Pete Prisco ranks NFL starting QBs

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(06-05-2016, 06:49 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: I don't think this makes any difference. He's not on a team that's a media darling. I think if the Bengals won the SB this year, including stellar stats from Dalton, the majority of the media would say they won in spite of him. That the defense and weapons were the difference.

I'll agree Dalton doesn't get the credit he deserves BUT what teams do you consider media darlings to the point that their QBs are puffed up?  

I'd call the Packers, Patriots, Steelers, Seahawks, and Cowboys as "media darlings" but in all fairness those teams account for 8 of the recent SB wins and feature 3 HOF QBs and 2 guys who are Cinderella story types.  It's really hard to say if the Steelers and Packers are just darlings for their history or their current success.

Then we have QBs like Newton, Palmer, Brees, Rivers, who are high on this list but play for some historically irrelevant franchises.  Hell, Brees is one of the people who pulled the Saints into relevance after his first team let him go, so if the Aints can do it, why can't we?

Anyways, I know bias exists but the fact that the Bengals aren't "media darlings" but also have 0 playoff wins in 25 years, 0 SB appearances in 28 years, 0 HOF QBs ever, doesn't help.  Add to the fact that we haven't been relevant past week 1 of the playoffs as long as the current regime has been around and it's clear winning can make a team a darling.

Dalton is also the first QB listed who has 0 playoff wins, and other than Romo I think the other 11 ahead of him have actually taken their team to the Conference Championship game at the very least.  

Rodgers - SB win
Brady - 4 SB wins
Pig Ben - 2 SB wins
Newton - SB appearance
Palmer - NFC Championship appearance
Brees - SB win
Luck - AFC Championship appearance
Wilson - SB win
Rivers - AFC Championship appearance
Eli Manning - 2 SB wins
Romo - 2 Divisional Round appearances
Ryan - NFC Championship appearance


It just seems like relevance is heavily dependent upon being left standing when the entire country is forced to watch the last 4 or so teams playing.  Not to sound like a downer, but as Bengals fans we haven't seen an actual playoff push from this team since 1990 so...so what do we actually remember about being on a playoff run, really?  It's super important, I think.