{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[Brownshoe]

(11-22-2017, 05:20 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Even this year, he has:

Jamison Crowder, who has put up very Marvin Jones-like numbers through 3 years.
Chris Thompson, who is having a better season than Gio has ever had.
Vernon Davis/Jordan Reed, a better TE duo than Dalton has ever had.
Terrell Pryor, a 1000 yard receiver last year.
Josh Doctson, a 1st round pick who is starting to show potential (300 yards + 3 TDs in last 8 games)
Ryan Grant, who has proven serviceable, on pace for 550 yards and 5 scores
A "decent" run game that ranks 18th in yards (102.6), 24th in YPC (3.9) and 9th in TDs (9)
Better pass blocking (sacked every 13.8 attempts, compared to every 11.0 attempts for Dalton)

This isn't a "great" supporting cast, but it's far from "terrible". Especially compared to what Dalton is dealing with.

His receivers are one of the best units in the league. He's got an decent run game and a decent OL. He has Jay Gruden, who some around here give a lot of credit on how well Dalton started out. Not to mention he road the bench until the middle of his 3rd season, so he didn't have to go through rookie growing pains. I think Kirk Cousins is underrated, but to say that he's had a terrible supporting cast is just silly to me and in this context just trying to break Dalton down.