08-14-2018, 09:55 PM
(08-14-2018, 12:51 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Dalton can't win people over if that's the perception. If the line (and run game) are solid and Dalton balls out, it'll be "cuz teammates".
Hardly seems fair. How many times has a QB willed a crap team to a championship?
If you get that far, the team is usually stacked.
What's left to win over? Dalton pretty much is what he is at this point. I don't think he'll ever be a top tier guy. The ones who are believers will believe, the ones who don't, won't. No one at this point is going to suddenly find religion when it comes to Dalton one way or the other.
His best yardage situation he finished with 18 TD's and 8 INT's.
His best efficiency year he finished with 25 TD's and 7 INT's.
I think we kind of all know what Dalton is. He's an average to above average QB. He's never going to be a top level guy, and that's perfectly fine. The offensive line has been bad recently, and besides Green, he hasn't had a ton of talent at WR. There's a number of factors working against him, but if you're asking me if we've seen the best of Dalton, I would unfortunately have to say yes.
I think there's a small group of QB's who can win with average to below average talent surrounding them. I just don't think Dalton is one of those guys, and it probably ends up being one of those unanswerable questions that we sit around and wonder about down the road. If he doesn't get hurt, what happens to the 2015 Bengals and how does it change Dalton's perception?
