Paddy Dow is being persisted with in the face of a lot of poor outcomes at senior level. He starred in preseason when the heat on the footy was low, and can also build numbers at VFL level, but he is yet to string good games together in the ones. Carlton have a history of great inside mids in the modern era stretching from Williams to Ratten and Judd, but Dow's body shape probably prevents him from reaching those heights and his ceiling is more like teammate Marc Murphy. Not that that would be a bad thing to be, but he's nowhere near that yet.
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