DA.

I was out with some friends tonight ... told them exactly what u just said ... he throws such a pretty ball ... he also has such a quick, effortless motion ... its really buetiful to watch ...

Who is daboll OC for? ...

Buffalo.

Can we trade TT back to Buffalo for DA?

Picksixderson? No thanks.

It seems to me like MNF always has the boring matchups of any "window" .. certainly not like it used to be

It needs Howard Cosell.

Someone needs to create the Six Million Dollar Cosell.

We can build him

We have the technology

We have the capability to make the worlds first electronic sportscaster.

Daboll was Mangini's guy If I remember correctly.

I believe its called Closed Caption.

Yes, I thought Diam was asking "who was daboll oc for" while he was in Cleveland.

there have been three coaches I thought we should have kept longer than we did. Mangini, Chud, and dare I say Romeo.

Kitchens is going to call the plays from all reports.

RB coach Freddie Kitchen, who I think is a heck of a coach.

He helped rebuild Carson Palmer in Arizona. He is also the guy who called plays in the 4th preseason game this year. I am really looking forward to seeing how he designs a gameplan, because I think he's a really bright guy.

I know people will just brush it off because it was a preseason game, but he designed and called a great game. The game started and a sideline reporter told of how Haley likes to give another offensive coach a chance to call a game in game four. I thought, "well that's weird". By halftime I was thinking "man, Haley, you may have just found your replacement". Looks like he did lol.

Some people just have the knack for keeping a defense "guessing". In a very small sample size, in a game that meant nothing, I saw that in Kitchens. Great balance between run and pass. Heavy dose of quick screens and plays that made things easy for Baker to do what he does best.

Excited to see how this plays out, sucks that we have to start against a team that scores so fast they short-circuit the scoreboard.

Bro, you are smarter than that.

On the positive side, he already knows how to work the headset.

It's not a smart thing. Common sense would tell you I'm wrong. Every week in this league, common sense goes out the window. I won't waste time trying to exact the perfect recipe for success offensively. Obviously it begins with talent, continues with execution... beyond that there is the flow of play-calling. Every week in this league, very good defenses get beat. A key part of beating a defense is NOT being predictable. Pittsburgh definitely knew what we were doing, play after play, last Sunday. Heck, I knew it too...

Run, run, third down - guess what we're doing?
Run, run, third down - guess what we're doing?

My wife was getting annoyed because I kept saying it out loud. I started predicting every play - and was right most of the time.

I remember, after getting a run stuffed on 1st down in the redzone, I yelled at the TV. "Maybe try passing on second down for a change!" What do we do?? Come out with an empty backfield. Can't make this stuff up - the first time we deviate, in any way, from the tired script, we TELL THEM exactly what we're doing.

When you see an OC in a groove, you know it... I call it "paper-scissors-rock" offense. The defense plays on it's heels. Granted, part of this is the tail wagging the dog, ie... no playcalling is great if the players don't execute, and players executing can make an OC look like a genius, but the fact is, predictability is the #1 enemy of offensive success. At least on teams that aren't elite.

Haley, last Sunday, was as or more predictable as any game I've seen in a while. No way Kitchens could do worse if he called that game.