QB Index by Gregg Rosenthal

[Brownshoe]

(09-11-2015, 09:18 AM)djs7685 Wrote: I don't know about him being #5 exactly, but some of the ass backwards logic around here astounds me.


Andy loses 2 guys that a lot of people around here refuse to give much  credit to, constantly reminding everyone they're "unproven" and can't be considered good yet....but somehow it's a huge deal and the end of the world that caused his stats to crumble? HE made the playoffs despite that...GTFO with that garbage, teams make the playoffs, not QBs.

Matt Ryan loses some of the better receivers in the entire NFL, and we poke fun at him for his TEAM going 4-12? Again, QBs don't make the playoffs, teams do.

That year that Matt Ryan "lost all his weapons", he threw for over 4,500 yards, 26 TDs, completed 67% of his passes, and had a higher passer rating than everyone but 11 other guys and it also happened to be higher than any season in Andy's career. He did that with an ancient Tony Gonazlez, a broken Roddy White, and Harry freakin' Douglas leading the team in basically everything. Sure, let's poo-poo on Matt Ryan because of that

If you can't understand that their 4-12 season had more to do with having a bottom 5 defense and their lead rushers not being able to get over 3.5 YPC, then hey, that's on you for not understanding how to evaluate things other than taking an extremely broad view of the game.

Personally I'm a big fan of Matt Ryan, and I agree with you on that, but Dalton didn't have even close to the weapons Ryan had that year. Green wasn't 100% last year, and didn't even catch a pass in 5 games. Our #2 receiver had the highest drop % in the league (with at least 50 receptions). The #3 receiver (Gresham) has had 6 fumbles the last 2 years, and always has costly penalties. Not to mention there has been multiple times where he causes INTs due to him stopping on routes, or times he just can't catch easy passes in the end zone.