Andy Dalton street value

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(03-20-2018, 11:00 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: This makes no sense. You seem to place high importance on where Dalton has ranked from year to year, placing him as an "average" starter due to those rankings. 

Have you ever wondered how Dalton could rank 20th, 13th, 15th, 13th, 25th etc in year to year rankings, yet be ranked 10th in career rankings?

The biggest reason for this is that Dalton has been consistent. His worst years haven't been as bad as those of guys like Cam, Flacco, Eli, Mariota, etc. Even when he was ranked 25th, his rating was 83.3 IIRC, which isn't all that bad in the grand scheme of things. Cam Newton's worst rating is a 75.8 I believe. He has a couple years like that under his belt. 

A lot of QBs flash, then fall off. Good QBs have terrible years. Dalton has been consistently "good enough" or whatever term or phrase you want to use. In the end, consistency is part of what makes Dalton good, or "above average". The career ranking reflects that.

No, I've never wondered that and have explained it ad nausium. He is an average NFL QB, he has been rated average throughout his career, he's just been average (use your word consistent) for a long time. Let's just say you and other fanboys should be happy we are just focusing on passing stats, because you do not want to add what a QB can do with his feet to the equation.

But I understand. This preseason I'll most likely rank Dalton mid-pack, as will most experts. There will be the usual suspects that chime in with "disrespect", "hater" ect... I know this because I saw the same movie last year. But who knows, 8th year could be the charm. 

Sorry that that makes "no sense" to you.