10-31-2019, 09:09 AM
(10-31-2019, 04:14 AM)BengalsBong Wrote: You are acting like Erickson is trash when the truth is this is the first year they have really given him a chance to excel before he was buried behind Marvin's vets. And yes Dalton did help Erickson and Tate improve this year even Ross. But that was only after you took his shiny toys like AJ away and he was forced to throw the ball to other players. Boyd was playing bad in a few games so Dalton was forced to go to other guys not to mention he has a new head coach telling him to spread the ball around. One of Dalton's flaws is tunnel vision when AJ is on the field. Erickson is a good WR if you do not send him on a go route every other route he can run effectively.
As far as stars aligning for QB's that BS explain how a drunk rapist in yellow and black has a hand full of SB rings did the beer cans align for this guy. Injuries hit every team every year adapt and overcome is what the SB QB's do when AJ goes down do not throw your hands up and say its over. Bottom line with Dalton is he is gun shy he stares at the rushers he does not look downfield he is a check down king. You can not expect to throw the ball 5 yards short and put it on your players to always pick up the first when you have not connected on a deep ball in 5 or 6 games and every defense you play is crowding the LOS to stop the check downs and your only true weapon on the field Mixon. They are daring the QB to beat them and they wont stop till a Bengals QB can beat them with the pass. When you throw short you are expecting your players to pick up 5 or 6 third down conversions on every drive throw the ball downfield 15 to 20 yards and do not put us in 3rd downs pick up the 1st down on 2nd down do not be a cookie cutter Offense or defenses will figure you out.
You think Ben has a "hand full of SB rings"? He has 2. Both years he had strong running games and strong defenses. Along with good WRs. Not only that but some crazy endings to some games. Palmer's knee injury wasn't something that Ben could have counted on and while the Bengals may not have won the SB, they could have beaten Pittsburgh. So yeah Stars Aligning.
You see Nick Foles doesn't win SB MVP if the stars doesn't align.
You act like Dalton hasn't played without AJ before. He has and he has played well. You know why 2015 was so good? Cause when Dalton threw to the other WRs they actually caught the ball. Unlike the drops that has came about since Sanu and Jones left.
When those 2 left, who did we replace them with? 1 guy... Tyler Boyd. Then we get John Ross in a different draft, who has been injured and not as consistent as Jones.
Aaron Rodgers is the king of YAC... Brady is the king of short throws. Rarely do they throw the ball downfield. Brees is the only one to throw down field consistently.
The expression that QBs are told is "Give you guys a chance". Well at some point those guys are going to have to make the most out of their chances.
