08-23-2022, 08:12 PM
(08-21-2022, 12:44 PM)ATOTR Wrote: If Sandy Dalton was so good/underrated/under appreciated, then I have a question i'd love for someone to answer.
Why is the only job offered when he was in the prime of his career, released, and open for any team to pursue - a backup QB gig?
And 3 years later. The only job he has is again as a backup QB.
He was 32 and any team could have had signed him to start. And the only offer was a 1 year backup QB job. Why?
(08-22-2022, 09:36 AM)ATOTR Wrote: I knew no one would be able to answer.
I appreciate the silence as confirmation
Sorry, I was having a great long weekend surrounding an awesome performance by the legendary Blue Oyster Cult. If anybody gets a chance to see them, reward yourselves and do it, they won't be around much longer. Since they always played jamming, aggressive music with great lead guitar, but they never were a bunch of Heavy Metal screamers, they still have their voices and they sound awesome. Their latest album, The Symbol Remains from 2020 is solid from start to finish. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of their debut album, they played 4 tracks off of it including some added solo sections. A couple of 70 year old greats killing it for over an hour and a half at an outdoor show in the rainy season in Alaska. Charlie Daniels played for 45 minutes years ago and said "#### this, I'm out of here" so their efforts were appreciated very much.
Anyway, how many starting QB slots are available when a QB is released after a draft? In my 54 plus years on the planet, I've never seen an NFL franchise going into an off-season with a open starting QB spot still have no QB after FA and the draft. Had he been released before FA, he may have landed a starting gig, he may not have. We won't know because he wasn't given that chance.
He did get a starting slot last year but the Bears didn't expect the QB they coveted in Fields to drop to them(49ers taking Trey Lance shocked them because that's where they thought Fields was going) so they traded up from #20 to #11 to get him when he continued to fall. Dalton was the starter until injured.
Dalton is now 2-0 starting vs Cincinnati. If Winston gets banged up before week 6, he might have a chance at 3-0. I don't want to see that happen at all but if it does, as a consolation prize, I'll laugh knowing how much it bothers people still butt hurt about a QB that's three off-seasons removed from Cincinnati.
Dalton didn't deliver a playoff win for Cincinnati, but he did gift us a chance at #1 overall. Iffen it tweren't fer Dalton, there'd be no Burrow in Cincinnati and you'd probably be hoping Tua works out. It's too bad some of you can't accept that and move on.
Only users lose drugs.
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