Remember Lionel Dalton?

From the Kansas City Star:

The career of free-agent acquisition Lional Dalton looked to be on the rocks after two lousy seasons. If the off-season is any indication, Dalton has resurrected his career. As a backup tackle, he has been the productive player that he once was as a starter for Baltimore.

I don't remember him doing anything for the Skins last year, that would suck if he's suddenly a stud defensive tackle

Hmmm... I'm not sure how a player's performance in minicamps and OTAs without full pads and full contact equates to productivity-- much less resurrecting one's career.

Hey KC Star, let's see how Dalton performs in the August heat during two-a-days, with full pads and live hits, or maybe even a regular season game, before we start nominating him for comeback player of the year.

Jeez, and I thought I sounded overly optimistic with my camp reviews!

Heard that JC! They are dreamers.... :laughing-

Joe Crisp:

I agree with you 100%.

There is one thing that you MIGHT be able to say about a player in minicamp and OTA sessions that MIGHT make you think that he MIGHT have a new attitude. Dalton might have shown up in minicamp in great condition and then continued to work hard on his conditioning and on his technique. That was NOT the hallmark of Dalton's career in Denver or here in DC.

But until he does it against live competition in full pads when it counts, I'll remain a skeptic. The leopard does not change his spots...

i think he should go to the pro bowl already

Dalton definitely won't be labeled a camp scrub that's for sure!

I never thought Dalton was all that bad. Sure he was never and will never be a quality starting DT, but he is a decent starter. He showed some talent last year and remember, he came to Washington after camp. It also has to be remembered that the company surrounding Dalton on the Dline made him look worse than he really is.

dalton is undersized, only 6-0 or 6-1, but he is a wide body, at the least he occupied blockers

Its hard to tell if anyone on our dline did anything last year. So many bad things happened on that line that you area always left wondering whos mishap had the most to do with any play they gave up. It seemed at times like everyone on the line was solid, but none of them got pressure. We had a ton of runblockers but no pass rushers, and we dont really have any things year either. Stoppign the run becomes really hard when they cant get any pressure on the pass to get them to run.

I think Dalton was not that great, but also mis-managed. I think we certainly had some guys who may have been capable of more; but we sort of lumped them all into the unit at the end of training camp, didn't give them clearly defined roles, and said, "let's play ball!"