{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[Brownshoe]

(12-23-2017, 02:39 PM)Rhinocero23 Wrote: Respect your take on this. However I have to disagree. In the real world your definition of average is accurate and it works. In the highly competitive arena of competitive sports it does not.

By nature of competition and this business model, top 25% is the minimal acceptable standard. If you have a key component of your team (QB is a key component) that can not consistently perform at a top 25% level you must either up grade that position or stack all the players around him. The latter rarely works especially if you QB is closeer to top 1/2 than top 1/3.

In professional sports the dial is constantly moving up. A great example of this is when pro Dalton stat providers love to point out Dalton broke Palmer’s single season passing record. In the year Palmer set that record his Performance was in the Top 10% of the league. When Dalton eclipsed his mark, Dalton was out side of the top 25%. The game had changed that quickly. While they both set franchisee record marks one was excellent performance and the other was good.  

Average does not get it done in professional sports. That is why each year the roster is upgraded. Average is no bueno. Average sucks in the NFL. Now you have already stated you do not believe Dalton is average so naturally you do not think he sucks. I respect that, I just disagree.

Dalton was 3rd in TDs and 7th in yards when he broke Palmers records. Yeah.... I guess you need to redefine your top 25% thing because in those stats he was in the top 10% in TDs and top 25% in yards.