Dalton: The Point Guard

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(11-06-2015, 01:36 PM)clevelandsdad Wrote: Of course he has. Like the Baltimore game and Seattle game. 

Brady and Rodgers do all the time. As we all know, they receive hella-hype. And rightfully so. They make throws that no other QB in this league makes.

All I'm saying is that the team doesn't necessarily have to be on his shoulders anymore. By basketball analogy, Dalton doesn't have to make the big shots. All he has to do is dish it out. 

Just from watching him this year, this seems to be the biggest difference in his actual play. Not talking about confidence or anything like that (while obviously that has changed considerably too). I think he realizes he doesn't have to be Rodgers or Brady or Kobe. He just has to dish it out 90% of the time. Then, when his number is called to make the big shots, he's settled in, locked in, and not phased.

And this is purely speculation based off of observations.

Brady is deadly accurate from a stationary position, but to me nobody throws the ball as accurately as Rodgers.  Throws perfect strikes on the run, or after a one or two step drop from the snap that hit the receiver exactly at the right target line away from the defender.  Brady is probably the best at reading a defense and adjusting his receivers to run routes that exploit the defense, whereas Rodgers has athletic ability and an accurate arm that just physically are impossible to defend.  

To me Dalton is like John Stockton, the tough, smart point guard that knows what play to run and how the defense is trying to defend, and with enough athletic ability thrown in to keep the defense guessing.