fleet wrote:Dresden wrote:fleet wrote:Was it Dalton’s 14 points in game one that makes you feel this way about Fields?
Small sample sizes aside, we already know what Dalton is. One of the worst QBs in football as we saw last season. At least the kid hasn’t proven he sucks yet. But who knows, maybe it will be 2015 all over again.
You're making my point. People have listed several "metrics" in Dalton's favor, and you just ignore them.
Your point is your opinion. It isn’t a fact yet you state it as such.
The best “metric” is the scoreboard. But let’s go with other stuff since you like.fleet wrote: Last year, Dalton had weapons including Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup and Ezekiel Elliott. In nine starts with the Cowboys, Dalton managed just 20 total completions longer than 20 yards. That’s good for just about two per game, and ranks 32nd out of qualified starters last season.
Even Sam Darnold with the Jets, Joe Burrow in half a season, Nick Foles in limited starts with the Bears, and Gardner Minshew in less than a full season threw for more of such completions than Dalton.
Taking it a step further, Dalton’s passing attack saw an explosive play on just seven percent of passing plays in 2020. This was tied for second-to-last in all of football.
On Sunday against the Lions, Fields and the Bears’ offense saw an explosive passing play on 28 percent of their pass plays — good for first in the NFL, through Sunday night.
The Bears also ran for the most overall yards in a game (188) in almost three years (Week 14, 2018).
For anyone that tracks the modern NFL offense state, Andy is decidedly out of sync with the times. As well as his benefactor Nagy. Chunks and explosive plays are the **** that is being effective.
At some point, trends become reality. Is Andy is not doing better this year
Maybe you misunderstood what I'm saying then. There's no way to objectively say one player is better than another, when you are comparing a 10 yr veteran, past his prime, with an unproven rookie, who has only played in a few game. I clearly said this in an earlier post. This is Nagy's opinion, and perhaps the rest of the coaches who have any input on it. So that's how it is. You can disagree all you want to with his assessment. My point is that if he's seeing these guys every day in practice for about 4 months now, he probably knows more about the situation than you or I do. And I see no real harm in letting Dalton have another start or two. If he does well, terrific, maybe Nagy was right. If he does terrible, then you bring in Fields, and at least you've given Dalton his shot. It's not a life or death situation. Fields will take over sooner or later. If it's now, or a few games from now, it's not such a big deal. But many fans and media pundits are making it sound like it's doomsday if Fields doesn't start right away.
