{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(11-06-2015, 02:39 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Correct. I've been watching some games from previous years and it's obvious he's playing at a higher level this year. Decision making, decisiveness, pocket manipulation, it all just looks different from previous years.

Watching some of his decisions and play from '11-'14, i get how people want to say they were behind him all along--and that's fine--and i always said if he could just cut down on the ints and raise the comp%, it would make a big difference in his overall numbers, but his play from previous years and this year can't really be compared due to the difference in how he looks this year.

There were too many "if's", before, to say anyone could 'see' that he was going to develop into what he has this year.

I agree....but sometimes QBs "get it" in three years, some in four, it looks like it took Andy five years.  I really saw those flashes at the outset of last year, and in some pretty tough games with Sanu as our #1 that we gutted out and won.  Hell, some guys come out in year one like gang busters and fade away when the league figures them out.  Then you have those "once in a lifetime" guys.  Andy is not one of those, but he is far better than what some gave him for credit for being.  He has worked hard at his craft, and I TRULY think Hue Jackson has been that mentor that he was lacking.  Lest we forget, Jay Gruden was a rookie too.