Don't worry guys

[wolfkaosaun]

(08-10-2016, 07:18 PM)Wyche Wrote: Yeah....that's the year.  We still won 10 games with a lackluster and wounded defense.  For folks who can look past a stat line....we saw improved poise....taking a leadership role on....maturity....and more mental toughness from the guy.  Those were the things I was alluding to. Hell, Joe Namath has way more career INTs than TDs....and he's in Canton.


Compare the opening drive at Baltimore before the injury to Eifert to 2015.  Look familiar?  It should.  It's pretty obvious 85 is/was an integral part of Hue Jackson's scheme.  He went down the opening series of the opening game.  Speaking of Hue....it was also his first year as OC. Green?  When he was healthy, he was blanketed.....and you're forgetting he missed part of a Steelers game too.....I think. Andy did target him way too much.  Of course, that may have been due to that long stretch where Mo Sanu just disappeared and caught a case of the dropsies.  Or Gresh being Gresh. Oh....and Bernard missed three games too.  Let's not pretend it was just a stretch without AJ.  To tell you the truth....the whole damn team deserves a pat on the back for 2014....there were a lot of injuries to key players on BOTH sides of the ball.  But yeah.....fantasy stats and stuff.......

There's a big difference between the NFL years ago and now.

Yes. Eifert was a big part of the offense. But so what stopped them from using Gresham like Eifert exactly?
Yes. Gio missed games. But remember, who took his place when he went down? Hill. And didn't Hill have over 350 yards in those 3 games and become the starter because of that?
Hue was here for a year before he was OC. And he's been a part of Marvin's system before. And he has been an OC and HC since leaving here as well. Hue has a resume.
Green played the full 1st game against the Steelers where he had 221 yards. The next and final game is where he got hurt. And he was only out for 6 plays at the end of the game.

It's not fantasy stats. Stats are stats. He had 21 TDs to 18 turnovers. That's just bad for a QB.
Mark Sanchez had a better QB rating that year. As did both Shaun Hill and Austin Davis.
And so did Bridgewater and Kyle Orton.

I get what you're saying. They won games. Awesome. But that doesn't mean you can't critique someone's play that year. Dalton had a bad campaign in 2014.

I mean, Mark Sanchez had a VERY identical year in 2010 as Dalton's 2014. But we all criticize Sanchez's game, even back then, right?

2015 Dalton played great. There's no denying that. But there's also no denying that he had a poor outing in 2014. I mean, it's not like we didn't have a running game with Hill.