01-12-2016, 11:31 PM
(01-12-2016, 10:18 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yes, against a worst pass defense than Andy Dalton has ever had, with better offensive weapons than Andy Dalton has ever had, with a far better defensive performance than Andy Dalton has ever had.
I'm not saying Andy Dalton has been good in the playoffs. He hasn't. I'm just saying McCarron wasn't good either. It doesn't have to be an either-or thing with Dalton and McCarron. They both have stunk in the playoffs. Just like Palmer did, just like Kitna did. No QB has ever performed well under Lewis in postseason or prime time.
Not sure why you are trying so hard to make it a Dalton vs McCarron fight. If a player stunk it up in a game, what's wrong with saying they stunk it up? McCarron wasn't good. That's all there was to it.
Because if you think McCarron stunk it up by leading the team to 2TDs and a FG in the 4th quarter when they were down 15 points in a rainstorm, you are flat-out insane.
Despite his first 3 quarters being subpar, that 4th quarter was part of his overall game too, and it deserves more recognition than "he stunk."
McCarron had a day not so different than Roethlisberger's or Aaron Rodgers' this past weekend. Neither was particularly good early, neither passed for more than 250 yards, but both took their teams down to put points on the board when it mattered.
By your logic every single QB this weekend "stunk."
Maybe you don't understand what playoff football is about - it's about getting points on the board and winning in the 4th quarter. Everybody's throwing the kitchen sink at you in every game, you adapt, you adjust, and you figure it out.
Green Bay down 18-17 late 3rd quarter - they win. Aaron Rodgers - 210 yards passing, 93.5 rating.
Seahawks down 9-0 in the 4th quarter - they win. Russell Wilson - 142 yards passing, 63.3 rating.
Chiefs blow the doors off the Texans. Alex Smith - 190 yards passing, 98.7 rating.
Kirk Cousins led all NFL QBs last weekend with 329 yards passing and had a 91.7 rating. What was it good for? Did he put points on the board when it mattered?
Ben Roethlisberger - sacked as many times as McCarron. If Rey catches the ball that hits him in the face, Ben is intercepted as many times as McCarron.
He played good enough to win a playoff game in harsh conditions, and made plays when it mattered most.
What is your metric for determining who "stunk?" Is it passing yards? McCarron had 3rd most passing yards out of 8 QBs this weekend. Was it QB rating? McCarron had a better QB rating than Russell Wilson this weekend. Was it sacks? Roethlisberger sacked just as many times. INTs? Russell Wilson and Alex Smith had just as many as AJM and they won their games.
AJ McCarron, all things considered, played well. Well enough to win that game, and the team deserved that win.
