06-11-2015, 02:13 PM
(06-11-2015, 12:46 PM)jj22 Wrote: I know this might get slammed. But they just need to let Dalton throw. He's a gunslinger (sure he lacks the arm that some like Farve have so he doesn't get away with the turnovers Farve and other's have gotten away with over their careers) and probably is less effective when he's playing scared to death to turn the ball over. Besides we saw last season it didn't really do much for him, and never let him get into a rhythm.
Sure I thought cutting his attempt would help, but it didn't. So they need to move on and let him throw. At least he'll get the yards and td's.
Folks would be surprised at how many "elite" qb's have far surpassed Daltons INT's high of 20 multiple times over their career. But because they are perceived to have strong arms they keep their elite status and get excused. Get called gunslingers etc....
Folks on this board even slam Dalton for his high INT's while claiming some of these other qb's are better even though over their careers they have far surpassed 20 int multiple times. Big Ben, Eli, Cutler..... The list goes on. Many of which has far surpassed Daltons Int high. Many multiple times over their careers.
I think Dalton's ideal amount of attempts would be around what he threw in 2012. He had 528 attempts that year. He was throwing it around some, but it wasn't over the top like 2013. Dalton just isn't good enough to justify close to 600 attempts. The only QB's you see throwing that much are guys like Brees, Brady and Peyton.
Plus we have a great run game now, so I don't want to lean as much on Dalton. A balanced attack like 2012 would be great. Fwiw, Dalton had 31 total TD's that year and only 16 INT's. I'd take that kind of production every year.
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