Vegas and ESPN AFC North Division Outlook

[THE PISTONS]

(06-18-2019, 08:29 PM)NKURyan Wrote: Oh wow, you mean to tell me if they had an elite level QB they'd have won one of those games? What a shock.

Andy started 3 of those games. If Kirk Cousins, Joe Flacco, Matthew Stafford, or any of those guys in the same group as Dalton were here they still would've lost each and every one of those playoff games (except 2015, but Andy would've won that game too). I'm sure even Rogers or Wilson win with the offensive players they ran out there for the playoff game in 2014.

Hell, the 2009 playoff game was started by the "elite" Carson Palmer and he was hot garbage out there. But of course, when talking about how "elite" Carson was he have to cherry pick certain seasons to base his whole career summary on, so maybe that doesn't count.

But sure, let's pretend Andy's the problem and ignore everything else.

Interestingly the Texans beat us with TJ Yates. Maybe we needed him?

Dalton is not THE problem...but it is definitely harder in the NFL to win playoff games with average QB's. The best path seems to be to get a top 6-7 guy. Obviously that's hard to do.