Andy's Looking Good In Camp

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(08-20-2015, 11:59 AM)djs7685 Wrote: So it's okay to throw awful passes to the other team continuously and fumble untouched just because Gio fumbled in the first half? Sure thing, dude! Well, I thought we WERE getting somewhere. I guess not. The "IF" train is in full force yet again.

I can bring up a ton of "IF" scenarios too, but I'm not because I understand more about how a logical discussion works than that. I don't need hypothetical scenarios and excuses to make my points. That's the difference between people who are realistic about Andy versus those who aren't. The wacked out Andy-nuthuggers have to constantly be spinning and making excuses while I can just sit here and show things that DID happen to support my stance. I don't need to make up hypotheticals and blame other people. Andy played poorly against San Diego, plain and simple. It was nobody else's fault that he looked like shit. Stop being this obsessed.

You are holding Andy Dalton to some sort of standard that all of us on this message board know he shouldn't be held to. You are putting him on a pedestal.

Dalton's limitations as a gunslinger should not be brought up as a reason for lost playoff games, as we know from regular season games that he is prone to play like what he is: a mediocre quarterback.

Expecting Dalton to suddenly elevate his game in the playoffs is a pipe dream. He will always play like Andy Dalton because he is Andy Dalton. Dalton's career averages suggest that his average game consists of 230 yards, 1.5 TD's and 1 INT. That is average quarterback play my friend.

This team wins in ways outside of our quarterback's playmakings ability. When the team around Dalton collapses (as has happened in all 4 of the last 4 playoffs games), then he will fail. Expecting him to shoulder the team like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning is unfair to Dalton as a person or a player. He must be assessed for what he is.