09-16-2017, 01:20 PM
Now for the best comparison. Matt Stafford in 2015.
- Above average QB (like Dalton)
- Getting beat up behind a bad o-line (like Dalton)
- Fans calling for his head (like Dalton)
- O-Coordinator fired (like Dalton)
Stafford had an abysmal 74.8 rating and 8 INT's in his first 5 games that year.
His rating after Jim Bob Cooter was promoted was 105.1.
Now why didn't Stafford just "elevate his teammates"? Why didn't he overcome his awful coordinator? The truth is that sometimes when a good QB is playing awful, something else is at least part of the problem.
- Above average QB (like Dalton)
- Getting beat up behind a bad o-line (like Dalton)
- Fans calling for his head (like Dalton)
- O-Coordinator fired (like Dalton)
Stafford had an abysmal 74.8 rating and 8 INT's in his first 5 games that year.
His rating after Jim Bob Cooter was promoted was 105.1.
Now why didn't Stafford just "elevate his teammates"? Why didn't he overcome his awful coordinator? The truth is that sometimes when a good QB is playing awful, something else is at least part of the problem.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
