10-21-2015, 07:56 PM
(10-21-2015, 10:44 AM)djs7685 Wrote: For 6 games.
IMO, some people (like you) throw out the word "elite" too casually. You need some sort of sustained success to be considered elite. I can't fathom using the e-word on a guy without him playing even ONE full season at this level.
I have no problem with anyone saying that he's performing at an elite level, because he is. Calling him "elite" at this point is insanity. Give it some more time and you'll have a case for that.
Honestly, I agree with you, but I think it's funny that Dalton has been judged SO much for 4 (playoff) games, yet people think it's insanity to judge him on 6 games. I get that playoff games are more important...but still.
(10-21-2015, 12:13 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: Actually, they do. Guys like Brady, Rodgers, Peyton, Brees... they have all had multiple years that they are well over 100 rating. I am not detracting from what Dalton has done this year, I have readily said he is playing great. Just saying that six games does not put him into the top tier of quarterbacks.
No, they really don't. Dalton currently sports a 116.8 rating. How many QB's have finished a season with a rating THAT high or better? It doesn't happen often. I at least expect some regression. Dalton is playing at a level that very few QB's have been able to sustain over the course of 16 games.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
