09-02-2015, 09:54 AM
(09-02-2015, 09:25 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Well, to be fair, Andy Dalton has had more success as a starting QB than Rey Mauluga has had as a LB. This was a guy, who at one point, graded out to be the very worst starting LB in the NFL. Not to mention that the success rate for 3rd LB's (where Dawson was taken) is much higher than that of 5th round QB's. I do get where you're going with this though, but I just wanted to point out that the comparison is not apples to apples.
I'd say the part that makes it less apples to apples would be Dawson likely playing in the WILL spot opposed to Maualuga playing in the middle and at SLB early in his career.
Let's play a game.
This player has been widely considered average at his position if you look at his career as a whole compared to his peers. He has his strengths in part of the game but also has glaring weaknesses that lead to being a very polarizing player. He gets bashed waaay too much by a portion of the fanbase and the media, but he also has some devout followers that excuse his mistakes and pass them onto others. Most view him as average and are fine with that critique. He plays the position that is deemed the "most important" on his side of the field, and is usually where the team leadership should be, even though he has been questioned as a leader by many. He has graded out near the bottom of his position group by sites like PFF in at least 1 year in the past, but he's usually somewhere in the middle overall. He grades highly in certain aspects of the game but his big weakness holds him back from being talked about when it comes to the better players at the position. He was drafted highly enough to expect better performance, and if he doesn't play well this year, we could be seeing him on a different team in the near future.
Who am I talking about? If you guessed Andy Dalton, then you're correct. If you guessed Rey Maualuga, then you're correct.
You say 5th round QB as if AJM didn't have the injury either, even if you're going to ignore what has been said about his interviewing. Sure, many cocky players have been drafted higher, but how many were also injured? I don't know how I feel about AJM yet, but I will say he's looking like a better prospect than most of the usual backup QBs that the boards hype up. There are a lot of 3rd round LBs that don't pan out, how many great 3rd round LBs from TCU are there? I'm not sure, but I'd guess it's somewhere near the number of Alabama QBs from the 5th round that are great players right now. I don't have a problem with people if they want to go in depth on why certain guys may or may not be good. I just think it's funny that some people will say "we haven't seen anything from X yet!!!" while posting about another player being the next best LB or CB or OT in the league in another thread when that guy has the same amount of time on the field.
Maybe it's a little more apples to apples than it may appear to be at first.
