Q: The new offense will allow you to make more changes at the line. How do you feel about that? Is that kind of exciting for you?

CROYLE: “It is. It’s something where, if the numbers are stacked up against us, it doesn’t make sense to run into it. With the new offense you can either change the declaration of the play or we can change the play, or we’ll have checks going into different games or different game plans. It just gives us the best chance to get in the right play and have a positive play.”

Did Croyle audible at Alabama?  Doesn't sound like a complicated call to make.  Basically it sounds like they will have a second play in their pocket and Croyle will switch to it if he comes up to the line and sees the wrong defense for the origianal play.  Sounds great!  Link to 7/29 Croyle interview from kcchiefs.com.

Q: The roll-outs and bootlegs that you’re going to be doing – how well does that suit you?

CROYLE: “I like it. It kind of gets me out in the open. Let’s me show off my great speed (laughs). It’s good. It’s something that we needed. We didn’t run a whole lot of it last year, but it suits our offense as much as we count on the running game. ”

Okay...it's preseason.  Time for optimism.  Everything looks good on paper.  Having said that, I'm likin' Chan's common sense.  When everyone knows you're just going to sit in the pocket, it reminds me of a Bill Cosby routine in which he pokes fun at the British soldiers.... Imagine the British and colonists in the middle of the football field as the referee explains the rules:

You:  The British army. You must wear red and march into battle in straight lines.  You:  The colonists.  You may wear natural colored clothes and stand behind the rocks and trees. 

Chan appears willing to mix it up and have our guys with the ball do things that the other guys trying to get our ball won't be able to anticipate.  Don't place an X eight yards behind the center and tell the defense that's where our QB will be every time.  Seems like decent strategy to me.  What do you think?  Audibles, rollouts and the occasional bootleg seem like a good idea to you?  Can Croyle handle it?  Can he throw on the run?  Do we have the lineman that can do it?

I have to admit I have been a little fearful of Chan's time away from the NFL.  But when people say he uses players' strengths and point out that he has been successful at each of his offensive coordinator's stops, I can see why.  Chan, my man... Pour me some of what you're serving, also.  I'ma thirsty for some scoring.