OL Film Review: What’s going on with Dalton Risner?

Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images Coming into the season, I was fairly bullish on Dalton Risner. He’s never been an elite guard in my mind, but there weren’t many left guards in the league I would have named over him.

However, his 2021 tape has not been impressive so far. It’s bordering on the polar opposite to the point where it harmed the offense’s performance in both games so far. Should we be concerned about what he’s put out on the field so far?

The short answer is yes. The long answer is a bit more complicated.

In Week 1, the game tape could be more or less excused. Leonard Williams and Dexter Lawrence II are fantastic defensive linemen and are playing at an elite level Risner’s not at.…