10-31-2019, 01:44 AM
(10-31-2019, 12:18 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: It wasn't just the offense. The Bengals had a near elite defense in '15 as well.
People always seem to forget how good they were in 2013. Yet, in the PO game against the Chargers, after a good first half, Dalton shit the bed in the 2nd half, throwing 2 ints and fumbling.
Bengals fans love to sigh and say "what if" when the QB gets hurt and can't finish the year but always forget that every time the QB actually did finish the year, the team failed to win a PO game. The loss to the Chargers was inexcusable so i'm not convinced in the slightest that the story would have been different in the magical year of 2015.
It's beyond unreasonable to think the Bengals could build a team like 2013-2015 so that Dalton could possibly, once again, be average/above average and then lose another playoff game. It was time (way past, actually) for him to sit down and allow someone else to try, especially since they're so pathetic this year that they're more than likely to be looking QB early in the first, or even depending on who's left, in the 2nd.
Dalton may be a great guy and a fantasic humanitarian (sincere), but he was vanilla ice cream for dessert as a QB.
What is wrong with vanilla ice cream? Nothing... it is just as flavorful as any other flavor out there.
Yes the Bengals had a great defense in '15. Not too many people are calling for a benching of Atkins or Dunlap are they? Those 2 have played even more poorly than Dalton has, but instead of calling them out, they call out the DC and other players as well, but not those 2.
Dalton did play poorly against the Chargers... but so did that "elite" defense you speak of. Atkins and Dunlap got how many sacks in that game again? 1 sack for 6 yards... yet Dalton played poorly, even though he was sacked 3 times for 8 yards.
Don't forget the drops either. I know I saw one pass that hit Green (yes, our star WR) in the hands, dropped right into the bucket, and he just doesn't catch it.
'13 was definitely a terrible playoff loss though. Probably the ONLY 1 you can actually point to Dalton's play as the reason for the losses. The others are not quite so easily claimed, unless you really just don't like the way Dalton plays the game (which is pocket QB, managing the game, doing what the coaches tell him to do). I see Dalton as the scapegoat and not the reason for the losses.
