12-21-2017, 12:00 AM
Thanks for sharing Doc's column.
He and I have had many hours worth of arguments about Dalton and we disagree -- but in total honesty it's a thought worth having if you're blowing out the coaching staff. The interesting thing is this - it's a little easier to build a more talented roster around a "B" QB making what Dalton's making and go to the Super Bowl as opposed to finding Russell Wilson or Aaron Rodgers.
The true answer is probably somewhere inbetween now. A new coach will like the fact Dalton is on the team. It affords him the opportunity to win 9-10 games in 2018 and look real good. But, with Dalton's contract expiring in 2020 and McCarron on his way out as the primary backup, it affords the coach and the front office the opportunity to draft a 2nd-3rd Rd QB whose contract will outlive Dalton's and gives them a year to work out an extension. OR, as some who are very anti-Dalton might want, you can draft a 1st Rd. QB...In that case the decision becomes to "Palmer" him while Dalton plays and then try to move AD in 2019, or you decide to take your lumps and lose another 9-12 games with a rookie QB and overhaul in 2019.
A new coach creates these questions and ideas, which are all valid until that person and his staff is hired and a direction is set forth.
He and I have had many hours worth of arguments about Dalton and we disagree -- but in total honesty it's a thought worth having if you're blowing out the coaching staff. The interesting thing is this - it's a little easier to build a more talented roster around a "B" QB making what Dalton's making and go to the Super Bowl as opposed to finding Russell Wilson or Aaron Rodgers.
The true answer is probably somewhere inbetween now. A new coach will like the fact Dalton is on the team. It affords him the opportunity to win 9-10 games in 2018 and look real good. But, with Dalton's contract expiring in 2020 and McCarron on his way out as the primary backup, it affords the coach and the front office the opportunity to draft a 2nd-3rd Rd QB whose contract will outlive Dalton's and gives them a year to work out an extension. OR, as some who are very anti-Dalton might want, you can draft a 1st Rd. QB...In that case the decision becomes to "Palmer" him while Dalton plays and then try to move AD in 2019, or you decide to take your lumps and lose another 9-12 games with a rookie QB and overhaul in 2019.
A new coach creates these questions and ideas, which are all valid until that person and his staff is hired and a direction is set forth.
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