09-17-2018, 11:19 AM
(09-16-2018, 03:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Dalton's problem is not his "ceiling". When he is on he is as better than most QBs in the league. There are only 4 active QBs with more games with a 125+ rating than Dalton since he entered the league (Rodgers, Brees, Brady, Ryan) and only 6 have had a season with a higher rating than Dalton had in 2015. (Brees, Rodgers, Ryan, Wilson, Brady, Foles).
Dalton's problem is consistency. A player that can post so many elite performances should nmot lay so many eggs. Since Dalton entered the league only 5 QBs have more games with a passer rating below 60.
Why he craps the bed in playoffs is a mystery. He wins big games in the regukar season. He has beaten Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Peyton Manning head-to-head when those QBs had division Championship teams. It just seems like the entire Bengal team falls flat in the playoffs.
But his inconsistency and playoff bed crapping is his ceiling. A lot of average QB's go on hot streaks - Keenum, Fitzgerald and a few get hot right at the exact moment the team does and they get to or win the SB - Flacco for example.
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