How about AJ McCarron

[Essex Johnson]

(01-11-2016, 03:43 PM)WhoDeySince81 Wrote: Agree with every word of this. Not saying AJM is better physically than Dalton right now (although he does have a better deep ball). He does however have the one thing Dalton has always lacked in big moments/games - confidence. I just get the feeling that he raises his game in big moments instead of pi$$ing down his leg.

Take what you have seen from McCarron over the past 4 games, then give him about a third of the patience and development that Dalton was given, and I guarantee you end up with a MUCH better finished product. Maybe even good enough to actually show up in the playoffs someday.

If Dalton lacked confidence we would have not been to the playoffs 5 straight years and had numerous 4th quarter comebacks by Andy.. especially this year.. judging someone from 5 years ago is just not realistic.. that would be like saying the Ray Rice was a top back at the end of his career since he had very good three years before his last two years.. A player especially in the NFL is judged much more over what you are doing now not in the past.  

Finally, in Dalton's first year, he surpassed expectations for sure.. so if you are comparing Dalton's first year to AJM first 4 games,, i am taking Dalton