11-14-2017, 11:44 PM
(11-14-2017, 10:51 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: 2 out of those 3 non-Dalton L’s were backup QBs. Kind of skews the narrative that no QB can win in the playoffs under Marvin. Palmer only got one real shot against the Jets. For the life of me i can’t understand why some can’t see Dalton has been PART of the problem in the playoffs. Are you honestly going to tell me you don’t think Ben would have had at least some postseason success here?
Yeah but they weren't your typical backups, were they? Kitna was mostly a starter through his career, and quite a serviceable one at that. McCarron just had a team offer a 2nd and 3rd for his services.
(11-14-2017, 11:21 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: All that other stuff factors in, no doubt, especially HC, but I think a good enough QB can makeup for a lot of other shortcomings. Brady could have won a lot of games with those Zimmer D’s and weapons like AJ Green and Marvin Jones.
What did Zimmer's mighty defense do in the playoffs? Green? Chad? Gio? Eifert? Atkins? Dunlap? What did they all do?
Marvin is something like 8-30 in prime-time, 7-24 vs the Steelers and 0-7 in the playoffs, with most of that coming before Dalton. Palmer "choked" in those games, too.
Somehow got better when he left.
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