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the water boy? the guy who Dak asked for? the guy who is now the OC and by many accounts was tagged as an up and coming coach? where does Dak taking responsibility to learn his craft fall in all of this? or is he excused from all of that, because.....well he is Dak, he shouldn't be held accountable for anything.....The downside of Dak is that his problems with pocket awareness, seeing the field, and accuracy were all known documented in his draft profiles.
The upside is that we really haven't exploited his running ability and his durability. He's built more like a LB. I see no reason we shouldn't be running him more.
The coaches did him no favors, particularly with appointing the water boy as his position coach last year. Whatever you may think of Boy Genius II in terms of an OC, I don't know how anyone could take him seriously as a QB position coach. Position coaches are where experience matters most, IMO.
I'm encouraged with Kitna as QB coach, and figure that Boy Genius II couldn't be worse than Linehan as OC, and may very well merit all the accolades he's gotten for his football mind.
Reasons for optimism on offense:
Linehan gone, Kitna added as QB coach.
Should both use Dak better, and improve his level of execution.The oline should be a monster. Legitimate first round talent across the board, *and* depth everywhere.
Fredbeard back. Yuge!Won't spend half the season transitioning to new starting WRs, and will have Cooper the full season. Yuge!
Martin fully healed. Big!
Although Tyron missed games, it wasn't for his back for a change. Maybe he's turned the corner on the back. He looked like he was moving better last year.
All of the oline back means no transition period in the early season. Yuge!
Add Witten and Cobb, lose Swaim and Beasley. A slight net loss from losing Beasley is a loss, but there's a lot of other WRs to take up the slack from him in addition to Cobb.
If Austin stays healthy, which he did for most of his career, and we use him, it's big. He was *very* productive per touch, and I think a great complement to the run game with jetsweep/deepthreat skills. He's a better complement to the run game than Beasley. Big!I assume the signing of Olawale means we plan on actually using him this year, and I was excited about him going into last season. A well rounded FB with speed and hands.
Watch out for Devin Smith, an early 2nd rounder who we got for nothing.
Everyone talked big about Cedrick Wilson before his injury.
Rod Smith gone means we might get a real RB#2. Or Darius the Great may Rule!
Lots and lots of very young guys with the arrows pointing up.
Williams, Gallup, Jarwin, Schultz, even Rico.
I think we're significantly better on offense, and that's before the draft and any other players we might scrounge up.
also, taking advantage of his running ability is a mistake....he is not a LB...he is a QB. Cam Newton is build like a LB. bigger, faster, more accurate and he got too many hits and is dealing with injuries. QBs get paid to throw, not run. RBs get paid to run.