04-03-2021, 01:25 PM
(04-01-2021, 10:13 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: By what possible metric?
Burrow: (10 games)
2688 yds 13 TD 5 INT 1.2 INT% 65.3 CMP% 89.8 Passer Rating
Dalton:
3398 yards 20 TD 13 INT 2.5 INT% 58.1 CMP% 80.4 Passer Rating
The big factor where Dalton had an advantage was coaching though. Marvin Lewis/Jay Gruden/Mike Zimmer>>>>>>>>>>>>Zac Taylor/Brian Callahan/Lou Anarumo.
Dalton's numbers compared to the league average are pretty close to Burrows.
'11 league..... 60.1%... 84.3 PR... 1-1.47 td/int
Dalton........... 58.1%... 80.4 PR... 1-1.54 td/int
'20 league...... 65.2%... 93.6 PR... 1-2.21 td/int
Burrow.......... 65.3%.... 89.8 PR... 1-2.60 td/int
Neither had much of a running game to support them
'11... 19th yds,... 27th ypc
'20... 24th yds.... 27th ypc
Here is the big difference.
Dalton sacked once per 21.4 attempts.
Burrow sacked once per 12.6 attempts.
Dalton had a better O-line, but his pass protection was not as much better as the sack numbers seem to indicate. Dalton was just a lot more conservative. He would check down or throw the ball away quicker than Burrow.
Burrow is actually more elusive in the pocket than Dalton was, but Joe still ends up holding onto the ball too long trying to make more big plays.
I will be defending Dalton for years, but I don't mean to be bashing Joe. Burrow has a higher ceiling than Dalton. That is why he was the first player taken in the draft. But Andy was shockingly effective his rookie season for a team that was projected to be possibly the worst in the league.
And Joe Burrow still has some things to work on. I have faith that he will continue to improve, but he has not performed like a super star yet. He was only putting up big volume numbers because he was leading the league in attempts.
