Palmer v Burrow

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(02-20-2020, 03:04 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Can't compare passing numbers from different eras.  You can just compare how players ranked among their peers.

Over the 7 years Palmer started for the Bengals ('04-'10) among QBs with at least 1000 attempts Palmer ranked 14h out of 43 (top third) in passer rating and 11th in yards per game.  While with the Bengals Palmer had 4 seasons ('05-'07, '10) where he finished in the top 10 in both passing yards and tds.

Over the 9 years that Dalton started for the Bengals ('05-'11) he ranked 27th out of 51 (bottom half) in passer rating and 25th in yards per game.  Dalton has only had one season ('13) where he finished in the top 10 in both passing yards and tds.

Dalton won more games and made the playoffs more often, but he had a top 10 scoring defense five times while Palmer only had one season where the defense was even top half of the league in points allowed.

First off, we're not talking about passing numbers from today vs the 1960s. We're only talking about 10-15 years ago

More importantly, the argument isn't which player ranked vs other QBs in the NFL, but rather which QB was better for the Bengals during their time in Cincy. Dalton has more wins and a better winning percentage than Palmer and has a higher QB rating (which, BTW, is still a good indicator of a QBs performance today as it was 10 years ago in that different era of passing Palmer was in) than Palmer.