Kitna is going to help Dak immensely with correcting Dak's footwork. That's going to do wonders to Dak's passing game.
I mean I'd like to think they have been working on that since he arrived. They didn't let him take a 7 step drop without play action until week 14 his rookie year for that reason, but yeah, I saw a clip from Kitna where he talked about footwork and how he didn't learn it until half way through his career.
From my seat those two huge big play games that the Dak to Cooper connection produced finally broke defenses from clogging the middle of the field, which they had been doing since season 2. Cooper's numbers dropped but as if by a miracle Beasley and Jarwin started making an impact and things started to look more like Dak's rookie year.
Last year I was looking for sideline passes in the 10-20 yard range and by the end of the year I started to see more of those where the WR had to drag his feet to catch the ball and stay in bounds. This year I'll be looking at what we do on 3rd and long. Dak's success rate has been in the bottom 3rd since his rookie year and seemed like on 3 and 10+ we always threw a screen pass unless the game was on the line. I'd like to see that not be an automatic give up situation.
We'll see, I'm hopeful. Not thrilled we are going to pay him huge dollars before its clear he will succeed as a passer, but there is always going to be some uncertainty and we pay less now then if he has a huge year. Dak has also shown that he continues to improve, so in many ways, what else can we ask for from a young QB.
Maybe solidifying his footwork will pull the whole thing together.