05-21-2020, 03:41 PM
The truth is it is BOTH.
Poor O-line play, weak receivers, a lousy run game, and bad coaches makes EVERY QB look worse. Even the best QBs have up and down seasons based on the talent around them.
And poor QB play hurts the receivers production.
So the argument becomes about perception. The people who have never liked Andy will claim that all his completions were due to circus catches and no other QB has receivers that make circus catches. It is silly. Anyone who watches football knows that ALL QBs have problems completing deep passes and no QB always hits his receivers in stride.
Perfect example of this is the claim that Dalton had more passes batted down at the line of scrimmage than most other QBs. Lots of people make that claim, but it just is not true. Football outsiders keeps track of the QBs that have the most passes batted down and Dalton was rarely among the league leaders. But the people who don't like Dalton will keep claiming it is true because all they see is the negative and they ignore anything positive.
Poor O-line play, weak receivers, a lousy run game, and bad coaches makes EVERY QB look worse. Even the best QBs have up and down seasons based on the talent around them.
And poor QB play hurts the receivers production.
So the argument becomes about perception. The people who have never liked Andy will claim that all his completions were due to circus catches and no other QB has receivers that make circus catches. It is silly. Anyone who watches football knows that ALL QBs have problems completing deep passes and no QB always hits his receivers in stride.
Perfect example of this is the claim that Dalton had more passes batted down at the line of scrimmage than most other QBs. Lots of people make that claim, but it just is not true. Football outsiders keeps track of the QBs that have the most passes batted down and Dalton was rarely among the league leaders. But the people who don't like Dalton will keep claiming it is true because all they see is the negative and they ignore anything positive.
