Kaepernick Trade For Dalton?

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(06-10-2015, 11:47 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: The only year where I totally agree with you is 2011. Green progressed in year 2 and even though I think Steve Smith is a baller, he wasn't on AJ's level at that point. The Panther's run game wasn't really better than ours in '12 and '13 if you look at the overall numbers. Fact is, the Bengals and Panthers both had pretty crappy production from their RB's in those 2 years. The secondary WR's are about as equal as it gets.

So imo:

AJ Green > Steve Smith/Kelvin Benjamin
Simpson/Binns/Tate/MLJ/Sanu = Lafell/Cotchery
Gresham < Olsen
CedBen/BJGE/Gio/Hill = JStew/DWill/Mike Tolbert

I just don't see a ton of difference there as far as talent. Dalton had a better #1 WR, Newton had a better TE. The rest is a wash. Slight advantage Dalton, imo. 

Olsen is a ton better than Gresham though. Olsen just had 3 consecutive seasons with 800+ yards, and last year he had 1,000 yards. Gresham yards were 737 (2012), 458 (2013), and 460 (2014). Gresham also has a higher drop %, and Greg Olsen has had 1 Fumble the last 3 years, and Gresham has had 5 (and if you go back to 2011 and 2010 Gresham had 3 fumbles each of those years). Not to mention that Gresham causes much more penalties than Olsen. Personally I think Olsen is one of the most underrated TE's in the league (I think he's a top 5 TE right now).