05-27-2016, 08:40 PM
(05-27-2016, 08:27 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: I find it funny that McCarron's playoff game proves he's a stud, but simply switch the name to Andy Dalton with the EXACT performance and stat line and people would have been going ape shit. McCarron's wobbly ass lame duck throw for the go ahead TD was just that. It wasn't a great throw. Green had to wait on it and come back for it, but because his name isn't Andy Dalton it was the most amazing play ever! Had Dalton made the exact same throw, the noodle arm jokes and inaccuracies about Dalton's deep ball would still be thrown around.
That is my entire issue. It kills me that anyone not named Andy Dalton can take snaps at QB and is given some wiggle room and an opportunity. Dalton is held to ridiculously high standards. This past season, he proved he can reach those standards. However, fans were still picking apart single throws for not being perfect, slightly overthrown, slightly overthrown, or whatever. Marvin Jones and AJ Green tried their best to bail McCarron out with the shitty throws he made against Denver, but everyone went on and on about how great McCarron was playing while complaining about games where Dalton had incredible performances because of a missed pass.
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Great post. That's the only thing that ticks me off. The double standards. For years, every throw by Dalton was micro-analyzed for errors. Meanwhile McCarron gets all kinds of benefit of the doubt, and even gets praised for bad throws or games. He's getting the opposite treatment.
People used to even blame Dalton for the crap performance of the defense in the playoffs. It was said repeatedly that Dalton's turnovers wore out our defense. I always thought it was a lame argument. Lo and behold, McCarron has multiple turnovers and our defense looks outstanding. Go figure.
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