05-09-2018, 05:28 PM
(05-09-2018, 04:50 PM)Wyche Wrote: This is exactly right. As you note....his highs are really good, his lows can be really low. If he can manage to have a few good games sprinkled in with some decent games and no bad ones.....the team, and him, can go far. It's really that simple. Consistency is the key.
In the last decade only 5 QBs have had a season with multiple sub 30 passer rating games. Dalton was one of those last year when he posted a 28.4 in the opener against the Ravens and a 27.3 against the Vikings. In his other 14 starts he put up a 94.6 rating which would have been 11th in the league.
That should not happen. A guy who is good enough to be close to the top 10 for 14 of his starts should not post 2 games with a sub 30 rating.
Here are the passer ratings for the other 4 QBs in the last decade to have had more than one sub 30 passing game in a season
Mark Sanchez '09.......63.0
Geno Smith '13..........66.5
Matt Cassell '09..........69.9
Ryan Fitzpatrick '16....69.6
Dalton '17..................86.6
Totally OT trivia question. Over the last 20 years Michael Vick has the second most sub 30 games with 5. Four other QBs are right behind him with 4, but the guy with the most has twice as many (10) as Vick. He was a starter every season of his ten year career going to the playoffs four times and the Pro Bowl once.
