Done with Daltin

[*jason*]

(01-27-2019, 02:56 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Oh, don't get me wrong, I do believe it was time for Marvin to go, beyond time really, and he was definitely a reason. So has Mike Brown been a reason, a big, big reason.

However, it all can't be piled onto the coaching staff year after year after year. At some point the players have to do it. No one else can do it for them.

If it wasn't Marvin's ultra lame approach, it was the OC's play calling. If not that, it was that AJ Green missed time. If it wasn't that then it was something else and something else.

At some point one has to succeed with the cards dealt and after enough years of so many different hands there comes a point where people notice that the QB never actually stepped up when given a chance in the playoffs. One TD, 6 INTs, 4 FUMs and zero wins in four straight goes is probably the best example of a QB not stepping up as can exist. Many lessor QBs have done better in the playoffs.

The 2019 season will be key to Dalton's career. He'll be going into the final year of his deal after this coming season and the team will be looking at a draft with a number of good QB prospects in it and needing to decide about extending Dalton beyond 2020 or moving on. The 2019 season will be very, very important to Dalton. IMHO

I actually believe Dalton can take the next step, but I'm also perfectly willing to support drafting a new QB in 2020 and moving on if he doesn't.

If I were the Bengals front office, that is exactly how I'd be looking at this coming season.

 

The thing is they actually did do it. The last playoff game against Pittsburgh, they did it. They slugged that game out, and won it. Then Jeremy Hill fumbles. That's on him, not Marvin, Mike Brown, Paul Alexander, or Andy Dalton. That was in Jeremy Hill... Even then, the defense had held Pittsburgh's explosive offense in check all night. They could e made a stop to save the game. Instead their lack of discipline reared its ugly head. That was on the coaching staff. Nobody on our sideline noticed Jerry Porter was in the field? Nobody thought it would be a good idea to call our players to the sideline when he was out there? I just seem to remember Burfict playing in a much more controlled manner when Zimmer was here. The ankle twisting, and what not started happening in 2014. Pacman's always been a loose cannon.