Rank our Backup QB

[Brownshoe]

(05-28-2016, 03:30 PM)bengal kitten uk Wrote: With backup QBs, you have to make a choice between a young, promising QB who hasn't played much and an older, wiser QB who played a lot and wasn't good enough to be a starter.  Either way, you're not expecting much from a backup and the only stat that really matters is not a stat at all: "Can we win games with this guy?".

Now with that said, I'm a firm believer in the saying the QBs are moulded, not born.  Just look at Dalton.  Andy took five years to go from "young, with promise" to being our franchise quarterback.  

I'm not saying that AJ McCarron is the finished article, but if you go and compare his stats to those of Mr Dalton in their first 4.5 games (Dalton missed the second half against the Browns in his first game and AJ didn't start against Pittsburgh) you'll be hard pressed to find a difference between them.

They have very similar passing numbers. [Surprise!]
AJ takes more sacks, and as a result, concedes more fumbles. [I wonder if this was simply a reps thing meaning he wasn't as in sync with the line?]
Andy throws more interceptions. [Well documented!]
AJ has a higher Passer Rating. [Significantly]
AJ also ran more [although you might attribute this to him not being comfortable in the pocket]




Larger version is here: http://imgur.com/0CowRIt

The reason why AJ took more sacks with a much better OL is because he has horrible pocket pressance, and keeps the ball WAAY too long for how bad his mobility is.
AJ had SIGNIFICANTLY better weapons than Dalton did his first few seasons. The best weapon Dalton had was a rookie WR, and he was lighyears better than anyone else on the roster.
To say McCarron is similar just because they had similar stats their first *5* starts is silly when you look at how different their offense around them were.