Andy Dalton Had One of the 100 Worst Passing Games Since 1970

by Chase Stuart on November 7, 2014

Dalton was scary bad last night.

Last night, Andy Dalton was not very good. completed 10 of 33 passes for 86 yards, while throwing 0 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Add in his two sacks for 14 yards, and Dalton averaged -1.80 ANY/A. That’s terrible, of course, but how bad does that measure historically? Let’s use the same methodology we did when calculating how good Ben Roethlisberger was against the Colts. Against every other passer this year, the Browns had allowed 5.58 ANY/A to opposing players. As a result, Dalton finished 7.38 ANY/A below expectation.

Over the course of his 35 dropbacks, that means Dalton provided -258 adjusted net yards of value relative to expectation. That’s bad — really bad — but it only ranks as the 83rd worst performance since the merger. The table below shows the 150 worst games since 1970, although for 2014, I have only included Dalton’s game (so Geno Smith and his bad performances could make the list, but I didn’t have time to calculate — feel free to do so in the comments!).

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Year	Wk	Boxscore	Rd	Cmp/Att\| Yd\| TD/INT\|Sk-SkYd	ANY/A	SOS	VALUE
1	Brandon Weeden	CLE	PHI	2012	1	Boxscore		12/35\| 118\| 0/4\|2-7	-1.86	8.03	-366
2	Bobby Douglass	CHI	DET	1971	10	Boxscore		6/26\| 68\| 0/4\|8-62	-5.12	5.31	-355
3	Ken Stabler	HOU	SEA	1980	5	Boxscore		23/50\| 174\| 1/5\|1-11	-0.82	6.13	-354
4	Keith Null	STL	TEN	2009	14	Boxscore		28/44\| 165\| 1/5\|1-5	-1.00	6.61	-342
5	Tom Owen	SFO	CLE	1974	12	Boxscore		6/23\| 74\| 0/5\|5-41	-6.86	5.12	-335
6	Archie Manning	NOR	NWE	1972	13	Boxscore		24/52\| 254\| 1/3\|2-11	2.37	8.48	-330
7	Jim Kelly	BUF	NWE	1991	13	Boxscore		26/44\| 204\| 1/4\|4-36	0.17	7.02	-329
8	Joe Ferguson	BUF	HOU	1974	9	Boxscore		10/28\| 110\| 0/6\|3-19	-5.77	4.8	-328
9	Brian Griese	DEN	IND	2001	17	Boxscore		16/32\| 151\| 1/4\|5-47	-1.51	6.99	-315
10	Matthew Stafford	DET	SEA	2009	9	Boxscore		22/42\| 203\| 2/5\|2-17	0.02	7.03	-308
11	Rex Grossman	CHI	ARI	2006	6	Boxscore		14/37\| 144\| 0/4\|2-14	-1.28	6.61	-308
12	Billy Joe Tolliver	SDG	NYJ	1989	13	Boxscore		24/51\| 230\| 1/2\|5-43	2.09	7.58	-308
13	Gus Frerotte	STL	BAL	2007	6	Boxscore		19/36\| 208\| 0/5\|4-11	-0.7	6.97	-307
14	Vinny Testaverde	TAM	GNB	1989	13	Boxscore		19/39\| 188\| 0/5\|4-18	-1.28	5.8	-304
15	David Klingler	CIN	HOU	1994	4	Boxscore		10/30\| 115\| 0/3\|7-41	-1.65	6.56	-304
16	Vince Evans	CHI	WAS	1981	6	Boxscore		8/37\| 131\| 0/4\|4-27	-1.87	5.55	-301
17	Paul McDonald	CLE	KAN	1984	5	Boxscore		17/38\| 186\| 0/4\|11-78	-1.47	4.68	-301
18	Joe Namath	NYJ	MIA	1975	5	Boxscore		8/24\| 96\| 0/6\|3-26	-7.44	3.75	-301
19	Don Horn	DEN	GNB	1971	2	Boxscore		16/33\| 186\| 0/6\|1-7	-2.7	6.19	-300
20	Hugh Millen	NWE	RAM	1992	2	Boxscore		18/32\| 145\| 0/4\|7-36	-1.82	5.84	-299
21	Jake Plummer	ARI	KAN	2002	13	Boxscore		14/31\| 88\| 0/3\|4-27	-2.13	6.47	-298
22	James Harris	SDG	KAN	1978	13	Boxscore		15/41\| 164\| 0/5\|0-0	-1.49	5.77	-298
23	Tony Banks	STL	SFO	1998	8	Boxscore		15/35\| 121\| 0/3\|8-32	-1.07	5.81	-296
24	Derek Anderson	CLE	TAM	2006	16	Boxscore		10/27\| 123\| 0/4\|3-26	-2.78	7.09	-295
25	Ken Stabler	HOU	PIT	1980	1	Boxscore		24/43\| 196\| 0/5\|2-21	-1.1	5.45	-294
26	Mark Malone	PIT	CLE	1987	2	Boxscore		12/36\| 151\| 0/5\|4-30	-2.63	4.77	-292
27	EJ Manuel	BUF	TAM	2013	14	Boxscore		18/33\| 184\| 0/4\|7-37	-0.83	6.45	-291
28	Josh Freeman	TAM	NOR	2012	15	Boxscore		26/47\| 279\| 0/4\|2-10	1.83	7.78	-290
29	David Carr	HOU	SDG	2002	2	Boxscore		6/25\| 87\| 0/2\|9-58	-1.79	6.72	-289
30	Tommy Kramer	MIN	SDG	1984	1	Boxscore		11/30\| 104\| 0/3\|4-13	-1.29	7.2	-289
31	Jake Delhomme	CAR	OAK	2008	10	Boxscore		7/27\| 72\| 1/4\|2-15	-3.55	6.34	-287
32	Archie Manning	NOR	SFO	1972	3	Boxscore		13/35\| 128\| 0/4\|5-51	-2.58	4.59	-287
33	Alex Smith	SFO	IND	2005	5	Boxscore		9/23\| 74\| 0/4\|5-30	-4.86	5.35	-286
34	Bobby Hebert	ATL	WAS	1993	16	Boxscore		24/42\| 233\| 1/4\|7-36	0.75	6.59	-285
35	Kerry Collins	NYG	BAL	2000	0	Boxscore	s	15/39\| 112\| 0/4\|4-26	-2.19	4.38	-282
36	Matt Cassel	KAN	OAK	2010	17	Boxscore		11/33\| 115\| 0/2\|6-51	-0.67	6.48	-282
37	Mike Boryla	PHI	CLE	1976	10	Boxscore		14/24\| 73\| 0/4\|6-52	-5.3	4.08	-281
38	Kyle Orton	CHI	CIN	2005	3	Boxscore		17/39\| 149\| 0/5\|0-0	-1.95	5.26	-281
39	Lynn Dickey	GNB	IND	1985	8	Boxscore		20/47\| 225\| 1/4\|3-22	0.86	6.47	-281
40	Donald Hollas	OAK	MIA	1998	14	Boxscore		12/31\| 152\| 1/6\|6-33	-3.58	4.08	-281
41	Len Dawson	KAN	DEN	1970	3	Boxscore		10/26\| 109\| 0/3\|7-76	-3.09	5.39	-280
42	Jake Plummer	ARI	TEN	1997	9	Boxscore		21/40\| 195\| 2/4\|6-38	0.37	6.45	-280
43	Dan Pastorini	HOU	PIT	1977	6	Boxscore		5/15\| 32\| 1/5\|5-46	-10.95	3.02	-279
44	Dan Pastorini	HOU	OAK	1972	4	Boxscore		3/21\| 31\| 0/4\|3-27	-7.22	4.23	-279
45	Ken Stabler	NOR	TAM	1983	8	Boxscore		12/29\| 94\| 1/4\|4-34	-3.03	5.37	-277
46	Jesse Palmer	NYG	CAR	2003	17	Boxscore		18/43\| 110\| 2/4\|2-11	-0.91	5.23	-276
47	Jay Cutler	CHI	GNB	2012	2	Boxscore		11/27\| 126\| 1/4\|7-52	-2.53	5.59	-276
48	Todd Collins	CHI	CAR	2010	5	Boxscore		6/16\| 32\| 0/4\|3-19	-8.99	5.9	-276
49	Ty Detmer	DET	CLE	2001	2	Boxscore		22/42\| 212\| 1/7\|3-23	-2.36	3.76	-275
50	Stan Humphries	SDG	MIA	1992	0	Boxscore	d	18/44\| 140\| 0/4\|1-8	-1.06	5.05	-275
51	Lynn Dickey	GNB	DET	1982	6	Boxscore		7/19\| 39\| 0/4\|3-25	-7.46	4.85	-274
52	Scott Brunner	NYG	STL	1983	14	Boxscore		10/35\| 108\| 0/4\|3-27	-2.61	4.6	-274
53	Kim McQuilken	ATL	MIN	1975	8	Boxscore		5/26\| 43\| 0/5\|3-26	-7.17	2.25	-273
54	Kevin Kolb	PHI	DAL	2010	17	Boxscore		18/36\| 162\| 1/3\|5-39	0.20	6.83	-272
55	Phil Simms	NYG	SFO	1980	12	Boxscore		15/28\| 118\| 0/1\|10-67	0.16	7.3	-271
56	Neil Lomax	STL	DAL	1986	4	Boxscore		14/33\| 112\| 0/4\|2-19	-2.50	5.24	-271
57	Tony Adams	MIN	TAM	1987	5	Boxscore		20/37\| 195\| 1/4\|7-43	-0.18	5.97	-271
58	Jake Delhomme	CAR	ARI	2008	19	Boxscore	d	17/34\| 205\| 1/5\|2-11	-0.31	7.2	-270
59	Pete Liske	PHI	DAL	1971	2	Boxscore		11/29\| 132\| 0/6\|2-18	-5.09	3.71	-269
60	Aaron Brooks	NOR	SFO	2001	17	Boxscore		21/33\| 119\| 0/4\|3-32	-2.59	4.89	-269
61	Jeff Garcia	CLE	DAL	2004	2	Boxscore		8/27\| 71\| 0/3\|1-5	-2.46	7.15	-269
62	Marc Wilson	RAI	SEA	1985	9	Boxscore		15/33\| 156\| 0/4\|5-42	-1.72	5.3	-268
63	John Navarre	ARI	DET	2004	13	Boxscore		18/40\| 168\| 1/4\|1-8	0.00	6.51	-267
64	Alex Smith	SFO	ATL	2007	9	Boxscore		17/38\| 149\| 0/3\|2-14	0.00	6.67	-267
65	Billy Kilmer	WAS	PHI	1976	3	Boxscore		11/33\| 96\| 0/3\|1-6	-1.32	6.5	-266
66	Jim Everett	RAM	ATL	1993	11	Boxscore		20/41\| 203\| 0/2\|6-38	1.60	7.25	-266
67	Steve Beuerlein	CAR	ATL	2000	9	Boxscore		21/41\| 202\| 0/3\|5-23	0.96	6.73	-266
68	Tim Hasselbeck	WAS	DAL	2003	15	Boxscore		6/26\| 56\| 0/4\|1-4	-4.74	5.1	-265
69	Bernie Kosar	CLE	PIT	1989	6	Boxscore		15/41\| 162\| 0/4\|2-9	-0.63	5.53	-265
70	Danny White	DAL	DET	1987	8	Boxscore		17/38\| 193\| 0/4\|3-26	-0.32	6.13	-264
71	Joe Flacco	BAL	CIN	2010	2	Boxscore		17/39\| 154\| 1/4\|1-4	-0.25	6.35	-264
72	Tom Tupa	PHO	PHI	1989	6	Boxscore		16/41\| 266\| 0/6\|6-43	-1.00	4.61	-264
73	Babe Laufenberg	DAL	PHI	1990	16	Boxscore		13/36\| 140\| 0/4\|2-15	-1.44	5.5	-263
74	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	TEN	2012	15	Boxscore		13/28\| 131\| 1/4\|4-23	-1.64	6.62	-263
75	David Carr	HOU	BUF	2005	1	Boxscore		9/21\| 70\| 0/3\|5-45	-4.23	5.86	-262
76	Rich Gannon	MIN	GNB	1990	8	Boxscore		19/41\| 230\| 1/5\|1-11	0.33	6.57	-262
77	Warren Moon	HOU	CLE	1986	13	Boxscore		5/23\| 68\| 0/4\|1-11	-5.08	5.71	-261
78	Joe Ferguson	BUF	NWE	1983	10	Boxscore		20/48\| 199\| 1/4\|2-13	0.52	5.73	-261
79	Jim Plunkett	OAK	KAN	1980	5	Boxscore		20/52\| 238\| 2/5\|5-47	0.11	4.66	-260
80	J.P. Losman	BUF	NYJ	2008	15	Boxscore		24/39\| 148\| 1/3\|3-29	0.10	6.27	-259
81	Tommy Kramer	MIN	NYJ	1979	7	Boxscore		28/48\| 270\| 0/4\|1-14	1.55	6.84	-259
82	Scott Bull	SFO	PIT	1978	13	Boxscore		10/28\| 113\| 0/5\|4-39	-4.72	3.37	-259
83	Andy Dalton	CIN	CLE	2014	10	Boxscore	0	10/33\| 86\| 0/3\|2-14	-1.80	5.58	-258
84	Todd Blackledge	KAN	RAM	1985	7	Boxscore		14/32\| 161\| 0/6\|1-18	-3.85	3.96	-258
85	Kim McQuilken	ATL	SFO	1976	7	Boxscore		7/25\| 44\| 0/2\|7-73	-3.74	4.34	-258
86	Vince Evans	CHI	CIN	1980	15	Boxscore		13/28\| 132\| 0/4\|4-32	-2.50	5.55	-258
87	Scott Mitchell	DET	GNB	1997	10	Boxscore		21/47\| 158\| 0/4\|4-27	-0.96	4.08	-257
88	Joe Pisarcik	NYG	STL	1979	2	Boxscore		13/35\| 112\| 0/2\|7-51	-0.68	5.45	-257
89	David Carr	HOU	IND	2004	10	Boxscore		22/41\| 215\| 0/3\|5-45	0.76	6.33	-256
90	Dan Pastorini	HOU	PIT	1978	18	Boxscore	c	12/26\| 96\| 0/5\|4-26	-5.17	3.36	-256
91	Troy Aikman	DAL	PHO	1990	6	Boxscore		9/25\| 61\| 0/2\|4-27	-1.93	6.88	-256
92	Jake Delhomme	NOR	CAR	1999	17	Boxscore		26/49\| 243\| 1/4\|3-13	1.35	6.26	-255
93	Marc Wilson	RAI	WAS	1986	2	Boxscore		20/39\| 175\| 0/3\|5-47	-0.16	5.64	-255
94	Steve Grogan	NWE	SFO	1980	13	Boxscore		16/32\| 274\| 0/6\|2-12	-0.24	7.26	-255
95	Steve Grogan	NWE	HOU	1988	4	Boxscore		16/34\| 136\| 0/4\|2-18	-1.74	5.36	-254
96	Terry Bradshaw	PIT	CLE	1982	7	Boxscore		12/39\| 144\| 1/4\|3-20	-0.86	5.17	-253
97	Dan Marino	MIA	DAL	1999	12	Boxscore		15/36\| 178\| 0/5\|2-14	-1.62	5.09	-253
98	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	BUF	2009	6	Boxscore		10/29\| 119\| 0/5\|2-22	-4.15	4.03	-253
99	Rusty Smith	TEN	HOU	2010	12	Boxscore		17/31\| 138\| 0/3\|1-0	0.09	7.99	-253
100	Stan Humphries	SDG	DEN	1994	8	Boxscore		17/33\| 142\| 0/3\|1-6	0.03	7.49	-252
101	Gary Marangi	BUF	SDG	1976	11	Boxscore		8/30\| 83\| 0/3\|2-12	-2.00	5.87	-252
102	Vince Ferragamo	RAM	DAL	1984	1	Boxscore		11/33\| 84\| 0/4\|3-17	-3.13	3.87	-252
103	Craig Whelihan	SDG	SEA	1998	15	Boxscore		8/28\| 142\| 0/5\|3-16	-3.23	4.96	-251
104	Kerry Collins	OAK	JAX	2004	17	Boxscore		15/39\| 142\| 0/3\|2-8	-0.02	6.08	-250
105	Kordell Stewart	CHI	SFO	2003	1	Boxscore		14/34\| 95\| 1/3\|5-23	-1.10	5.31	-250
106	Mike McMahon	PHI	STL	2005	15	Boxscore		15/28\| 97\| 1/3\|4-21	-1.22	6.59	-250
107	Ken Stabler	NOR	ATL	1982	6	Boxscore		8/19\| 56\| 0/3\|4-28	-4.63	6.18	-249
108	Matt Ryan	ATL	ARI	2013	8	Boxscore		34/61\| 301\| 1/4\|4-36	1.62	5.44	-249
109	Randall Cunningham	PHI	DET	1986	11	Boxscore		16/30\| 140\| 0/3\|11-67	-1.52	4.59	-249
110	Eli Manning	NYG	MIN	2007	12	Boxscore		21/49\| 273\| 1/4\|3-39	1.42	6.2	-248
111	Blaine Gabbert	JAX	KAN	2013	1	Boxscore		16/35\| 121\| 0/2\|5-43	-0.29	5.89	-248
112	Oliver Luck	HOU	SDG	1986	14	Boxscore		10/26\| 110\| 0/2\|6-55	-1.09	6.66	-248
113	Kevin Kolb	ARI	MIN	2011	5	Boxscore		21/42\| 232\| 0/2\|4-35	2.35	7.8	-248
114	Brian Griese	CHI	DET	2007	8	Boxscore		22/40\| 208\| 1/4\|2-16	0.76	6.66	-248
115	Jim Harbaugh	IND	SDG	1996	10	Boxscore		18/44\| 203\| 1/4\|6-30	0.26	5.21	-247
116	Tarvaris Jackson	MIN	DET	2007	2	Boxscore		17/33\| 166\| 0/4\|2-2	-0.45	6.66	-247
117	Brian Griese	CHI	DET	2007	4	Boxscore		34/52\| 286\| 2/3\|6-52	2.40	6.66	-247
118	Steve Bartkowski	ATL	SFO	1977	8	Boxscore		12/26\| 105\| 0/2\|7-76	-1.85	5.62	-247
119	Brad Johnson	MIN	CHI	2006	13	Boxscore		11/26\| 73\| 0/4\|3-15	-4.15	4.26	-246
120	Luke McCown	JAX	NYJ	2011	2	Boxscore		6/19\| 59\| 0/4\|2-15	-6.64	5.36	-246
121	Jay Schroeder	RAI	BUF	1990	0	Boxscore	c	13/31\| 150\| 0/5\|1-6	-2.53	5.17	-245
122	Terry Bradshaw	PIT	SDG	1979	12	Boxscore		18/36\| 153\| 0/5\|4-37	-2.74	3.41	-245
123	Nick Foles	PHI	WAS	2012	11	Boxscore		21/46\| 204\| 0/2\|4-27	1.74	6.63	-245
124	John Beck	MIA	NYJ	2007	13	Boxscore		23/39\| 177\| 0/3\|3-27	0.36	6.18	-245
125	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	NYG	2011	16	Boxscore		30/59\| 258\| 1/2\|5-32	2.44	6.26	-245
126	Brian Sipe	CLE	PIT	1981	12	Boxscore		18/39\| 227\| 1/6\|1-8	-0.78	5.34	-245
127	Kyle Orton	DEN	ARI	2010	14	Boxscore		19/41\| 166\| 0/3\|1-10	0.50	6.31	-244
128	Trent Dilfer	TAM	CHI	1995	3	Boxscore		11/27\| 149\| 0/4\|3-18	-1.63	6.45	-244
129	Jake Plummer	ARI	GNB	2000	4	Boxscore		21/43\| 189\| 0/4\|1-8	0.02	5.56	-244
130	Kyle Mackey	MIA	NYJ	1987	5	Boxscore		26/55\| 298\| 2/5\|1-12	1.80	6.15	-243
131	Jim Zorn	SEA	NWE	1982	7	Boxscore		15/35\| 134\| 0/4\|2-16	-1.68	4.88	-243
132	Steve DeBerg	TAM	SFO	1986	1	Boxscore		18/40\| 214\| 1/7\|3-19	-2.33	3.32	-243
133	Bubby Brister	PIT	CLE	1989	1	Boxscore		10/22\| 84\| 0/3\|6-67	-4.21	4.42	-242
134	Richard Todd	NYJ	NOR	1980	15	Boxscore		10/27\| 77\| 0/2\|2-18	-1.08	7.27	-242
135	Craig Krenzel	CHI	TEN	2004	10	Boxscore		10/28\| 116\| 0/2\|5-41	-0.45	6.87	-242
136	Drew Bledsoe	NWE	MIA	1999	11	Boxscore		15/34\| 201\| 1/5\|5-33	-0.95	5.24	-241
137	Bobby Hebert	NOR	NYG	1988	13	Boxscore		15/33\| 145\| 0/3\|5-45	-0.92	5.43	-241
138	Caleb Hanie	CHI	KAN	2011	13	Boxscore		11/24\| 133\| 0/3\|7-45	-1.52	6.26	-241
139	Ryan Leaf	SDG	SFO	2000	14	Boxscore		24/47\| 266\| 1/4\|2-12	1.92	6.83	-241
140	Cliff Stoudt	PIT	DET	1983	13	Boxscore		9/25\| 83\| 0/4\|2-11	-4.09	4.99	-241
141	Tyler Thigpen	KAN	ATL	2008	3	Boxscore		14/36\| 128\| 1/3\|2-11	0.05	6.37	-240
142	Bill Troup	BAL	MIA	1978	2	Boxscore		15/33\| 186\| 0/5\|4-47	-2.36	4.2	-240
143	Troy Aikman	DAL	ARI	1998	0	Boxscore	w	22/49\| 191\| 1/3\|4-27	0.92	5.45	-240
144	Eric Hipple	DET	CHI	1982	3	Boxscore		15/32\| 119\| 1/2\|7-62	-0.33	5.81	-240
145	Steve Myer	SEA	NWE	1977	4	Boxscore		5/23\| 71\| 0/4\|3-21	-5.00	4.2	-239
146	Bobby Hoying	PHI	DAL	1998	9	Boxscore		13/39\| 124\| 0/2\|3-19	0.37	6.09	-239
147	Bob Avellini	CHI	GNB	1975	11	Boxscore		9/25\| 109\| 0/3\|4-65	-3.14	5.09	-239
148	Dave Krieg	SEA	KAN	1990	7	Boxscore		13/35\| 132\| 0/4\|1-8	-1.56	5.07	-238
149	Mark Rypien	WAS	BUF	1993	9	Boxscore		15/42\| 169\| 0/4\|2-0	-0.25	5.16	-238
150	John Hadl	SDG	RAM	1970	3	Boxscore		7/14\| 69\| 0/4\|6-42	-7.81	4.34	-238

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