| Arizona | Tennessee | Indianapolis | Jacksonville | Houston | TOTAL | |
| Dalton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| passing yards | 154 | 217 | 264 | 179 | 189 | 1003 |
| rushing yards | 48 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| Passing TD | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Rushing TD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| INT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| QB rating | 92,7 | 97,9 | 118,5 | 85,3 | 89,7 | 96,82 |
| Arizona | Tennessee | Indianapolis | Jacksonville | Houston | TOTAL | |
| Newton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| passing yards | 422 | 212 | 208 | 158 | 149 | 1149 |
| rushing yards | 18 | 55 | 53 | 27 | 55 | 208 |
| Passing TD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Rushing TD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| INT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| QB rating | 110,4 | 61,7 | 95,9 | 75,4 | 105,2 | 89,72 |
Although I believe the Offensive ROY was awarded after week 2, I think there a reasonable argument can be made for Dalton over Newton. I have argued earlier that the Bengals basically face top 7 defenses while the Panthers face bottom five defenses in the games they do not have in common. Interestingly, they face 5 common opponents (about 1/3 of the season) this year. It gives us a unique opportunity to compare two rookie QBs having fantastic years. Above I highlight the game-by-game statistics for these QBs and I would argue that Dalton has performed better. He has more TDs (9 vs 7), a higher QB rating and more wins.
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