09-25-2017, 10:49 AM
(09-25-2017, 09:47 AM)Wyche Wrote: We should have learned......they did the same thing with Palmer.
The problem with this team and the thing that has totally held it back from ever winning a playoff game let alone a superbowl is depending on an offensive lineman to be the field general of your offence. Marvin's success over the years has basically been having head coach style assistant coaches on his team. Zimmer, Gruden, Jackson and Joeseph all moving on. Gruden and Jackson were great leader/coaches on the offensive side of the ball. We had some good success with them. The on field leader is the thing that got me. During Palmer's great years in Cincy Willie Anderson was the undisputed leader of that offense. The side show of Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens couldn't overcome that when big Willie left. Last year Andrew Whitworth said he was giving up his leadership of the offence and handing it to Dalton. Even though Whitworth was still here, and I think the players still drifted to him for his leadership, you could start to see the crumbling of the offence. Now a lot of people just kind of wrote it off to the injuries we had but in all honesty I think the confidence in Zampese was modest at best. Now that Whitworth is gone and a non leader style offensive cooridinator we have what we have on offence. If Lazor accomplishes one thing it should be to establish a leadership role on offence. It's becoming very apperent that Dalton is just not up to that role. He just does not seem to be a take charge player on the field. I believe the Jon Kitna comparisons are spot on with Dalton but only in physical ability. I saw Kitna be more a leader on the field than I ever have Dalton or Palmer. If Dalton cannot change we will always be that team that will never win a playoff game. He simply cannot take HIS game to the next level. That level is getting your TEAM on the field to play at a different level. That's the main thing all the winning caliber QB's do. Cause lord knows we do not have a HEAD COACH that can do it.
