McCoy to bengals?

[Luvnit2]

(05-26-2019, 11:44 PM)Nately120 Wrote: In 2011 when Dalton was a rookie we went 9-7 and made the playoffs, which was good.  However, the win totals of the teams we beat that year were:

4,6,5,2,7,9,4,2 and 8

and the teams we didn't beat:

8,13,12,12,12,10 and 12

The fact is, Dalton beat a single winning team in 2011.  In 2010 we beat a single team with a winning record and went 4-12, so meh.  Some discounted it, some called it a promising rookie campaign.  It was a successful campaign, but some people around here act like we gave the NFL a huge middle finger and curb stomped the league by winning 9 games and then flopping hard against TJ Yates.


The Browns have lots of hype...I guess.  I live in Steeler country and the talk radio guys around here never shut up about how the Browns and Ravens are going to implode and stink, the Bengals will continue to be the Bengals, and the Steelers will win the division again.

Again, the Browns secured proven success at GM, build through the draft, and used money and pick to secure some talented vets.  They pretty much did over the span of a few seasons what we've been begging Mike Brown to do for decades.  Thankfully we have new HC, because if the Browns did all that stuff and we were rolling into 2019 with Marvin/Hue I think we'd be a lot less convinced our way was the way to do things.

Good points

Did Mayfield have a rookie camp?
Did Mayfield have OTA's?

Dalton did not due the new CBA not yet signed. So you and others can dish on Dalton all you want, but he took over a 4 win team with a rookie #1 WR in Green and made the playoffs. No need to try and trash AD to make Mayfield look better. They were  2 different rookie QB's on 2 different teams with different strengths and weaknesses.