09-12-2017, 06:24 PM
Carson went 13-3, got a 1st round bye, won a divisional game against Aaron Rodgers, and at least made it to the conference championships before having a typical Bengals-style playoff collapse 10 years after his prime. It boggles the mind that the Bengals had him in his prime and couldn't get a single measly playoff win with him much like it boggles the mind that a can't miss kid like AJ Green and a veritable godsend from Gruden in Andy Dalton are heading down the same path.
Just off the top of my head, since we started the Dalton/Green era we've seen QBs like Flacco win it all and also seen old ass got him for a 6th round pick Palmer, TJ Yates, Brock Osweiller, and a slew of other ho-hummers and backup QBs win playoff games. Marvin and Mike had Palmer and Dalton for most of 14 years. That is the sort of QB reliability that should yield SOMETHING. That sort of stability (good to very good QBs who have elite seasons here and there and are almost always available) at the most important position should be used to build the rest of the team and accomplish SOMETHING. We've yet to do anything.
I know Dalton and Palmer aren't truly elite QBs, but what other franchise could have that amount of stability at the position that keeps HCs and GMs up at night and/or throwing zounds of resources down proverbial wells when they don't have it and still blow it? 2015 was probably the most bemusing year of them all. Two of the top QBs in the league were Palmer and Dalton...really the only 2 QBs Marvin has ever had, and what did he get out of them? Zilch so far.
Just off the top of my head, since we started the Dalton/Green era we've seen QBs like Flacco win it all and also seen old ass got him for a 6th round pick Palmer, TJ Yates, Brock Osweiller, and a slew of other ho-hummers and backup QBs win playoff games. Marvin and Mike had Palmer and Dalton for most of 14 years. That is the sort of QB reliability that should yield SOMETHING. That sort of stability (good to very good QBs who have elite seasons here and there and are almost always available) at the most important position should be used to build the rest of the team and accomplish SOMETHING. We've yet to do anything.
I know Dalton and Palmer aren't truly elite QBs, but what other franchise could have that amount of stability at the position that keeps HCs and GMs up at night and/or throwing zounds of resources down proverbial wells when they don't have it and still blow it? 2015 was probably the most bemusing year of them all. Two of the top QBs in the league were Palmer and Dalton...really the only 2 QBs Marvin has ever had, and what did he get out of them? Zilch so far.
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