Andy Dalton street value

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(03-21-2018, 03:00 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 1. No need to get testy and start throwing the fanboy word around. I didn't call you a hater, now did I?

2. Consistent does not = average. I explained myself pretty well.

3. Add all the rushing stats you want. That will only push Dalton further up. Unless you don't think rush TDs are important for some reason.

4. I'll continue to rank Dalton somewhere between 10th and 14th and overall for his career, I'll continue to be accurate. Each year, some scrub like Josh McCown, Case Keenum, Josh Freeman or Colin Kaepernick will have a fluke year where his passer rating is higher than Dalton's. That doesn't mean these guys are better than Dalton.

Lets look at a different QB. Matt Stafford. He has an average year to year ranking of 15.5 (according to ESPN stats). Do you think it's fair to say that's where he deserves to be ranked? I don't. I think he's closer to 10th than 15th or 16th. Dalton has an average ranking of 15.4. 

Again, so many flashes in the pan every year rank higher than these guys. Last year it was Keenum and Josh McCown. In 2014, Fitzpatrick, Flacco, Cutler, Sanchez and Orton finished ahead of both Stafford and Dalton. Would you take any of those guys over Stafford or Dalton? What about 2013, when Foles, McCown and Kaepernick bumped Dalton and Stafford down to 15th and 19th respectively?

This is why rankings in career rating is a more accurate way to judge a QB among his peers than year to year rankings. Unless you'd prefer a guy like Fitzpatrick, Keenum, McCown, Orton or Sanchez just because they ranked higher for a particular season.

It absolutely means they were better that year. Now if we want to handout a lifetime achievement award, feel free; but as I say they hand out the Lombardi on an annual basis. Funny how you say you'll continue to be accurate by ranking him 10-14 when he has only been in that range once in his 7 year career.  

Let's just wait until we rank them this preseason and see who is proven right again.