-Gallup clearly wasn’t the same player after his injury and probably shouldn’t have had a big role. Tolbert gave the team nothing in his 1st season as a 3rd rd pick. Noah Brown, who has always been more of a special teamer was our #2 WR by default. A passing offense of Lamb, Brown and Shultz isn’t going to be successful against any legitimate defense.
-Zeke clearly has held this team back as he isn’t the same player at all. Many will say that he has hurt the team more then he has helped it not just last season but a few prior.
-Team lost Tyron for basically the regular season and had to play a green rookie at Tackle who practiced only as a Guard throughout camp. Team had to sign a 40 year Tackle for insurance. Lost their other Tackle Steele late in the season, who was the team’s best run blocker. Once he went down, our run game disappeared.
-Dak was basically forced into many 3rd and longs facing teams who put extra men in coverage. Take out Lamb and let Brown or Shultz beat them. That isn’t a winning formula. Yes, Dak had a career year in interceptions, where he had to force many passes into tight windows.
This year, team added a legitimate #2 WR in Cooks who has the blow off the top speed. He should open up the offense for others. Tolbert appears to have made the next step in his development, Gallup looks better, players like Vaughn/Turpin will add more juice to the offense that was lacking any playmakers outside of Lamb/Pollard.
Dak hater or not, this is the year we can get an actual true litmus test on Dak as the QB.
