11-21-2017, 02:59 PM
The problem imagining Brady in a Bengals uniform is that people are assuming he'd play the exact same way he has for the Patriots and the GOAT coach. Here he'd be playing for Marvin and Zampese/Lazor with the 32nd ranked run game...consistently struggling to get into manageable 3rd down situations. Dalton is often having to use the pass as a substitute for the run, so we're not stuck on 3rd and 11 constantly.
Nobody is saying Dalton = Brady, but Brady wouldn't look like Brady in this situation with this ownership, coaches, line and rush "attack". If some would open their minds, they'd realize this. Brady has only been sacked 40+ times twice, finishing 6th and 17th in passer rating those years. Of course, he had a great run game to take pressure off of him in both of those seasons.
Brady's 2 worst run games were in 2015 (89.9 yards, 3.7 YPC) and 2005 (94.5 yards, 3.4 YPC). Our run game is averaging 68.0 yards on 3.0 YPC. Does that put our run game in perspective?
A line this bad is a burden Brady has never dealt with. He's never been sacked at this rate. He's never had a run game even close to this bad. He's never played for Mike Brown, Marvin and PA. Now imagine him dealing with all of that at once. In a vaccum, I'm definitely taking Brady over Dalton. But I'd take Dalton on the Pats over Brady on the Bengals. The situations are worlds apart, which makes it an unfair comparison.
Nobody is saying Dalton = Brady, but Brady wouldn't look like Brady in this situation with this ownership, coaches, line and rush "attack". If some would open their minds, they'd realize this. Brady has only been sacked 40+ times twice, finishing 6th and 17th in passer rating those years. Of course, he had a great run game to take pressure off of him in both of those seasons.
Brady's 2 worst run games were in 2015 (89.9 yards, 3.7 YPC) and 2005 (94.5 yards, 3.4 YPC). Our run game is averaging 68.0 yards on 3.0 YPC. Does that put our run game in perspective?
A line this bad is a burden Brady has never dealt with. He's never been sacked at this rate. He's never had a run game even close to this bad. He's never played for Mike Brown, Marvin and PA. Now imagine him dealing with all of that at once. In a vaccum, I'm definitely taking Brady over Dalton. But I'd take Dalton on the Pats over Brady on the Bengals. The situations are worlds apart, which makes it an unfair comparison.
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