List of QBs with most passing yards in first four seasons.

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(06-07-2015, 03:37 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: All this really shows is he's played in a lot of games through four years.  I'm sorry to be the bad guy here, the Debbie Downer, but that's what these "Andy Dalton through 4 years" stats mean.  That he's a modern QB that has started a lot of games since day 1.

First of all, any QB prior to 1990 is going to be judge entirely differently because the game was entirely different.  Even pre 2000 it was different.  Heck, really in the last 7 years passing numbers have exploded.  You've seen double digit percentage increases in all the major categories just in Marvin's time.

So when you bring a QB's total yardage now vs QB's of the past it's not at all apples to apples.

How many QB's started from day 1?  What if a QB starts year 2 and post way better numbers in years 2, 3, and 4?  Did he have a worse start to his career than the the guy who started since day 1, simply because his totals are lower?

I don't know if many of you are just being stubborn or short-sided with these types of stats.  It pretty clear that all they really say is Andy played in more games than most people and that he played in post 2010, where even average QB's throw for 4,000 yards.  That's it.

Andy Dalton has started a lot games.  The end.  In no way does that make the start to his career better than someone who didn't play four straight 16 games seasons.  

How true.  And a good thing Ponder, Gabbert, and Locker didn't start as many games or their franchises would have experienced an even darker four years.  Oh, and all of those guys were drafted before Dalton.