03-28-2016, 10:36 PM
(03-28-2016, 04:52 PM)Night Wrote: Like Jay Gruden said, Andy will find the open guy, these are usually 5-15 yds down the field? I am refering more to throwing the ball 50 plus yards in the air like Palmer could do in his prime. I can recall several times Green had 5 yards on his defender and had to wait for the ball from Dalton leading to either an incomplete pass or catch with minimal YAC when they could have been 60 plus yd TD passes. These would have inflated Greens numbers to the point of top 5 WR statistically.
I honestly don't feel like digging for deep-ball stats, but I've been a part of enough deep ball discussions on these boards to know that Palmer's deep ball stats haven't been all that great through the years. Palmer might have a strong arm and throw a prettier spiral than most QBs, but that doesn't mean he has a great accurate deep ball. Dalton's numbers on those types of throws have been as good or better.
Andy's deep ball is just fine. I honestly can't believe people are still bringing up this myth that Dalton has a weak arm.
If you want to see an actual weak arm, watch some Vikings games.
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