09-28-2017, 11:56 AM
(09-28-2017, 11:41 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: True, but that's overlooking the fact that Flacco is - at best - an average starting QB. Dalton has proven a better QB over the course of their careers, yet Flacco has the ring.
The automatic response is "well, Dalton chokes", but I would respond by saying that the entire team has a choking culture, and they've choked in 3 playoff games where Dalton didn't even suit up. Meanwhile, Dalton wasn't known for choking at TCU. Quite the opposite. He was Rose Bowl MVP against a Wisconsin team that was viewed as far superior to TCU.
What more clutch moment is there than being an underdog in one of the biggest Bowl games, and showing up big?
And beating JJ Watt to the edge to rush for a go ahead (IIRC) touchdown?
Andy didn't cause Hill to fumble.
Andy didn't cause Peko to run onto the field in his cape.
Andy didn't cause Burfict and Pacman to be themselves.
Andy didn't leave a blitzer unblocked that lead to a pick six.
Andy didn't drop a go ahead TD.
Andy didn't design an offense that ignored AJ Green for 3 quarters.
Andy didn't build a roster that left them with just Sanu and Burkhead at WR.
Yes Andy has been bad in the playoffs. He deserves a good amount of blame for his own play. But exactly 1 other person ever shown up in the playoffs and that's Leon Hall.
Well, Rey M almost had 1 good game before they asked him to cover RBs in the flats again.
