12-27-2021, 11:46 PM
(12-27-2021, 10:22 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: No, I think this is spot on. There’s a reason someone came up with the “Dalton line.” Cleveland is going to have a very difficult choice coming up wrt Baker. I view him around the same level.
The dude who created the Dalton line was Gregg Rosenthal, and anyone familiar with the guy knows he's been very pro-Steelers through the years. He often had very anti-Bengals takes, even while we were winning.
The issue I had with the Dalton line is that there were lots of QBs putting up average stats every year. Flacco. Newton. Cutler. Tannehill. Bradford. Carr. Alex Smith, etc etc.
Yeah the first 2 guys played in Super Bowls, but...better franchises. They were definitely average QBs looking at their careers.
Either way, the overall point is that MANY QBs put up "solid" but not great stats every year, yet had long term starter gigs. People act like Dalton was some unique situation, but that's not reality.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
