re: Bills hire Brian Daboll

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Bills hire OC Brian Daboll: D Grade

This is no Brian Schottenheimer hire, but it's still pretty bad. Brian Daboll has been an offensive coordinator for three teams in the NFL: Browns, Dolphins and Chiefs. In four seasons with those teams, his offenses ranked 32nd, 29th, 22nd and 24th in net yardage. If you couldn't tell, that's not very good.

Since Daboll's failed stints as offensive coordinator, he was New England's tight ends coach and Alabama's offensive coordinator. He won the national championship, but his offense with the Crimson Tide was very lackluster overall. Thus, it's unclear why the Bills thought this would be a good hire. I mean, you could argue that Daboll didn't have much to work with on those teams, but it's not like the Bills have good offensive talent either

Well I hope Saban makes the call because the guy is the best coach and not cave to a popularity contest. Gonna be interesting.

I'd almost Aprefer a non-splash name hire so that they may actually stick around for more than two years

Is Saban considering anybody that has ever actually coached quarterbacks? Enos would seem like a decent choice, or if Saban is truly committed to some type of RPO, maybe Werner.