"He knows the game in and out," Kitna said Wednesday during a visit with the "Afternoon Saloon" on ESPN 1000. "He grew up Ernie Zampese's son, [so] he grew up around the game. He spent a few years with coach [Mike] Martz in St.Louis, and I always said you can learn a lot of football being around [Martz].

"When he came to Cincinnati in 2003, he did a great job of not only helping me, but grooming [Bengals starting quarterback] Carson Palmer and bringing him along. Ken is going to be a good if they get him as a coordinator, and he's somebody I talk to quite often."

"Communication-wise he's great," Kitna said. "He's a detail guy. Anybody that comes from his father and coach Martz [knows] it's all about the details of the game. If a route is supposed to be at 18 yards, then it's going to be at 18 yards. It's not going to be 17 or 19. Those details are going to be something that would probably take a lot of people by surprise early on, but they would grow to like it."