Andy Dalton Deserves Some Credit

[Shake n Blake]

(10-03-2017, 01:05 PM)Stonyhands Wrote: He had a bad game against Houston.  He had another bad game against Pittsburgh even though we won and he was most likely headed for a bad second game against Pittsburgh as the interception he was hurt on he threw right to the defender on a screen play down by the goal line.

Yeah we look at Palmer's 2005 season as the Bengals gold standard of QB play, yet...

vs Steelers: 21-36-227-0-2 (53.8 passer rating)
vs Browns: 13-27-93-1-1 (53.5 passer rating)

Both worse than the 2 games that you mention with Dalton.

Or what about possibly the best season by any QB in NFL history? Tom Brady in 2007:

@Ravens: 18-38-257-2-1 (76.3 passer rating)
vs Jets: 14-27-140-0-1 (51.5 passer rating)
vs Chargers: 22-33-209-2-3 (66.4 passer rating) *playoffs

Or what about Big Ben last year? Everyone has been slurping on that dude:

vs Bengals: 19-37-259-3-2 (78.5 passer rating)
@ Eagles: 24-44-257-0-1 (62.4 passer rating)
@ Dolphins: 19-34-189-1-2 (57.1 passer rating)
@ Ravens: 23-45-264-1-1 (67.3 passer rating)
@ Browns: 23-36-167-0-0 (74.7 passer rating)
@ Bills: 17-31-220-0-3 (37.8 passer rating)
@Chiefs: 20-31-224-0-1 (72.5 passer rating) *playoffs

Damn. Maybe people should be calling him "Good Ben/Bad Ben". 7 bad games in 1 season.

Seriously though, this is easy. Just pick a QB, pick a year and look for the bad games. They all have them, yet folks act like it's an Andy Dalton exclusive.

(10-03-2017, 01:17 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Why is this still a thing? Yeah, ok, this year, he's struggled with it, but most of his career Dalton has been one of the best in throwing the deep ball.


Your opinion might have more merit if you didn't bash Dalton with unreasonable and unfactual claims every chance you get.

And even now, he's been the best deep passer in the AFCN by a wide margin, according to PFF.