04-14-2019, 01:58 PM
I support Dalton almost as much as anyone here, but everything else being equal I would take Palmer. People act like he was all crippled in Arizona, but he still had the cannon.
Deep passes really don't show arm strength as much as deep outs or other medium depth routes that have to be thrown like a bullet. Palmer was still killing those throws with the Cards.
The numbers are hard to compare because passing stats went up a lot from '04 to '11, so the best way to judge is how they compared to the rest of the league. Palmer had four top-tens in passer rating; Dalton has one. Palmer led the league in tds one season and had 6 top-tens; Dalton has 3 top tens. In passing yards Palmer finished in the top 5 four times and in the top 10 eight times; Dalton has one top 10 and zero top-5..
Deep passes really don't show arm strength as much as deep outs or other medium depth routes that have to be thrown like a bullet. Palmer was still killing those throws with the Cards.
The numbers are hard to compare because passing stats went up a lot from '04 to '11, so the best way to judge is how they compared to the rest of the league. Palmer had four top-tens in passer rating; Dalton has one. Palmer led the league in tds one season and had 6 top-tens; Dalton has 3 top tens. In passing yards Palmer finished in the top 5 four times and in the top 10 eight times; Dalton has one top 10 and zero top-5..
