02-07-2023, 07:58 PM
(02-06-2023, 09:44 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Actually i read where during there run of 5 playoffs, Dalton ranked well on the deep pass, perception eye of the bolder i guess.
In the end Dalton and Green had a nice duo.. to me it is less about the deep ball but imagine if Green/Dalton had Boyd and Higgins for 3 years together, what that AJ might have accomplished,
It truly was people seeing what they wanted to see. They would forget the dimes because it didn't match the narratives in their heads. Then any time AJ had to slow down or Andy just missed the throw, they'd remember.
In truth, deep passes are very low % and high risk. The best typically hit around 30% of them. If you are above that, you're doing well. Dalton had solid deep ball stats.
The bigger problem for AJ is that we rarely had a very good #2. It was often someone like Jerome Simpson or Brandon LaFell. Sanu was meh. Marvin Jones got hurt a lot.
Compare that to now. The focus was 100% on AJ. Dalton did force feed him the ball at times, which helped his stats but probably hindered the offense a bit.
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AJ will probably be one of the most loved Bengals. Only partially due to his success. He was just such a likeable dude. Btw, I still think he looked like Chris Tucker.
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