01-30-2016, 01:31 PM
(01-30-2016, 12:17 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: well since he did not play in the post season, i still would say he had a phenomenal year since you can't grade him lower because he got hurt and was unable to play (people doing that are just showing their bias against Dalton).. and i would also argue that having a rough 2014 season and could he bounce back in 2015 and even lead us to the playoffs was on just as many minds..
Lets be honest when you are really rating a player and at what level they are performance wise.. to compare a playoff game to a 16 game season is very skewed thinking.
That type of thinking is why Kenny Anderson to me is not in the Hall of Fame.. because he did not win a Super Bowl and why Joe Namath is in the Hall of Fame because he did. Look at both of their careers and you can;t tell me Anderson out performed Namath throughout their careers.
Dalton is on pace to have a strong career over time and if he continues at that level and fall short in the playoffs he still is going to go down as a good QB.. their are many good QBs that have had little success in playoffs , Here is a list of Qbs that never won a super bowl, with a few of them never making it even there. The quality of their career of many of them outweigh lack of success in playoffs.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/604599-top-10-quarterbacks-that-never-reached-a-super-bowl
I'm sorry, but starting with Jim Hart, most on your list, by today's standards, would be considered nothing more than QB stat-whores. Their names would never be mentioned when comparing today's good QBs.
Have you noticed how the good QBs today are being judged by doing more with less? We can't turn back the clock. It's obvious to see some QBs are nothing but stat whores because they never deliver when the lights shine brightest.
