01-11-2019, 04:13 PM
(01-11-2019, 03:32 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The NFL has changed a lot over the past 20 years...so you'll see a lot of the current era players really high up on all-time passer lists...because they pass for more yards in a year.
It's apples and oranges comparison in many cases.
But, if you compare Palmer to his peers of the time...he wasn't one of the best QB's in the league.
Palmer's ranks in passer rating:
2004- 23rd
2005- 2nd
2006- 6th
2007- 14th
2008- 32nd (4 games - failed to qualify)
2009- 16th
2010- 19th
2011- 19th
2012- 16th
2013- 20th
2014- 8th (6 games)
2015- 3rd
2016- 20th
2017- 21st (7 games)
Looks a lot like Dalton, but the perception of the two is miles apart for whatever reason.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
