The QB position

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(05-15-2018, 02:38 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Fair assessment here. Most QB's don't like pressure, but you can rattle Dalton and throw his mechanics and timing out of whack if he's constantly pressured. The only 2 years where his protection was solid and his receivers didn't look like a MASH unit, he posted the following seasons:

2013: 4293 yards and 33 TDs (both franchise records), 88.8 rating (15th of 37 qualifying QB's)
2015: 4199 yards and 33 TDs (his pace prior to injury), 106.3 rating (2nd of 34 qualifying QB's, and a franchise record)

In 2011, he was a rookie.
In 2012, he was sacked a Bengals record 46 times (still somehow had 31 TD's overall and ranked 13th in passer rating)
In 2014, AJ Green, Eifert and MLJ missed a combined 35 games. Dalton still had some gutsy performances, but the overall numbers weren't pretty.
In 2016-17, the line has been a disaster AND we were missing Green and Eifert for a lot of games. Dalton hasn't been bad really, but I know he'd be better with time to throw.

IMO, 2016 was his best year. Pretty much had no receivers, Eifert injured, Green missed the last 8 games or something like that and Dalton still had us in games.