Is Dalton a Patriot?

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(04-28-2020, 11:01 AM)Nately120 Wrote: I get that but saying Dalton is a lot better than his 2019 self gets people nervous that ZT is going to mishandled Burrow. 

It's easier to hope Dalton just sucks now. 

I prefer to look at ALL the elements. 

2019 was almost a perfect offensive bad storm. We lost AJ and Jonah before the season even started. Boling retired. Price bombed out, Glenn was hurt, Ross got hurt. All this within a very short time of opening day. With no real threats at WR and an OL doing an atrocious job blocking (partly because the scheme was a total misfit to the players), there was no way for any QB to be successful. The bad blocking and lack of threats even caused ZT to scrap parts of the playbook because the line could not hold blocks long enough for the plays to develop. And last but FAR from least the incredibly bad defense put us behind the eight ball in almost every game which again served to limit the offensive options. 

This season, in theory adding Higgins gives us some ability to still be explosive even if AJ is hurt again. The OL gets Jonah back, adds Filo and hopefully this time they tailor the blocking scheme to the players better. And hopefully all the new adds on defense lead to us not constantly playing from a disadvantaged position.