11-01-2017, 08:16 PM
(11-01-2017, 06:56 PM)thillan Wrote: Yeah, this game should have been played on Halloween, because it should scare the crap out of the Bengals. This team is MEAN.. the only team I see that can match the intensity and physicality that these guys play with is the Steelers. We all know what happened there.
Again, we all know who Dalton is by now, but this is the type of game that Romo has been harping on Dalton about: "It's time to make some plays." There comes a time when you just have to become a playmaker and show that you won't back down.. and I still don't see this in our QB. I really want to, because I don't want to be a Dalton hater! Although, passing on that Deshaun Watson pick really sucks right about now..
Here's how opposing QB's have fared against the Jags:
Savage/Watson: 19/36 for 164 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT (62.7 rating) 10 sacks
Mariota: 15/27 for 215 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT (78.5 rating) 1 sack - The Titans won by outrushing them 179 to 99 and forcing Bortles to throw 34 times (2 picks)
Flacco/Mallet: 14/27 for 64 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs (39.3 rating) 2 sacks - this stat line was much worse before Mallet threw a junk time TD
McCown: 22/31 for 224 yards, and 1 INT (77.9 rating) 5 sacks - Jets won in OT by out-rushing them 256 to 175
Roethlisberger: 33/55 for 312 yards, and 5 INTs (37.8 rating)
Goff: 11/21 for 124 yards and 1 TD (86.2 rating) 3 sacks - Rams won with a big game by Gurley (116 yards rushing) and limiting Fournette. Fournette did have a 75 yarder, but the Rams kept him to 55 yards on his other 20 carries.
Brisset: 22/37 for 200 yards (74.2 rating) 10 sacks - Junk time inflated these stats
These are some of the ugliest stat lines I've ever seen. They've smothered everyone and rolled up 10 sacks twice!
Whether you believe in Andy or not is irrelevant. It'd be borderline ******** to ask your QB to carry the team in this one. We need our run game to carry the offense for once. There's no shame in Andy handing it off and letting the RB's win a game for us. Other QB's get that all the time. Particularly the other franchise QB's in our division (Ben and Flacco).
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