There are two types of players. Type one chases down a fly ball and as they get close to the wall starts thinking about the wall. Type two only thinks about catching the ball. Dak is type 2. They have already discussed how they need to keep telling him to slide unless it's 3rd down, or red zone, etc. He'll get better at that and be conscious about it and hopefully smarter, but he isn't going to be dealing with mental hurdles. He isn't the most physically gifted QB in the league and honestly he isn't even close, but mentally and from a leadership perspective he is up there with anyone.
There are two types of players. Type one chases down a fly ball and as they get close to the wall starts thinking about the wall. Type two only thinks about catching the ball. Dak is type 2. They have already discussed how they need to keep telling him to slide unless it's 3rd down, or red zone, etc. He'll get better at that and be conscious about it and hopefully smarter, but he isn't going to be dealing with mental hurdles. He isn't the most physically gifted QB in the league and honestly he isn't even close, but mentally and from a leadership perspective he is up there with anyone.
Chiefs literally picked up the best interior olineman and dlineman in free agency. I'd say they are trying to adjust.
Don't you find it odd that the Chiefs were able to get the "Best" linemen. Even more odd that their teams didn't make a bigger effort to resign them? The media brainwashes the lemmings. If a player is that good and his team has a pile of money, why wouldn't they spend to keep that player rather than signing a less player? Could it be that in many cases, the original team finds that player a liability? The Chiefs peeled awayan O'Line that has afforded Mahomes the time and protection to get the Chiefs where they got. Now there are four new linemen that other teams didn't want who are remarkedly better?
The answer to your question is that the Patriots have a bridge QB in Cam Newton and signing receiving talent was more important than signing a Guard. My guess is that Bill Bellichick has been relatively good at drafting olinemen and a dumpster fire at drafting WRs and TEs. This upcoming draft is a good Oline draft and a really bad TE class once you get past Pitts. I would say Bellichick is playing the odds and it has nothing to do with Joe Thuney's talent level. From reports, the Bengals, Chargers and Patriots all bid up Thuney quite a bit which is why the Chiefs had to pay him so much. Chiefs strategy of getting Thuney to me signals that they need to get better at the red zone and short yardage. Mahomes got hurt on a QB sneak in 2019. CEH torched the Texans in week 1 but the Chiefs oline really struggled in the goal line...against the Texans of all teams and that was when everyone was healthy. This is something that the Chiefs have needed to fix for awhile.
Believe me, I don't think that there's a single person in New England banking anything on Cam Newton.
