01-11-2016, 03:43 PM
(01-11-2016, 03:31 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: Fred has a thread that posted the stats for the first career post season start of Bengals quarterbacks. Based on history, McCarron actually played well. Regardless, he did play a good fourth quarter and put the team in a position to win. Yes he is young and need to improve, he does a lot of "young" things (staring down a receiver and holding the ball too long come to mind), but I do think he has proven the game is not too big for him.
Agree with every word of this. Not saying AJM is better physically than Dalton right now (although he does have a better deep ball). He does however have the one thing Dalton has always lacked in big moments/games - confidence. I just get the feeling that he raises his game in big moments instead of pi$$ing down his leg.
Take what you have seen from McCarron over the past 4 games, then give him about a third of the patience and development that Dalton was given, and I guarantee you end up with a MUCH better finished product. Maybe even good enough to actually show up in the playoffs someday.
