10-21-2019, 02:23 AM
Dalton was a really, really good QB in 2015. Nobody should argue with that because it's a fact. In 2019 it appears as though he's burnt out. I don't know if it was the thumb injury, watching Burfict/Jones blow the playoff game, Eifert's injuries, watching the o-line fall apart, watching a lack of accountability from the coaches, or whatever. This was a guy who was booed at a freaking charity baseball game and kept coming to work afterward. This is a guy who scapped and fought for wins in college when nobody believed he could do it. He now looks broken. Whatever it is, it appears to be VERY similar to what happened to Palmer. He seems to be psychologically beaten down. I'd actually bet against him ever having a winning season in Cincinnati ever again because of that fact if that were an option. Is it because Andy Dalton is a born loser, a guy who was destined to fail? Or is it because he has played his entire NFL career in an environment that would have broken Payton Manning?
