The POSITIVE Takeaways Thread

[Brownshoe]

(01-10-2016, 04:53 AM)BigSeph Wrote: Let's examine your insightful criticisms-

1.  "McCarron looked like someone who will never see the field again."

Do you have any logical or rational basis for claiming this?  Did you watch the Texans game earlier?

2.  "He played horribly."

By even the most rudimentary comparative analysis, he played better than Andy Dalton ever has in a playoff game.  He had a higher rating, threw a TD pass to put the Bengals ahead with less than 2 minutes left, and drove the team down the field for 2 TDs and a FG in the 4th quarter when it mattered most.  His Qb rating was 2 points lower than Andrew Luck's career QB rating.  His QB rating was 2 points lower than Tom Brady's rating in his first NFL playoff game.  Which the Patriots won.  So if McCarron played "horribly," then Andy has played "more horribly" in every other playoff game he's ever played in.  Did you say Andy played "horribly" after all his playoff games?

3.  "He couldn't move the ball at all."

Except in the 4th quarter, when he moved it down the field for 2 TDs and a FG.

4.  "The TD pass was a horrible pass that Green had to save, and he had 2 turn overs, and could have easily been 4."

He put it up where AJ had a chance to catch it or get interference, and not in a spot where a defender would pick it off.  That was a 3rd down by the way.  He had 2 turnovers because 1 was a lame duck due to a wet ball, and the other because he set his feet on a dropback and the ball got swatted out of his hands.  The other 2 potential turnovers weren't turnovers.  How about Rey's failed INT in the endzone?  Should we give Ben an INT and piss on his performance because of a turnover that didn't happen?

5.  "He constantly hung his receivers out to dry, and he couldn't convert on 3rd down."

It's a WRs job to catch the football.  The Bengals converted 33% of 3rd downs and 100% of 4th downs.  The Steelers converted 15% of 3rd downs.  Would you say Roethlisberger couldn't convert on 3rd down?  No, you're here bagging on the guy who almost won the first playoff game in years for the Bengals in the 4th quarter when it mattered most.

Make intelligent comments please.

1. It's true because he played horribly.

2. He went 5/15 on third down conversions against the 30th rated pass defense. He constantly overthrew/underthrew receivers, and even missed multiple times on screen passes (LOL). He had 2 turnovers while playing a conservative offense, and it could have easily been 4-5 turnovers. It's silly to bring up QB rating, because that doesn't tell the game.

3. Oh yeah... the 1st drive we had a TD was all McCarron even though the reason why we had it was because of a PI call. He literally completed 0 passes that drive. The 2nd TD drive he had a bad lofted ball to Green for a TD. Good job McCarron!

4. No, it was a bad pass. Anyone with a brain, and working eyeballs could see that it was a bad pass. It raining isn't a good excuse for almost turning the ball over 4-5 times

5. Yes. He was constantly hanging his receivers out to dry. Eifert had more than a few big hits because of McCarrons ball placement, and he obviously didn't help Gio at all. The deference between Big Ben and McCarron is that McCarron was going against a bad defense, and Ben was going against arguably the best defense in the world.

Stop making yourself look stupid. McCarron played bad, and you should go see doctor for being delusional .