Carlos wants to be in Ring of Honor if we get one....

[MileHighGrowler]

(02-09-2021, 03:33 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Well, there's stats and then there are stats....... Andy Dalton did not win in the post season, but,

Most touchdowns passes (204)
Most completions (2757)
Best Career Passer Rating (87.5%)
Most games with 300+ passing (28)
Most game winning drives (24)
Record as Starter (2nd best behind Carter) 70-61-2
Single season records in touchdowns (33) and Yards (4293)

As a "stat accumulator" he pretty much got them all. The only one that seems to have eluded him was a post season win. I think he would have to go up, or it's the same as the HOF keeping Riley out when he is 5th all time interceptions. That's also just a stat.

That's comparing two different things, though.  Stats for the team vs stats in the league.  Ken Riley holds his record for the entire NFL.  Andy Dalton holds stats for the Bengals.  Then you've got to look at career length, time on the team, etc.  Point is, it's not apples to apples the way you've listed out Dalton's stats.  Dalton is not a HOF QB, he didn't take this team to a single playoff win, he did nothing that I personally would denote as worth of ROF inclusion.  He was serviceable QB, likeable guy, and helped the team get to a bunch of playoff games, but that's it.  I'd put his picture throwing to AJ somewhere inside the stadium to memorialize his time with the team, but I would not include him in any induction conversations.