01-27-2017, 02:19 PM
At this point, I'm all for trading Dalton and starting McCarron. Not because I think it will help the team, but because the reactions on here would be priceless when Dalton won playoff games in a place like Houston, while Mac turned out to be in way over his head.
People think Andy and Mac are much closer than they really are. It's like comparing Matt Stafford to Landry Jones. Or at the very least, someone like Alex Smith to someone like Matt Barkley.
I honestly can't imagine what teams like the Jags, Texans, Bills, Jets, 49ers, etc would offer up for a QB that's 20 games over .500 and has the kind of numbers Dalton has put up over the last 5 seasons. If not for the 2015 injury, Dalton would have 3 seasons with 4k passing yards and 3 seasons with 30+ TDs.
Meanwhile, the McCarron hype train was out of control from the start. He won 2 games against cupcake teams. Had a so so game against Denver. Then he has an abysmal playoff game with multiple turnovers and a 68 passer rating and people tab him as some kind of hero over it. Totally disregarding the fact that our defense had by FAR their best performance of any of the 7 playoff games.
They held a supposedly legendary offense to 15 points (before the meltdown), while sacking Ben 4 times (most in all 7 playoff games) and forcing 2 turnovers (most in all 7 playoff games). They held up despite Mac's turnovers and gave him the ball right back. Often with a short field. To sum it up, Mac was no hero. He was leading yet another abysmal offensive playoff performance. The only difference between he and Dalton is that the defense actually held up and kept providing Mac multiple chances to get things right.
People think Andy and Mac are much closer than they really are. It's like comparing Matt Stafford to Landry Jones. Or at the very least, someone like Alex Smith to someone like Matt Barkley.
I honestly can't imagine what teams like the Jags, Texans, Bills, Jets, 49ers, etc would offer up for a QB that's 20 games over .500 and has the kind of numbers Dalton has put up over the last 5 seasons. If not for the 2015 injury, Dalton would have 3 seasons with 4k passing yards and 3 seasons with 30+ TDs.
Meanwhile, the McCarron hype train was out of control from the start. He won 2 games against cupcake teams. Had a so so game against Denver. Then he has an abysmal playoff game with multiple turnovers and a 68 passer rating and people tab him as some kind of hero over it. Totally disregarding the fact that our defense had by FAR their best performance of any of the 7 playoff games.
They held a supposedly legendary offense to 15 points (before the meltdown), while sacking Ben 4 times (most in all 7 playoff games) and forcing 2 turnovers (most in all 7 playoff games). They held up despite Mac's turnovers and gave him the ball right back. Often with a short field. To sum it up, Mac was no hero. He was leading yet another abysmal offensive playoff performance. The only difference between he and Dalton is that the defense actually held up and kept providing Mac multiple chances to get things right.
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