{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[BengalChris]

(01-30-2016, 12:17 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: well since he did not play in the post season, i still would say he had a phenomenal year since you can't grade him lower because he got hurt and was unable to play (people doing that are just showing their bias against Dalton).. and i would also argue that having a rough 2014 season and  could he bounce back in 2015 and even lead us to the playoffs was on just as many minds.. 

Lets be honest when you are really rating a player and at what level they are performance wise.. to compare a playoff game to a 16 game season is very skewed thinking.  

That type of thinking is why Kenny Anderson to me is not in the Hall of Fame.. because he did not win a Super Bowl and why Joe Namath is in the Hall of Fame because he did.  Look at both of their careers and you can;t tell me Anderson out performed Namath throughout their careers.  

Dalton is on pace to have a strong career over time  and if he continues at that level and fall short in the playoffs he still is going to go down as a good QB.. their are many good QBs that have had little success in playoffs ,  Here is a list of Qbs that never won a super bowl, with a few of them never making it even there.   The quality of their career of many of them outweigh lack of success in playoffs.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/604599-top-10-quarterbacks-that-never-reached-a-super-bowl 

By today's standards, Ken Anderson would be a HOFer. League MVP, multiple passing titles, longevity and led the league a couple of years in QB rushing yards. The only thing he didn't get was a SB victory.

If Ken Anderson doesn't get elite status, then no Bengals QB since would rate that distinction either.

Before you can win in the SB you have to win multiple playoff games in a row.

Playoff wins mean more because those games are generally against better teams and if you can't beat the better teams, then you aren't one of them. Not laying those losses on Dalton, even though he hasn't played well in them, but it's more on the coaching and the whole team. The team came closest this year. Must closer than the previous 6 under Marvin Lewis.