08-20-2018, 12:21 AM
(08-19-2018, 11:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It doesn't make sense because you aren't really grasping it.What does McCarron have to do with it? You're not telling me that's the difference in AJ's best playoff game are you?
I am not saying that he would get more yards just by being targeted less. What I was saying was that defenses could not just lock down on AJ. He had a little more freedom to operate because the targets were being spread around to other good receivers like Sanu, Jones, and Eifert.
BTW Greens numbers against the Steelers were even more impressive when you consider he had McCarron at QB instead of Dalton. McCarrone was a good backup, but watching what both of them did with the exact same players it was clear McCarron (97.1 rate, 208 yards per start) was not in Dalton's class (106.2 rating, 266 yards per start).
Over the first 12 games of 2015 with Dalton playing full time Green averaged 86.4 receiving yards per game.
Over the last 4 games McCarron threw to AJ for 60.8 yards per game.
Imagine the numbers Green would have put up if Dalton had been at QB instead of McCarron.
Damn it!! You are right; that's what was different, don't we feel silly.
I don't have to imagine the numbers AJ would put up in the playoffs with Andy; I've seen them.