It is often Andy Dalton’s second biggest criticism that he can’t throw the ball deep. The biggest is obviously he’s been unable to win the big games.
While there is some merit to the biggest concern, it seems like it is time to end the deep ball critique.
Recently, Scott Barrett of Pro Football Focus tallied up the deep pass rating for quarterbacks. He compared their 2017 score to their score from 2007-2016 (the Pro Football Focus era). He ended up making a chart to show who improved the most/who had the biggest outlier seasons.