09-15-2017, 11:57 AM
(09-15-2017, 11:52 AM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Well, if we had an elite QB, a lot of those throws that have been way off mark this year would be completions. An elite QB wouldn't throw the int into coverage in the end zone that Dalton did vs. Baltimore. You can't tell me that even with a crappy line that a great QB couldn't do a ton of damage with Green, Eifert and Gio/Mixon out of the backfield.
Big Ben had a crap line for quite some time, still won. Manning had a crap line for awhile, still won. Rodgers hasn't always had a great line, still wins.
Perfect post. And when you blitz Roethlisberger or Rodgers...that means you have single coverage somewhere and they find the hot read and make you pay.
Dalton missed a bunch of open throws.
Like I said...he's an average QB. He's the Marvin Lewis of QB's. We can keep him and be average. Average means sometimes you're good. Sometimes bad. Mostly average.
IF we had an elite QB, we'd be good most of the time.
