Andy's Looking Good In Camp

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(08-20-2015, 04:25 PM)PlayerFormerlyKnownAsMousecop Wrote: 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.

Even to this "average standard", Andy has played like garbage in the playoffs.

I don't care what anyone tries to say, that's the absolute truth of the matter and about 98% of others will agree with that.

I don't think Andy is the SOLE reason we lose those games, I've never said that, but he's definitely one of the reasons and he's played like shit.