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

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(06-10-2015, 01:16 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Carson is definitely better than some are willing to give him credit for, but with how he left here, some people will always hold that against him and critique him MUCH harder than they would if he left on good terms. CP is a solid QB and had an amazing couple of years. He was considered top 3 at his position for at least a year or two, and that's impressive.

You forgot to point out that Carson is much better than his predecessor that we drafted, Akili Smith.

I mean, we say the franchise is going in the right direction, but the improvement from Smith to Palmer was far greater than the improvement from Palmer to Dalton!  But really, it's all about pointing out which stats fit your agenda.

Dalton broke Palmer's TD record....BUT Palmer had the most TDs in the entire NFL when he did it and Dalton was ranked 15th (in overall QB rating) and 3rd in TD passes and was 6 TDs behind the guy in 2nd place and a staggering 22 TDs behind the guy in 1st (the same guy Palmer was 4 TDs ahead of in 2005).  It's pretty easy/tempting to minimize and maximize things to fit our agendas.

I pointed out in the "Best Bengals QB Evaaaaa!!!!" thread that Dalton's was the only one of the four who not only never (as of 2014) occupied the #1 or #2 best QB in the league slot, but that his peak thus far was #15.  So it seems like comparing Dalton's numbers on raw statics (wins, TD/INT rates) to Palmer without taking the rest of the NFL's aggregate performance into account is the chief strategy to make Dalton look like the high watermark of Bengals' QB-ing in the 21st century.