09-18-2017, 02:50 PM
(09-18-2017, 02:38 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: FIFY
Points allowed when McCarron led the epic comeback almost-win: 15
Points allowed in Dalton's starts: 25.8
Sacks in McCarron's start: 4
Sacks in Dalton's starts: 4 total in 4 games
Turnovers forced in McCarron's start: 2
Turnovers forced in Dalton's starts: 2 total in 4 games
Opposing QB's passer rating in McCarron's start: 73.8 (55.6% completion rate)
Opposing QB's passer rating in Dalton's starts: 98.3 (70.3% completion rate)
Short fields for McCarron: 3 drives started in Pittsburgh territory, with both TD's starting there
Short fields for Dalton: Dalton has never started a drive on the opponent's side of the field
Offensive drives for McCarron: 15
Offensive Drives for Dalton: 11.0 on average, never more than 12.
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Look at all the facts. McCarron got more help in his 1 start than Dalton got in all 4 games combined. The defense got stops and turnovers, allowing McCarron more opportunities (15 drives) and short fields (3 drives that started in opp territory). Dalton never got anything close to that. In truth, McCarron was just as terrible as Dalton ever was, but if you keep giving a guy opportunities and short fields while keeping the score down, it gives our QB a chance to stay in the game.
It's a team game, and our defense finally came to play in 2015, but people are so QB obsessed that they insist on giving the credit to the guy that benefited from all those stops and turnovers.
The team is not winning changes need to be made.
