10-30-2016, 06:32 PM
1. This was definitely Dalton's worst game in a long time.
2. If this is Dalton's worst, we're in great shape.
3. I don't think some people can wrap their brains around the concept that good QBs have bad games. Pick a QB and look at his games. You will see plenty that are this bad or worse, including Pig Ben this year (3 times). It's nothing to worry about, Dalton is still having a fine year and I'm sure he'll rebound following the BYE.
4. I agree that Dalton has had few where he could've thrown it away. Not 10 though...and the o-line is still pretty awful. Not Dalton's fault that Ogbuehi has been probably the worst RT in the league. But yeah, I agree Dalton has to improve a bit in this category this year.
5. Dalton had a couple bad underthrows. I agree. He did hit on one though, and in general I think people have very unrealistic expectations for Dalton on deep throws. If he doesn't hit them 100% of the time with perfect in-stride accuracy, people bytch. It's silly. If you watch any other NFL QB and focus in on the deep throws, there's hella misses. If deep throws were easy to pull off, you'd see way more of them. Teams only take 2-3 shots a game for a reason. So yeah, I wasn't happy with the misses today, but I'm not going to pretend Dalton is some bum who hasn't hit those type of throws 100+ times in his career.
2. If this is Dalton's worst, we're in great shape.
3. I don't think some people can wrap their brains around the concept that good QBs have bad games. Pick a QB and look at his games. You will see plenty that are this bad or worse, including Pig Ben this year (3 times). It's nothing to worry about, Dalton is still having a fine year and I'm sure he'll rebound following the BYE.
4. I agree that Dalton has had few where he could've thrown it away. Not 10 though...and the o-line is still pretty awful. Not Dalton's fault that Ogbuehi has been probably the worst RT in the league. But yeah, I agree Dalton has to improve a bit in this category this year.
5. Dalton had a couple bad underthrows. I agree. He did hit on one though, and in general I think people have very unrealistic expectations for Dalton on deep throws. If he doesn't hit them 100% of the time with perfect in-stride accuracy, people bytch. It's silly. If you watch any other NFL QB and focus in on the deep throws, there's hella misses. If deep throws were easy to pull off, you'd see way more of them. Teams only take 2-3 shots a game for a reason. So yeah, I wasn't happy with the misses today, but I'm not going to pretend Dalton is some bum who hasn't hit those type of throws 100+ times in his career.
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