09-16-2018, 04:16 PM
(09-16-2018, 03:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Dalton's problem is not his "ceiling". When he is on he is as better than most QBs in the league. There are only 4 active QBs with more games with a 125+ rating than Dalton since he entered the league (Rodgers, Brees, Brady, Ryan) and only 6 have had a season with a higher rating than Dalton had in 2015. (Brees, Rodgers, Ryan, Wilson, Brady, Foles).
Dalton's problem is consistency. A player that can post so many elite performances should nmot lay so many eggs. Since Dalton entered the league only 5 QBs have more games with a passer rating below 60.
Why he craps the bed in playoffs is a mystery. He wins big games in the regukar season. He has beaten Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Peyton Manning head-to-head when those QBs had division Championship teams. It just seems like the entire Bengal team falls flat in the playoffs.
This last sentence falls on the head coach. The whole team is bad during the playoffs, not just Dalton and that's coaching.
But...
I believe that this year is different simply because of the end of the first half against Baltimore. The aggressive play calling being up by three TD's wouldn't have happened in past seasons. The Bengals came into Thursday Nights Game looking to destroy the Ravens. It is good to see and needs to continue.
EDIT: the "It's Over 9000" reference is from Dragon Ball Z but I know it from World of Warcraft achievement.
Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
