Dalton has taken the first team reps during practice this week, giving receivers a crash course in his style. He’s only started for the Panthers in 2023 (Week 3 against Seattle), so this week is especially important for those like Johnson, who arrived via trade this spring, and Xavier Legette, who was drafted in the April’s first round.
“I think we’re still learning how Andy does things in the huddle, how he communicates. So, you know, that’s an ongoing process, but we got a little taste of it last year, one game,” Adam Thielen noted this week. “There’s a lot of new guys here that just kind of, you know how he, his demeanor in the huddle, his communication, his snap count, all those things right on the line, changes the plays and things like that. So, we’re all learning his demeanor and kind of what he brings to the huddle. I think that’s great for us all to see and all to hear.”
As for what he brings to the huddle, Johnson can’t help but note one attribute in particular: a calmness that comes only with having spent years taking live bullets.
“Slow,” Johnson drawled, as to how the game changes with Dalton. “It slows you down. You don’t really got to think as much because obviously you got a vet that’s been back there a while and that knows the game. So, once you have a guy like that back there, it allows you to just to be yourself a little more and just not put too much on your plate.
“So, he takes a lot of our plate, just by having that experience and knowing what to do to get us in the right calls or whatever, knowing when the pressure is coming and stuff like that.”
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