06-30-2017, 06:40 PM
For me, it's not so much the overall ranking, it's just the lack of respect when describing why he's ranked where he is.
"There aren’t many guys who could put up the raw numbers — 18 touchdowns to eight interceptions, over 4,200 yards and a nearly 65 percent completion rate — that Dalton did and be considered a complete bust. The 18 scores were a career low, though, and a seven-touchdown drop-off from 2015."
To me, that just reeks of cynicism. You see it just about everywhere. Plenty of Dalton articles out there are loaded with backhanded compliments and occasionally outright mockery. Once again, they completely ignored what Dalton did in 2015. Dalton was right up there in the MVP talks and was on pace to set some Bengal records before his thumb injury. He was actually getting respect in the media. But they've clearly forgotten all about that. Also, the media always ignores that Dalton has lead the team to the playoffs 5 times in 6 tries, and he did it with a few different coordinators and Marvin F***in' Lewis as his head coach the whole time. That has to count for something.
"There aren’t many guys who could put up the raw numbers — 18 touchdowns to eight interceptions, over 4,200 yards and a nearly 65 percent completion rate — that Dalton did and be considered a complete bust. The 18 scores were a career low, though, and a seven-touchdown drop-off from 2015."
To me, that just reeks of cynicism. You see it just about everywhere. Plenty of Dalton articles out there are loaded with backhanded compliments and occasionally outright mockery. Once again, they completely ignored what Dalton did in 2015. Dalton was right up there in the MVP talks and was on pace to set some Bengal records before his thumb injury. He was actually getting respect in the media. But they've clearly forgotten all about that. Also, the media always ignores that Dalton has lead the team to the playoffs 5 times in 6 tries, and he did it with a few different coordinators and Marvin F***in' Lewis as his head coach the whole time. That has to count for something.
