03-11-2020, 06:15 PM
(03-11-2020, 05:28 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Dalton had to of led the NFL in tipped passes at the Line over the years.
No he did not. This is a perfect example of a message board myth that a lot of people believe.
I don't have all the numbers. All I have are the top ten for each season from '14 through '18, but it is pretty clear that Dalton is not among the league leaders in tipped passes.
'14 played 16 games and did not finish in the top ten. The most he could have had was 11 which would be about half of the league leaders (Tannehill 20, Bortles 19) but I have no idea if he had anything close to 11.
'15 played 13 games and finished in a 4 way tie for 9th with 10 tipped passes. Again half of the league leaders (Bortles 21, Fitzpatrick 20, Ryan 19)
'16 played 16 games and finished tied for 6th with 14. Bortles had 21 to lead the league.
'17 played 16 games and finished in 2 way tie for 8th with 10. Again about half of the league leader (Stafford 19)
'18 played 11 games and did not finish in top 10.
There is no way I can come up with who multi-year totals, but even when Dalton played a full season there were usually other QBs having TWICE as many passes tipped as him. He has never even been close to leading the league. His highest total was 14 and over that 5 year span other QBs had that many or more 25 times.
When fans watch every game of their favorite team they obviously see their own team have the same problem more than anyone else. Fans see the same Bengals get beat in coverage; give up a sack; miss a tackle; or get their pass tipped over and over again. So they think those players are the worst. But if they watched every game of every team they would see other players from other teams make those same mistakes just as often, if not more, than the Bengal players.
