Take a look at Smith before comments on Dalton

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(08-29-2015, 04:00 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Yea yea, and Pig Ben won a Super Bowl with a rating of 22.6 so no QB who is able to grip a football should be ruled out of winning a Super Bowl.  Plus, Flacco's 2nd game as a rookie in the playoffs was technically better than any of Dalton's, so I still don't get where people get the idea that Flacco's play as a rookie is notably worse than Dalton's 1 TD and 8 turnovers.

First off, it's not just his rookie year. It's his first 2 seasons in the playoffs.

But to answer your question, it's because even including his 2nd playoff game, Flacco has a lower QB rating in his first 5 games (46.5) than Dalton in his first 4 (57.8).