Rank our Backup QB

[Shake n Blake]

(05-24-2016, 01:18 PM)Nately120 Wrote: In all fairness 2009 was the year of Benson, the defense, and the occasional Palmer 2-minute miracle.  Graham killing 2 drives made running Benson less of an option and put more emphasis on Palmer, which he and the rest of the offense sort of blew.  

I obviously put the lion's share of the blame on Marvin Lewis because no matter what our regular season record and rankings are we seem to play like a 7-9 team with the 32nd ranked offense and 28th ranked defense every time the playoffs roll around.  The drop off is staggering.

Call me a defeatist, but I was fully expecting the Jets to come to Cincy and Fitzpatrick to meltdown and we would win a playoff game by default to snap the drought.  Sadly, he melted down 1 week too early and let the Steelers in.

Exactly what I've been driving at. The players change but the results stay the same. That's why I can't pin too much blame on Dalton, Palmer, Macaroni or whoever else we have at QB. 

I feel ya on "crazy legs" Fitz-magic. It definitely would've been a more favorable matchup than Pig Ben. That said, I was encouraged by our defensive performance in this latest loss. For the first time in a playoff game, Geno looked like Geno. Dunlap didn't morph into Bernard Whittington. Tez didn't look like Armegis Spearman. 

They actually showed some fire. Which makes me wonder if Dalton could've made a difference for the offense. It sucks to be stuck with another "what if", but at least it provides me hope that maybe next season could be different as long as #14 is healthy. 

For all we know though, Dalton could go out and lay another egg. Or maybe the defense won't show up this time. The wait for the next playoff game is going to be a long one.