11-06-2017, 11:46 AM
Here's what truly concerns me.
Does the history of this team suggest that fixing the offensive line will be done in a short amount of time (say, one off-season)? I would say no. So even if people don't want to put the blame squarely on Dalton (which is fair), how many seasons can he work behind a poor offensive line before he is effectively ruined? Just look what 1.5 seasons have done to him. Even in the rare instances where he has a clean pocket, scrambling is almost his default setting now. The guy is shell-shocked. His timing is off.
Once a QB's confidence is gone, can it ever really come back? And how many seasons are we willing to give him to find it again?
Does the history of this team suggest that fixing the offensive line will be done in a short amount of time (say, one off-season)? I would say no. So even if people don't want to put the blame squarely on Dalton (which is fair), how many seasons can he work behind a poor offensive line before he is effectively ruined? Just look what 1.5 seasons have done to him. Even in the rare instances where he has a clean pocket, scrambling is almost his default setting now. The guy is shell-shocked. His timing is off.
Once a QB's confidence is gone, can it ever really come back? And how many seasons are we willing to give him to find it again?
Everything in this post is my fault.
