The QB position

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(05-15-2018, 02:38 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Fair assessment here. Most QB's don't like pressure, but you can rattle Dalton and throw his mechanics and timing out of whack if he's constantly pressured. The only 2 years where his protection was solid and his receivers didn't look like a MASH unit, he posted the following seasons:

2013: 4293 yards and 33 TDs (both franchise records), 88.8 rating (15th of 37 qualifying QB's)
2015: 4199 yards and 33 TDs (his pace prior to injury), 106.3 rating (2nd of 34 qualifying QB's, and a franchise record)

In 2011, he was a rookie.
In 2012, he was sacked a Bengals record 46 times (still somehow had 31 TD's overall and ranked 13th in passer rating)
In 2014, AJ Green, Eifert and MLJ missed a combined 35 games. Dalton still had some gutsy performances, but the overall numbers weren't pretty.
In 2016-17, the line has been a disaster AND we were missing Green and Eifert for a lot of games. Dalton hasn't been bad really, but I know he'd be better with time to throw.

How we managed to win 10 games and get into the playoffs with that roster just proves what he can do if protected, even without top notch talent catching the ball.  Didn't he have 4 rushing TDs and a TD reception in '14?

(05-15-2018, 04:13 PM)sandwedge Wrote: IMO, 2016 was his best year. Pretty much had no receivers, Eifert injured, Green missed the last 8 games or something like that and Dalton still had us in games. 

He started out in 2016 like he ended 2015, remember the Jets game?  He was sacked like 7 times, still put up over 360 yards passing, and we won the game.  By the end of the year, he was rattled though, and that carried over into last season.  I still look at '14.....the line was good, Hill had a good year, but the receiving corps was decimated by injury.  Winning 10 games was nothing to sneeze at, all things considered.