Dalton POed

[SunsetBengal]

(10-30-2019, 09:24 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Agree

It seems from Dalton's reaction there hasn't been any previous discussion about this. It should have been done at least a couple games ago if not 3 or 4 like you say.

(10-30-2019, 09:50 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Totally agree with this. Dalton looked good in Seattle, but since then? Batted down passes, throwing out of bounds, missing receivers and also waaaay bad over throws and failure to move in the pocket is the reason he's riding the pine (or aluminum) in game 9. 3 picks in 5 plays week before last and one that went for 6? Geez! I wanted this move done a few weeks ago when we actually had a chance to recover. And although it appears the timing that ZT did this seems cruel, I ask why in the heck did he wait so long as well?

Waiting till now to do this is not improving much. But finally doing it was the right call. You simply can't let this dude continue "in regards of his past performances" this year. In addition, every player faces an end, regardless how great they once was. Is this his end? That depends on him, but his performance say's he's losing it, and losing it fast. I guess I'll state it much simpler:

Andy lost his job as the starter. 

Yes, it truly is sad that it has to end this way for Andy.  I once had high hopes that he would lead the Bengals to glory, but it just wasn't meant to be.  I also feel like he would likely benefit greatly from the classic "change of scenery" in NFL speak.  It's a shame that the team waited until 2 hours before the trade deadline to make their move.  If there was any truth to the Bears offering a 2nd and a 4th for Andy, and the team failed to do a deal with that offer?  It will go down as one of those classic blunders, in the style of not taking the Saints entire draft, in order to select Akili Smith.