06-03-2016, 02:03 PM
(06-03-2016, 01:00 AM)BengalChris Wrote: Wins and losses just don't do it cause it's a team game. Boomer's career died with Paul Brown and Mikey B started his 90's disaster run at how lowly can one make a professional sports team. But if you want to talk wins and losses, then 0-4 in playoffs is something you can't sidestep. It's not just a bad record, it's tied for worst ever in NFL history.
You more or less have to compare them to their contemporaries and how they fared in their day against other top QBs. In today's playoff format two extra teams make it every year, seeds 5 and 6 wouldn't have counted back with Anderson and Boomer were playing.
Dalton needs to:
1. Win an MVP award. So far he's yet to receive a single vote, but both Anderson and Boomer won it.
2. Go to a SB. If he wants to pass Anderson, the team needs to win it.
3. A passing title wouldn't hurt his cause.
1. Well in fairness, he most likely would've received votes had he finished out the season. CBS had him 4th in the MVP race after his 12th game, right before he got injured: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25408531/nfl-mvp-projection-heres-why-cam-newton-is-the-front-runner
2. You start off your post by saying that wins and losses don't matter cause it's a team game. So wouldn't reaching the Super Bowl also be a team accomplishment? You can't have it both ways. It seems you want to dismiss Dalton's regular season wins while highlighting his playoff losses.
3. Most consider the "passing title" to be the top rated passer. Dalton finished 2nd last season, and it took a huge late season push from Russell Wilson to pass him.
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