Class Act Dalton

[wolfkaosaun]

(12-07-2017, 09:03 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Clutch means, when you get the ball at the end of the game, you drive your team to points and, more than not, wins. 

He's had 1 real 4th quarter GWD in the last season +. The Jets in the opener last year. 

I wonder how many times he's had the ball, late in the 4th quarter with a chance to put points on the board and not done it... Pretty sure everyone knows the 2nd half scoring woes of the team. 

Check out his 4th quarter passer rating. 74.4, good for 15th...in the AFC. #20 in the nfl is Alex Smith. He has an 89.1

He had done a good job up to the end of 2015. It will be good to see him with a different coach and a decent line. But i'm not about to keep throwing out excuse after excuse after excuse as to why he's playing the way he is. The really good quarterbacks find a way to get the job done, regardless of their surroundings. It's exactly why and how they are deemed 'elite' or 'very good/top 10'. 

And, again. Dalton has done that before.

Also, incorrect. He also did it against the Buffal Bills this year. 4th quarter comeback and game winning drive.

Yep. The second half has been dreadful this year. No questioning that.

Yep. And below him is Blake Bortles. A guy who is ranked 18th with a 56.6 QB rating. Yet, his team destroyed the Bengals and lead his division. But since his QB rating is so bad, that means his team should be bad too, correct?

Exactly. And Dalton has done exactly that. He has two down years in terms of winning. But you're only looking at one picture.

Dalton ranks #2 in QB rating in the 1st half with a 110.8 QB rating. Now, it does go down in the 2nd half with a 74.4 QB rating. Yet, Joe Flacco and Blake Bortles, two QBs that beat the Bengals, have worse ratings than him.
And yet the running attack is still horrendous.

These are not "excuses" for Dalton. Dalton has left plays on the field. But to put EVERYTHING on him is ludicrous. And to act like he hasn't been clutch is also ignorant to facts and stats.