{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[Brownshoe]

(11-09-2015, 01:47 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: just saying you hear that line alot.. .about year 5...  I think that is more of having experience in the game than the general year or age of the QB...  After 4 years you have seen alot of different defenses and have had a lot of work within your offense especially with the continuity we have enjoyed here...

And its not just ADs experience but the group hes been with for years now...   Instead of going out and keep bringing in a yearly rental MB and ML gave this group a chance to grow together.  And while that didnt bring the instant success (depends on your stance on that but lets say playoff victories)  it does seem to be paying off now.

Of course like they say on the TV we gotta wait till january to really see.

But it seems like everything is clicking.

Dont know if its just having the weapons back.
Being more experienced
Or the confidence he has in himself now.
Or him being a leader

Or all of it.

but its working.

and while i expected dalton to improve each season... for those first few years everyone around him kept getting younger and less experienced.
especially 2012 where they replaced caldwell and simpson with 2 rookies named Jones and sanu.   then we replaced the RB core the next 2 years and got a young TE whos finally paying huge dividends

A lot of people like to look passed that Dalton was playing with very inexperienced players until this year really.  Until 2011 Simpson, and Caldwell were both backups with limited time playing. Gresham was only in his 2nd year, and Green obviously was a rookie with him in 2011. In 2012 Jones and Sanu really didn't play much either. Combined they only had 34 receptions. Dalton was working with Green, Hawkins, and Gresham  mostly in 2012. That's not really a great cast of receivers other than Green. In 2013 Jones, and Sanu stepped up, but they obviously lacked experience. Eifert really didn't see the field too much, because Gresham was out there. If Dalton would've had a good run game or some vet receivers to help him early in his career I think that he would have looked a lot better throughout his career. It defiantly hurt Dalton that we lost our top 2 receivers at the end of 2010.