07-29-2015, 02:02 AM
(07-28-2015, 03:31 PM)djs7685 Wrote: It wasn't necessarily that he didn't put up 300 passing yards, he just didn't look very good in that game.
Numbers are a nice thing to talk about, but they hardly tell the entire story. I give Andy a ton of credit for the early part of 2014, especially if you consider who he was working with at receiver in some of those games. I just can't get on board with saying he must have been good against Denver because of his passer rating alone. If you watched the game, you couldn't have been overly impressed with what Andy was doing. He completed 3 out of 9 passes that went 10 yards or more downfield, and he basically sat back dinking and dunking throughout the entire game.
I won't knock him and say that he was awful or anything, but it was hardly a "good game" for Andy and he shouldn't get a lot of the credit for that one. 73% of his yards were totaled from throwing dump offs down the middle within 9 yards of the LOS. Only 48 of his total passing yards came in the air, the rest of his yards were YAC by the receivers in that game.
Oh I agree. I'm not saying it was a good game or anything. But it certainly wasn't terrible. He put the ball where it needed to be and allowed his play-makers to work with it. He didn't have many options that were getting open consistently. But Dalton did what was asked of him without Green or Jones.
Any quarterback is going to struggle without his #1 and #2 receivers. But Dalton was put on the spot and did nicely in many of those games. Beat two playoff teams, tied one, and lost to one.
The Falcons and Panthers games were actually really good games by Dalton. He showed a ton of poise and made some really nice throws.
