Take a look at Smith before comments on Dalton

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(08-29-2015, 08:53 AM)thegimp Wrote: I can't believe everyone is still debating Dalton every single day.  He is an average quarterback.  He is not elite.  He is not going to put a team on his back and win a championship.  He isn't terrible.  He is incredibly inconsistent.  If he were to play to the top of his ability more often, he would be a very serviceable starter.  Until then, he will continue to be an average quarterback, not the worst, not the best.

Problem is, Dalton is a lot better than average, but the perception is that he sucks. Look at the first round QB's that have been drafted since Dalton came into the league...

Definite Upgrade-Cam Newton, Andrew Luck,

Same Tier-Ryan Tannehill, Blake Bortles, Teddy Bridgewater

Downgrade-Jake Locker, Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder, Robert Griffin III, Brandon Wesson, EJ Manuel, Johnny Manziel

And that's being generous to the other QB's. Truth is, if Dalton was so mediocre, he would be a lot easier to upgrade over. Odds are however, if we dumped Dalton next year, we would in all likelihood get worse at QB and have very slim odds of getting an appreciable upgrade at the position.