They better give him more dialog because they signed him to $20 million contract. By the end of this season he's going to be the main character.They talked about this on The Talking Dead (I still watch that show too, for some morbid reason) and Norman Reedus talked about that. Seemed like he was happy to have some dialog again, other then grunts and stares. Also, seemed that he was happier with the direction of the show, now that Scott Gimpel was no longer head show runner and they did allude to some of the pacing issues of the past, so hopefully this season is a turn for the better.
https://cosmicbook.news/norman-reedus-signs-huge-walking-dead-contract