07-13-2020, 02:02 PM
(07-13-2020, 01:59 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yep.
Here's a link that goes a little more in-depth for Dalton's stats - https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/andy-dalton/
Notice the Efficiency section...
True Passer Rating (removes unpressured throwaways and dropped passes) - 69.5 (34th in league)
True Completion Percentage (same things removed as above) - 65.6% (31st in league)
Play-Action Completion Percentage - 60.3% (31st in league)
Red Zone Completion percentage - 51.4% (35th in league)
Deep ball completion percentage - 34.6% (21st in league)
Pressured completion percentage - 26.2% (32nd in league)
Clean pocket completion percentage - 69.5% (29th in league)
It also didn't help that the Bengals' receivers had an average target separation of 1.46 yards beyond the LOS, which was last in the league.
For comparison sake for target separation (distance of separation from nearest defender):
John Ross - 1.77 yards (21st in league among WRs)
Tyler Boyd - 1.33 yards (81st in league among WRs)
Tyler Eifert - 1.37 yards (28th in league among TEs)
Auden Tate - 1.09 yards (102nd in league among WRs)
Alex Erickson - 1.52 yards (48th in league among WRs)
So basically, Dalton wasn't accurate enough getting his receivers the ball but most of the receivers weren't getting much separation to help Dalton out.
Thanks for this Ocho, tells a lot. Think with a QB that can throw Receivers open this will change.
Hope Ross starts to come around and catch the ball better and run better routes.
What is nice about Boyd is he doesn't need a ton of separation, he still catches the ball and runs great crisp routes.
Tee Higgins I think was a great pick with his great hands and size.
