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

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(06-05-2015, 05:01 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: I don't think anyone can honestly say Andy Dalton physically is not a good QB. Go watch the Saints game where he just shredded them, and made every throw with ease. The issue with Dalton is being consistent. Take a guy like Manning, or Brady or Rogers. They have bad games too, just like every QB in the league, but their bad games aren't a 2 QBR vs Cleveland.

I honestly believe the difference between Andy Dalton as he is now, and him being in the talks of a top 10 QB is mental. When the pressure mounts, he stumbles. Be it primetime, or playoffs, when the moment is the biggest, Andy doesn't rise to the occasion. That is a mental block of some sort and it's up to the coaches and Dalton to determine how to over come it. He has the physical tools, he was a winner in college, but something has changed in the pros. If they can ever find what it is that is missing in that confidence or "swagger" that Rodgers has, Brady has, etc we really will have a damn fine QB.

I look at Boomer who most fans here love. He wasn't the most talented guy in the league, he was good, but what he really had was that "it" factor. He walked into the huddle and made the guys around him believe they were going to win. Andy needs to find that, and just tap into it.

Dalton doesn't have the arm strength to drive the ball downfield into tight windows, nor does he have the top end accuracy. He's an average QB on a good day who has less margin of error than many NFL starting QB's because of his limited skillset. Andy can win games and be successful, but he'll never be a Top 10 QB in the NFL. He's basically Ryan Fitzpatrick 2.0. Similar talents, similar build, similar propensity for turnovers. Boomer had elite play action passing ability. Combined with a good run game, it was deadly. Nothing about Andy is remotely elite. He's serviceable, but his passing numbers many like to brag on are a result of volume passing under Gruden, and also a function of today's NFL. While Andy may own team yardage records, would anyone on here legitimately choose him as the single franchise QB over Kenny Anderson, Boomer, pre- elbow injury Carson, or even pre-injury Greg Cook?

To put the question another way, how many teams in the NFL would legitimately bench their starter for Andy? Off the top of my head I have Buffalo, the Jets, the Texans, possibly the Rams (not likely), possibly the Bears, possibly the Chiefs (same kind of QB) and possibly the Eagles. All other teams either haver superior QB's, or have recently drafted their franchise QB. That's nowhere near Top 10 country. Combine Andy's easily voidable contract with his maddening inconsistency and it's a situation that the team can easily extricate themselves from if 2015 plays out like 2014.