03-23-2018, 08:54 AM
(03-22-2018, 04:06 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Good ol' Cincinnati, where going 9-7 with a 1-6 record against teams with a winning record and getting embarrassed in the playoffs by a 3rd string rookie QB is the ultimate middle finger to the doubters.
^ Hilarious! +Rep!
(03-22-2018, 04:08 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: making the playoffs with a rookie QB and #1 WR when predicted to finish dead last... was a decent accomplishment...
Must have been good coaching to get us there.
(Texans D was >>>> than our D that game)
Would Dalton be viewed more favorably if we didn't make the playoffs those first 2 years?
Probably the same, really. Well, maybe less. I think a lot of people have some sort of weird love for him from that 2011 playoff season. That and 2015. Other than those two seasons his career is pretty BlANDY.
It's not like 2011 was some unbelievable performance at QB. He just wasn't a disaster as some predicted.
Hell, I was at the 2011 opener in Cleveland for AJ and Andy's first game where the Browns dominated the Bengals only to have one breakdown for a gimme touchdown to win the game late. That was the game where they didn't send a DB to cover AJ Green so Andy threw it to him with no one within 40 yards. The stadium became silent. Crickets! For a rookie to have a heads up play like that it was impressive!
