{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[Shake n Blake]

(12-24-2017, 06:21 AM)Rhinocero23 Wrote: Why stop there? Where did Andy fall that year in passer rating? He didn’t crack top 10. I am not saying it was not a good season by Andy, it was his best but by the measure of his peers it did not stack up as great.

Just a bit more perspective

2005 Bengals QB league rating - 1st in TD, 4th in yards (300 yards from 1st), 2nd in passer rating (3 pts from 1st)

2013 Bengals QB league rating - 3rd in TD (23 from 1st), 7th in yards (1100 yds from 1st), OUT OF TOP 10 in passer rating.

As you know the 2nd season holds the Bengals season TD and Yards records. However as compared to his peers it was not a great performance in all three major stats. The game was changing and yards and TD’s were easier to come by...Andy benefited from that. In his best season he was only good. That’s the best his skill set has to offer...underwhelming to say the least.

Lol if that's the case, why was he 3rd in TD's and 7th in yards? If Andy is benefiting, then ALL QB's would benefit, right? Yet he was still near the top in both categories.

As for passer rating, many of the guys rated ahead of Dalton did not play close to a full season:

Nick Foles: 2891 yards - 27 TDs - 2 INTs - 119.1 rating - 10 starts
Josh McCown: 1829 yards - 13 TDs - 1 INT - 109.0 rating - 5 starts
Aaron Rodgers: 2536 yards - 17 TDs - 6 INTs - 104.9 rating - 9 starts
Sam Bradford: 1687 yards - 14 TDs - 4 INTs - 90.9 rating - 7 starts
Jay Cutler: 2621 yards - 19 TDs - 12 INTs - 89.2 rating - 11 starts
Andy Dalton: 4293 yards - 33 TDs - 20 INTs - 88.8 rating - 16 starts (for reference)

Lets be honest. How many of these seasons are you taking over Andy's? Maybe Foles. Any others?

What about these complete 16 game seasons?

Colin Kaepernick: 3197 yards - 21 TDs - 8 INTs - 91.6 rating 
Alex Smith: 3313 yards - 23 TDs - 7 INTs - 89.1 rating

All in all, I think Dalton had easily the 8th most impressive season among QB's in 2013. Everything considered.