10-09-2016, 02:20 PM
(10-09-2016, 01:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yates also threw for less than 160 yards in his playoff game against the Bengals. But he had the #2 overall defense and the #2 rushing offense to help him. Dalton had a good defense (#7) and a poor rushing game (#21). Dalton was forced to throw the ball 42 times while Yates had an easy time with Arian foster rushing for 153 yards and keeping the defensive pressure off of him.
Yates was still a terrible starting QB. Dalton was not. And what of all the other examples from my earlier post?
The Jets had an inferior starting QB (Palmer vs Sanchez) and inferior RB (Benson vs Shonn Greene). The defenses were about even (both top 5) and we were at home. We were favored (something you always bring up).
The Chargers were a poor playoff team. The Colts had no talent on D and had a practice squad RB that busted 150+ total yards on us. The Steelers had a terrible defense that somehow put the clamps on us, and they rotated 3rd and 4th string RBs.
We haven't been out-talented, we've been outcoached. 7 games is plenty of evidence.
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