01-10-2016, 08:38 PM
(01-10-2016, 06:01 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Both guys have 0 playoff wins so who cares. That's all that matters right?
You are either a Dalton sympathizer or a McCarron sympathizer.
Those who are McCarron sympathizers like Big Stephanie over here are going to say he played well (and he did given the circumstances). They will use this to slight Dalton, because they want McCarron to start, as he is their favorite.
Those who are Dalton sympathizers will disregard what McCarron has done in an attempt to justify Daltons past failures. They want Dalton to be the starting QB, so whatever McCarron does could have been done better by Dalton.
What both don't realize is that these are mutually disjoint events and have nothing to do with each other. Both guys are decent QB's and both haven't won a playoff game.
He did play well for his 4th NFL start in a playoff game in the rain. This is not a slight on Dalton. I've said repeatedly on this board that Andy deserves to start, that he is the QB of this team, and that he had an MVP-type season this year. He has improved greatly since coming into the league. I shouldn't have to keep clarifying my opinion on Andy (he's a very good NFL QB) just because I like AJ McCarron as a football player.
The only reason I bring up Andy's playoff stats is to destroy the foundation of those who attempt to nitpick and criticize every little thing McCarron does, right or wrong. They obviously are devoted to Andy or dislike McCarron and that's fine. But I'm not going to let people rip McCarron and remain silent on Andy's playoff history. A couple of these guys don't even address it, they run for the hills when I point out the statistical similarities between Dalton's 4 playoff starts and McCarron's 1 playoff start.
I use it as a rhetorical device. I don't use it to bag on Andy.
All I've said is people should give AJ some credit for a gutty performance and when viewed in proper context, that was a gutty performance by a QB in a tough situation. Period.
People refusing to give him credit but instead piling on when he had the game wrapped up with 2 minutes to go is just petty axe-grinding.
