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(04-23-2020, 12:07 AM)Housh Wrote:  But you and me both know Dalton is not a deep ball guy. Andy is one of the WORST starting QBs that have started as long as him with throwing it deep. If he didnt have AJ Green hed had already been benched. 

You are just wrong.

The problem is that the only time people see other QBs throw deep passes are on highlights where they always are completed.  The fact is that most deep passes by even the best QB are incomplete.

The numbers show that Dalton is not bad throwing deep and it has nothing to do with AJ Green because he has hit lots of other guys with deep throws.

ESPN used to provide stats on deep throws so I could post more numbers to prove my point, but they don't do that anymore.


**EDIT**

Here are some old numbers I found covering Dalton's first six seasons.  Sorry I can't access this info from ESPN anymore

Dalton

113 of 361 (31.3% completion rate)
89.4 passer rating
4349 yards (38.5 yards per completion)
37 TDs
20 INTs
Frequency of deep passes (10.15% of all attempts)
10.25% TD rate
5.54% INT rate

Ben

148 of 460 (32.2% completion rate)
86.4 passer rating
5453 yards (36.8 yards per completion)
50 TDs
31 INTs
Frequency of deep passes (12.46% of all attempts)
10.87% TD rate
6.74% INT rate

Brady

128 of 402 (31.8% completion rate)
88.8 passer rating
4586 yards (35.8 yards per completion)
34 TDs
15 INTs
Frequency of deep passes (9.82% of all attempts)
8.46% TD rate
3.73% INT rate



So if Dalton sucks throwing deep then so do many other great QBs.