Dalton's make or break year

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(07-24-2019, 03:46 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Apparently, in everyone's haste to rush to excuses, the question that was asked still hasn't been answered. 

The "great" QBs have all done this at some point. I guess i could bother re-stating that Dalton is obviously a good QB, and at times can play great but that would probably be a waste of time...again...since no one bothers to actually read a post and answer the question(s) asked. 

I'm just going to go ahead and state that he hasn't done it in 8 seasons and just look forward to another season where he plays well in meaningful games on Sunday afternoon, with the ability to up his game in prime time, but still not record a game where fans or announcers point out how it was his play that led the team to victory when things were falling apart around him. 

Maybe i'm just silly to think there should be at least one game where this happens, in an eight year career as a starting QB on a team that made the playoffs in 5 straight years. 

I was obviously looking for an instance where it could be pointed out that he has the ability to carry a team when it needs him most (see: not a 1:00 game on Sunday--unless it's to make the playoffs), but just as obviously, there's none to be found. 

That's an easy one......the opening day Jets game when he was sacked 7 times, and pressured all day long, but threw for 366 yds, a TD, 77% completion percentage, and a 114 rating.

I'd say he did it the whole season in 2014 when he threw 25 TDS, ran for 5, and caught one when Jones and Eifert went down for the season, AJ missed a significant chunk of the season, and we still managed 10 wins and limped into the playoffs with Rex Burkhead as WR2 and Mo Sanu as WR1.

You know what was different back then?  We could block at least half assed.  It's really that simple.