10-19-2018, 03:21 PM
(10-19-2018, 05:26 AM)Stonyhands Wrote: Exactly...when AJ isn’t on the field Andy’s deep throw stats drop way off. AJ will undoubtedly go down as the Bengals best WR ever. There’s no way in Hell Andy is anywhere near as good without Green as his Wr.
Hmm...Dalton's best passer rating on deep throws happens to be the year AJ missed the most games (2016).
2017: 7-42-282-4-0 (86.8)
2016: 19-48-753-3-0 (108.0)
2015: 19-51-718-6-4 (91.8)
2014: 14-43-583-6-4 (82.1)
2013: 18-67-729-8-3 (93.4)
2012: 12-54-450-3-4 (49.5)
2011: 24-56-834-7-5 (92.3)
Dalton has also shown surprisingly little drop off to his passer rating in games AJ has missed, and that's without a true #1 WR. I'm not saying AJ isn't important, but this narrative that AJ "makes" Dalton is complete utter BS. It's like saying Chad "made" Palmer.
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