09-11-2015, 03:11 PM
(09-11-2015, 09:18 AM)djs7685 Wrote: I don't know about him being #5 exactly, but some of the ass backwards logic around here astounds me.
Andy loses 2 guys that a lot of people around here refuse to give much credit to, constantly reminding everyone they're "unproven" and can't be considered good yet....but somehow it's a huge deal and the end of the world that caused his stats to crumble? HE made the playoffs despite that...GTFO with that garbage, teams make the playoffs, not QBs.
Matt Ryan loses some of the better receivers in the entire NFL, and we poke fun at him for his TEAM going 4-12? Again, QBs don't make the playoffs, teams do.
That year that Matt Ryan "lost all his weapons", he threw for over 4,500 yards, 26 TDs, completed 67% of his passes, and had a higher passer rating than everyone but 11 other guys and it also happened to be higher than any season in Andy's career. He did that with an ancient Tony Gonazlez, a broken Roddy White, and Harry freakin' Douglas leading the team in basically everything. Sure, let's poo-poo on Matt Ryan because of that
If you can't understand that their 4-12 season had more to do with having a bottom 5 defense and their lead rushers not being able to get over 3.5 YPC, then hey, that's on you for not understanding how to evaluate things other than taking an extremely broad view of the game.
I know, I know. Teams make playoffs, but a qb loses them I remember the rules. But remember all Dalton had most of the season/playoffs was Hill. And still got 10 wins. And you can't credit the defense. So if you can't understand how crazy it is that a below average qb can do what an elite qb can't then sorry about that.
And by the way Dalton never had the benefit of the defenses Flacco had during his playoff runs/wins early in his career.
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