10-20-2015, 10:36 AM
(10-20-2015, 10:27 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: The other half of this equation is the fact that none of those team have an above average Offence to keep your offence on the sidelines. Look, Andy is doing well but let's temper that will a little reality of the situation.
I have no issue being realistic by not yelling for Andy to be called "elite" or a top QB already like some of the random JN dorks.
At the same time, I can't pretend that Andy hasn't been doing exactly what he's supposed to as a professional QB. Whether the teams the Bengals have played against have been the worst or best in the league, it doesn't really change that Andy's decision making, pocket awareness, and ball placement has been 10x what it was before. He's playing like an entirely different QB this year, and it's not just the stat sheets saying it.
I've been VERY critical of Andy Dalton over the years, but he's playing lights out this season and I see no reason that it won't continue. He's going to have a rough game or two by the end of the year, but so will Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, and every other QB in the NFL. Going down 24-7 to a team that played in the last Super Bowl would have been a dagger any other year, and watching the Seahawks game was solid enough evidence for me to become a believer that we're seeing a very different Andy and Bengals team in general.
I could be completely wrong and we could lose 10 straight, but I think the odds are saying that this is a playoff team that can hang with anyone in the league. We won't be seeing many huge blowout losses and/or terrible games from Andy this year.
