09-11-2017, 03:45 PM
(09-11-2017, 03:27 PM)Au165 Wrote: So if he is pretty good with a great roster....why wouldn't you go and get him a line? As for the bust rate, have you seen the bust rate for 1st round QB's lately? I am not saying keep Dalton, hell maybe consider an option in FA, but drafting a QB at the top without a line is asking to ruin a career.
For starters, I'm just commenting on this inside the context of this thread. I have no problem keeping Dalton. The question that someone posed was why people are clamoring for a QB instead of a LT.
My reasoning for letting him go is that it's pretty obvious that he can't get us past the 1st round of the playoffs. He's had several chances and he's even had a home game where the team was a favorite. You don't draft in the top 3 very often, so you have to get a guy that is worth the pick. It SEEMS that there are 3 franchise type guys this year.
Now, I'd go about it the same way we did with Palmer. Draft him, sit him, and start adding guys. We took Steinbach in the 2nd round that year, we need to take a top tier OG or C.
One of the things that I will say is that you can deal with pressure on the edges. Leave a RB or TE in to block, but it is much more difficult to have pressure up the middle the way we are getting it. We need to close the gaping hole in the middle of the line.
