Ben Says "Haley's Offense is....
.....kinda dink and dunk."
[QUOTE][h=1][COLOR=#ff0000]Ben Roethlisberger: Todd Haley’s offense is “dink-and-dunk”
[/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#ff0000] [/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000] Posted by Michael David Smith on October 21, 2012, 7:52 AM EDT[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#ffd700]The questions about whether Steelers quarterback [/COLOR][URL="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1181/ben-roethlisberger"][COLOR=#ffd700]Ben Roethlisberger[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#ffd700] can get along with first-year offensive coordinator Todd Haley are continuing, and Roethlisberger has made some comments that suggest that he’s not altogether happy with the playcalling in Pittsburgh.
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Asked if the Steelers can get more big plays offensively, Roethlisberger suggested that big plays are going to be hard to come by with the way Haley runs the show.
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[COLOR=#ffd700] [/COLOR][COLOR=#ffd700]“[/COLOR][URL="http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/2793755-85/offense-roethlisberger-steelers-ben-quarterback-score-season-starkey-haley-afc#axzz29vuUFmNd"][COLOR=#ffd700]Haley’s offense is not a big-play offense[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#ffd700],” Roethlisberger told the [I]Pittsburgh Tribune-Review[/I]. “It’s kind of a dink-and-dunk offense.”[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#ffd700] [/COLOR][COLOR=#ffd700]Roethlisberger noted that the Steelers got a big play in Tennessee when he threw an 82-yard touchdown pass to [/COLOR][URL="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5329/mike-wallace"][COLOR=#ffd700]Mike Wallace[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#ffd700], but that Haley didn’t call any more deep balls to Wallace after that.[/COLOR]
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[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000]“There’s a guy calling the plays. That’s on him,” Roethlisberger said.[/COLOR][COLOR=#ffd700]
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If the quarterback and the guy calling the plays aren’t on the same page, that’s a problem for the Steelers.[/COLOR]
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