Is Dalton A Top Ten Quarterback?

[DanTheBengalsFan]

If I need to win a playoff game tomorrow, all short-term injuries are magically healed, and I'm picking the most likely QB to help me win that game without any consideration to system or fit:

QBs I definitely take ahead of Dalton: Brady, Rogers, Brees, Roethlisberger

QBs I arguably take ahead of Dalton: Newton, Romo, Rivers, Wilson

QBs I probably don't take ahead of Dalton but think some people might make an argument for: Flacco, Palmer, Ryan, Luck, A. Smith, E. Manning, Carr

Assuming I take all of my definites and 2 or 3 of my 4 arguables before Dalton, I'm taking him 7th or 8th. Maybe I could be talked up to 5th or down to 10th but I don't see him leaving that range without further evidence on the field one way or another.

In the past year, I think Dalton leapfrogged Flacco, Ryan, and Luck on my list and separated from A. Smith, E. Manning, Stafford, and Tannehill. Plus Peyton retired. I had Dalton about 12th or so a year ago.

Not that my list means a darned thing, but there you have it.

Hopefully this time next year someone asks the same question and Dalton has made me list him in the top 3.