04-13-2018, 01:56 PM
(04-13-2018, 08:28 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Exactly. All they see is highlights of other QBs where they always complete the long pass. But when you look at every pass thrown by every QB you will see that none of them hit the deep pass consistently.
You made a post recently where you said you always watch our opponent's QB and a small handful of other games. It's the same for me, and you always see them make mistakes or bad throws. All of them. People see the ESPN highlights of the best throws of the day, and I think that's what they judge Dalton against. Dalton has made some highlight worthy deep throws, but most of them don't look like a frozen rope leading straight between the receivers numbers, perfectly in stride.
Expecting that every time is unrealistic, and that's what people expect of Dalton. If it's not a perfectly placed ball on a rope, Dalton gets ripped and all credit goes to the receiver.
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