Will longevity result in Dalton as best Bengals QB ever?

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(04-30-2020, 06:30 PM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: Bengals top 5 Quarterbacks in my eyes:



1. Ken Anderson ('71 to '86) 91-81 4 Pro Bowls 1 1st team All-Pro
I don't really see how anyone argues against Ken being the #1 QB in the franchise. Most wins. Damn good stats considering he played in a less pass happy era and took us to the Super Bowl. Also the only one on my list to spend his career with one team. And the mustache, come on it's amazing.


2. Boomer Esiason ('84 to '92, '97) 62-61 3 Pro Bowls 1 1st team All-Pro
If nothing else taking us to a Super Bowl plus being on the franchise QB list will shoot you straight to the top. I wasn't born until '89, so I'm just looking at stats and records and so forth, but I'd put Boomer second just for the Super Bowl.


3. Andy Dalton ('11 to '19) 70-61 3 Pro Bowls
He never did get a playoff win, but 5 straight playoff appearances for a 2nd round QB on a team that frankly has not been very good for the past 30 years is still a hell of an accomplishment. And he's a class act guy.


4. Carson Palmer ('04 to '10) 46-51 2 Pro Bowls
He did have one magical season that maybe could have led to a Super Bowl or at least a playoff victory, but we'll never know. I really do wonder how his career here would have changed without the knee injury. Plenty of good QB's never get back to where they were before an injury like that.


5. Jeff Blake ('94 to '99) 25-41 1 Pro Bowl
Really we've only had 4 franchise Quarterbacks in our existence (the guys above), but Jeff Blake did go to a pro bowl and played pretty well I reckon for how awful we were in the 90's.

Good post, but admittedly I thought Burrow was sneaking in at #5.