What Do OCs Do If They DON'T Call Plays? Bengals OC Dan Pitcher Answers

The success of coaches like Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay has created a group of coaches that, at one time in the recent past, were quite rare...non-playcalling offensive coordinators. Fully half the league will have offensive coordinators who don't call plays on gameday this season. So, what exactly do they do? Cincinnati Bengals OC Dan Pitcher, who works under head coach/playcaller Zac Taylor and part-time idea man Joe Burrow, takes us through it all on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. 0:00 Welcome to the show 0:10 Additional reporting on non-play calling OCs 27:16 Dan Pitcher joins For more Athletic Football Show content: Join The Athletic Football Show Discord Server:   / discord   Follow The Athletic Football Show wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podfollow.com/the-athletic-fo... Twitter: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG:   / tafootballshow   TikTok:   / tafootballshow   Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/footballshow Thumbnail: Michael Owens / Stringer / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images © Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports / USA TODAY Sport via Imagn Images