12-23-2019, 07:57 PM
(12-23-2019, 07:09 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: My very first thread here was a PRO ANDY DALTON thread. I was arguing with someone (not on this board) about how I wouldn’t trade Dalton for Luck at the time, because Dalton was so durable, and pretty underrated at the time.
But guess what? Things change. Opinions change. Dalton got plenty of time here, and I’ve been ready to move on for the past couple years.
If you view me as “hater” or that I’m excessively unfair towards Dalton that’s just because the two camps are so divided. This board is actually VERY pro Dalton believe it or not. All of the mods, and most “popular” posters are huge Dalton fans (hence your rep). Some of us who’ve been frustrated with Dalton just get a little tired of nothing ever being his fault. Is what it is at this point.
As far as your weird hatred for Mixon (which feels personal not about his play), did you happen to see Bill Belichick’s comment about Mixon being one of the best RB’s in the league? I’m sure you’ll just hand wave it away and say he was just being “nice” or something (Belichick? Lol), but it’s just something to consider. Remember, opinions CAN change...
My hatred for Mixon is due to him being way over hyped and him not producing the way it was promised he would. Sure the video is terrible. So is the circumstances surrounding it, but Mixon has been a let down, more so than Dalton.
Opinions can change. I didn't want Dalton when we drafted him. However after watching what he did in Tennessee his rookie year and even in Baltimore, though it was a loss, was still pretty good. How does he follow up that campaign? Repeating it. Then he did it again. Of course there are excuses to his lack of post season success, but his lack of winning is in the postseason is not all on him. I see Green disappearing in the postseason as well, I saw Greshem drop 2 easy passes in a row.
I have seen our defense fail to show up.
The only time I really seen him "fail" in the postseason is year 3 against SD. However, we moved away from the run game the moment Bernard fumbled before half time. I saw Green drop a perfectly thrown pass that hit him right in the hands. Years 1 and 2 were chalked up to youth... year 4 his top WR going into the game was Burkhead... he didn't play the best year he had here of '15. So yeah, out of 4 years, one bad performance by the whole team, but Dalton didn't play well either.
