Welcome To Bengals Ryan Finley

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(04-27-2019, 09:46 PM)yang Wrote: At this stage of his career Dalton is not going to reinvent himself.  He is what he is.  He is an average QB that can perform when things go his way and he is protected in a system.  He is never going to be a QB that creates plays and wins a game on his own.  He is not the QB you can count on to simply drag a team to victory and carry them on his back like Rodgers, Luck, Brady and so on.  

If you are going to win with Dalton you need an excellent team around him and you have to do it through the draft since we won’t sign free agents.

And how does this draft surround him with talent?  We might not have drafted a year one starter.  We have a backup QB and TE with our first 4 picks.   We did not draft an impact player again.   We got some guys that will probably be okay and hang around the league for a while getting overpaid by the Bengals.

Trent Dilfer is a good comparison to Dalton and I would give Dalton slight edge over Dilfer in terms of throws but not by much.  Ravens won with defense.  

I think the Plan around Dalton is to take some of the weight off his shoulders.  Wear down defenses by pounding the rock.  Let Mixon carry the team and establish the run.  Dalton can hit intermediate routes (if his WR catch the ball).  This is where Sample  fits in.  Sample, Eifert, & Uzi will be interchangeable.  I see them taking a shot here and there to Green and Ross but this team is going to wear out defenses and be physical.  

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