pansophy
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I'm hopeful. He did seem to be making more intermediate sideline throws at the end of last year. They had absolutely been missing up until that point, and it seemed like he was anticipating better. I thought, and posted towards the end of last season, that we might be watching him turn the corner as a passer.I thought the video had excellent analysis. He puts things into focus as to Dak's strengths and weaknesses. It's encouraging that his strengths are the mental side of the game -- reading defenses, protecting the ball. But that weakness of being inaccurate on the outside throws is a big one. So the million dollar question is will he improve in that area? If he gets better in that area, then we've got our man, no doubt. If not, then this team is living with a big limitation.
Do you believe he'll get better in that area?
Some of the soundbites coming out of OTAs seem to confirm that observation. Dak has said things were starting to really click for him at the end of the year. If you believe the reports from OTAs it also sounds like he has improved his accuracy. If his anticipation is better he'll actually have a bit more margin of error on his throws, so even a bit more accurate should make a big difference in results.
I would have liked to see him put it all together before paying him a huge contract, but I'm sure the team has more certainty about where he is as a passer than we do as outside observers. If they are ready to pay him then so be it.