More Schein Love

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(05-27-2021, 10:08 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Sigh...

I said he would be the perfect back up QB because that would be his ideal role. He was a starter for a decade, but he should not have been. Especially not an unopposed starter. If they drafted players or signed players to compete with him and he beat them out, fair enough but we never even tried.

The Dalton Line is basically exactly how I felt about him. He was the defining mark. If you're better than Dalton, you deserve to be a starting QB. If you're worse, you need to be replaced. He sat in that limbo for his entire career, except for 2016 when people thought he finally "turned the corner," despite all evidence that players don't magically change from an average starter to an elite starter after 6 years in the NFL. Obviously, we were all promptly shown that was not the case in 2016 and beyond.

I see Dalton the same way I see Ryan Fitzpatrick. He'd be an asset to just about any team in the NFL, but you should have a plan other than starting him with no competition for the role.

As for 2015's talent, Eifert, Green, Jones and Sanu was one of the most potent receiving corps in the NFL that year, regardless of what Sanu or Eifert did the following years and their offensive line had Whitworth, Zeitler, Boling and Smith, all of whom were above average or better (with Whitworth being elite) at their position. The offense was absolutely stacked in 2015.

Not to mention the defense that was 2nd in the NFL in points allowed per game.

Meh....for 5 years, and part of six (remember the first of the year when we gave up 7 sacks at NYJ and still won? Nearly 400 yds that day?), he was pretty good. By the end of 6 after the battering he took, he was seeing/feeling/hearing ghosts. He continued to get pummeled. Gee, I wonder what was different during the first 5, vs the last 4? Hmmm ......you gave a hint at the end of your post. It had zero to do with skill players....and it's the same reason our all world #1OA got pummeled in year 1.