A few questions to ponder

[BengalChris]

(07-04-2015, 02:11 PM)CornerBlitz Wrote: So we've had many discussions about ole boy Dalton. I have a few questions I'll pose to some of you and would like an honest sincere answer. I will only respond to those that have first made an actual attempt to answer these questions.

1. At what point are we allowed to blame the QB for his inferior playoff performances instead of saying it's 100% Marvin's fault and is there a scenario where we can blame both? (If you feel neither are at fault like FredToast, then please explain who is at fault?)

2. Do you feel that Dalton is improving as a QB?

3. Are you confident in Andy Dalton taking us to the Super Bowl one day?

I'll be patiently waiting and am truly looking forward to your answers. Just pretend someone else asked these questions. I'm sure that will allow you to answer them objectively, or not.

1. You can't blame it all on Dalton. That just wouldn't be correct. Does Dalton have a hand in the playoff debacles? Absolutely!

2. Not in 2014. The Cleveland game showed us how low his floor is and it's pretty far down there. True their were injuries and a new OC, but Dalton practiced with the receivers he had all year long, so they should have been improving as the year went on. Instead, well, they just didn't.

3. 25% chance the way things are and for two reasons: a. Dalton hasn't shown me that he has the grit or ability to keep his head in the game when things start to get bad and b. Lewis is still the coach and Dalton is not the kind of talent who is going to overcome a poor game planning, poor or no in-game adjustments and an overall unimaginative head coach.

Now my answers would change if we had a better head coach. But firing Lewis doesn't mean that Mikey B will hire a better head coach, it only means there would be a different head coach and god only know who that might be.