03-11-2020, 06:47 PM
(03-11-2020, 06:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No he did not. This is a perfect example of a message board myth that everyone believes based on their "eyeball test".
I don't have all the numbers. All I have are the top ten for each season from '14 through '18, but it is pretty clear that Dalton is not among the league leaders in tipped passes.
'14 played 16 games and did not finish in the top ten. The most he could have had was 11 which would be about half of the league leaders (Tannehill 20, Bortles 19) but I have no idea if he had anything close to 11.
'15 played 13 games and finished in a 4 way tie for 9th with 10 tipped passes. Again half of the league leaders (Bortles 21, Fitzpatrick 20, Ryan 19)
'16 played 16 games and finished tied for 6th with 14. Bortles had 21 to lead the league.
'17 played 16 games and finished in 2 way tie for 8th with 10. Again about half of the league leader (Stafford 19)
'18 played 11 games and did not finish in top 10.
There is no way I can come up with who multi-year totals, but even when Dalton played a full season there were usually other QBs having TWICE as many passes tipped as him. He has never even been close to leading the league. His highest total was 14 and over that 5 year span other QBs had that many or more 25 times. Yet all the message board experts claim he is the worst in the league based on the "eyeball test".
Thanks for this, surprised honestly. Never meant to offend, but yeah, I thought he would of been higher in this stat from
what I saw. No need to cut me down Freddy boy, just saying that it was predictable with the quick drop back passes at
times and D-lineman would just have to get a hand up. With a better O-line and more pump fakes and better maneuvering
the pocket by the QB the tipped passes would go down.
