Andy Dalton and the 2011 QB Draft Class

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(05-02-2020, 02:27 AM)BengalChris Wrote: There were 12 QBs selected in the 2011 draft. Here are the stats of each of them.

In order drafted:
rd 1, pk 1: Cam Newton  68-55-1 att:3980 comp:2371 comp%:59.6 yds:29,041 tds:182 ints:108 rate:86.1 starts:124 games:125
rd 1, pk 8: Jake Locker  9-14-0 att:709 comp:408 comp%:57.5 yds:4,967 tds:27 ints:22 rate:79.0 starts:23 games:30
rd 1, pk 10: Blaine Gabbert 13-35-0 att:1498 comp:842 comp%:56.2 yds:9,063 tds:48 ints:47 rate:71.1 starts:48 games:56
rd 1, pk 12: Christian Ponder 14-21-1 att:1057 comp:632 comp%:59.8 yds:6,658 tds:38 ints:36 rate:75.9 starts:36 games:38
rd 2, pk 35: Andy Dalton 70-61-2 att:4449 comp:2757 comp%:62.0 yds:31,594 tds:204 ints:118 rate:87.5 starts:133 games:133
rd 2, pk 36: Colin Krapernick 28-30-0 att:1692 comp:1011 comp%:59.8 yds:12,271 tds:72 ints: 30 rate:88.9 starts:58 games:69
rd 3, pk 74: Ryan Mallett 3-5-0 att:345 comp:190 comp%:55.1 yds:1835 tds:9 ints:10  rate:66.8 starts:8 games:21
rd 5, pk 135: Ricky Stanzi 0-0-0 att:0 comp:0 comp%:0 yds:0 tds:0 ints:0 rate:0 starts:0 games:0
rd 5, pk 152: TJ Yates 4-6-0 att:324 comp:179 comp%:55.2 yds:2057 tds:10 ints:11 rate:70.7 starts:10 games:22
rd 5, pk 160: Nathan Enderle 0-0-0 att:0 comp:0 comp%:0 yds:0 tds:0 ints:0 rate:0 starts:0 games:0
rd 6, pk 180: Tyrod Taylor 23-21-1 att:1362 comp:839 comp%:61.6 yds:9,562 tds:54 ints:20 rate:89.8 starts:46 games:70
rd 7, pk 208: Greg McElroy 0-1-0 att:31 comp:19 comp%:61.3 yds:214 tds:1 ints:1 rate:79.2 starts:1 games:2

Clearly Newton and Dalton ended being the best two QBs in the class. Ironically, they both have the same TD% (4.6) and INT% (2.7).

You could probably win a bar bet asking who had more TD passes, Dalton or Cam?

Looking at this list, it makes me realize how much the rookie wage scale has changed the league (for the better).  Before the wage scale, if you whiffed on a first round pick, usually a high first round QB, it was a death sentence.  The guaranteed money was insane for guys that had never played a snap.  When I see Locker, Gabbert, and Ponder so high, I can't help but think of how that would have KILLED those teams for 5 years in the past.  We should know...the Bengals whiffed and paid Ki-Jana Carter, David Klinger, and Akili Smith.  Those three pretty much wiped out the 90s for the Bengals.