Tier 3 QB

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(07-24-2018, 06:45 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Tier 1:

T1. Aaron Rodgers
T1. Tom Brady
3. Drew Brees
4. Ben Roethlisberger

Tier 2:

5. Matt Ryan
6. Russell Wilson
7. Matthew Stafford
8. Philip Rivers
9. Carson Wentz
10. Andrew Luck
11. Cam Newton
12. Derek Carr
13. Jimmy Garoppolo
14. Deshaun Watson

Tier 3:

T15. Kirk Cousins
T15. Alex Smith
T17. Eli Manning
T17. Dak Prescott
19. Jared Goff
20. Jameis Winston
21. Marcus Mariota
22. Andy Dalton

I am not surprised by these rankings, and be prepared for these so-called "reference points" to be thrown out by nearly every talking head in the media for at least a year.  

This list is supposed to be where the player is RIGHT NOW.  Not where they have been.  Not where they could be.  But where they are RIGHT NOW.  So, the mere fact that guys like Mariota and Winston are ranked ahead of Dalton is laughable.  And Eli Manning?  I guess when you win a couple Super Bowls they give you the slack for having awful seasons when the roster has suffered some injuries.  

I guess the same excuse is used on Stafford and Luck.  "Well, they just don't have the team around them" but when the same concept is thrown out about Dalton, it reads "he needs to be surrounded by elite talent".  

I am not saying Dalton should be ranked ahead of them (Stafford, Luck) but being ranked #22 when Piggy is #4 is hilarious.  Human nature says they are not basing it on now, or what they have most recently seen (Piggy's 5 INT game vs. Jax) but history.  And Dalton's 2015 before injury seems to be gone with the wind.

These rankings are great fodder for guys (and gals) like us that want to debate, etc, but in the end they don't matter at all.  

If the Bengals have an even mid-pack rushing attack in 2018-19, and the revamped offensive line gives Dalton a little time and an actual pocket, he will pick teams apart.  I can't wait to see it.