Did Andy have the worst offensive supporting cast?

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(02-25-2018, 12:17 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I thought that not too long ago Andy Dalton's "quick release" was being touted as one of his strengths? Now it's due to bad line play and causing him to miss deep throws or throw the ball away on 4th down and give up? 

Nah....it's really pretty simple.  The offense is predicated on getting the ball out quickly because the line cannot hold blocks.  Between PAs anemic scheme, and then shitty players to boot later on, plays often don't have time to develop against good defenses.  Dalton's release has served him well, but the OCs are to get most of the credit.  They are the guys that could mask the deficient line (until it came to the run game) with misdirection and quick hits.  Then came Zampese.  People forget that the year before Gruden came here, this team was CONSTANTLY being forced to run an unbalanced set just have a semblance of a run game, with a fullback.  That wasn't Cedric Benson's fault.  

The offensive line came together rather well in 2015....Boling was maturing into a very nice guard, Zeitler was coming into his own, Big Dre had a nice year, and Whitworth was hitting his peak.  The only weak link was Blodine, but the unit had gelled well by this point.  Hue Jackson was able to use the strengths to his advantage, and scheme around Blodine as the lone weak link on the ENTIRE offense.  We roll into 2016 with no Sanu or Marvin Jones, the Trainwreck Twins at RT, and a guy that couldn't call plays on Tecmo Bowl at OC.