Daltons Pocket Presence

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(09-26-2017, 02:45 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I like you, ocho, so I'm going to give you some free advice. Don't use QBR. It's a bullshit stat and anyone who uses it in a debate is, at best, ignorant. I don't think you are, so just please don't use it and you'll be fine.

Flacco's stats right now are: 42 comp 69 att 60.9% 366 yards 3 TD 4 INT 65.2 QB rating
Compared to Dalton's: 57 comp 93 att 61.3% 606 yards 2 TD 4 INT 69.6 QB rating

Please tell me how having 1 more TD and less yards, smaller completion percentage, and a lower QB rating equals to being a better QB.



Since Dalton's contract is team friendly, I don't think that matters to the discussion of replacing him. If he had a burdensome contract, that'd be diferent.

Fair enough. I was lazy and referred to an easy stat that was put in my face on the ESPN Week 4 power rankings.

The one thing that stands out to why Flacco is considered a higher QBR compared to Dalton with lower stats...fewer pass attempts and Dalton has fumbled once whereas Flacco has not. So one more TD and one less turnover.

Between you and me, I never did care for Flacco anyway, as I feel Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith bailed him out of a lot of inaccurate throws and Ray Rice had a monster year at RB that year.

As to your last point, yes, when comparing to the average across the league for QB contracts, Dalton's contract is team-friendly. But you can't say that saving an extra $10 mill while having a QB like Sam Darnold would somehow be a downgrade vs $17 mill a year for Dalton.

Houshmandzadeh said it best in a recent interview - “Starting quarterbacks are getting paid like franchise quarterbacks.” And that's a problem. Andy Dalton no longer plays like a franchise quarterback. Time to cut bait.