QB Index by Gregg Rosenthal

[djs7685]

(10-16-2015, 01:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I know this is pointless because you will just ask for specific posts with specific quotes and then claim that they never actually said the word "never" when speaking of Dalton, but it is pretty clear that many here had given up on him.  Even if they covered their asses with a "I guess anything is possible" tag line at the end of their rants, these guys had no real hope for Dalton.  .  .  CornerBlitz, Utts, Leonard40, JohnnyCupcakes, BengalChris, CINwillWIN, Lloli, Baby Hawk, Wes Mantooth.

And I am sure there are plenty more that I don't remember.  I am sure I could find a dozen more pretty quickly if I started looking through old threads.  

There were a few that didn't think there was any hope for the guy, but at least a few of those on that list were more in tune with my general opinion of Andy from 2011 - 2014.

Average-ish QB, not extremely likely that he would have a Drew Brees-esque transformation, and willing to look elsewhere if a great QB became available.

I'll happily admit that Andy is pleasantly surprising this year, but I still don't think it was a slam dunk that he was going to be playing THIS well in 2015. People claiming that "they knew it" are the same people that made the claim every other season.

A lot of us asked how long do you give a guy like Andy before looking elsewhere in such a fast paced league? That's where a lot of people's opinions seemed to differ. I wasn't ready to cut Andy and start AJ McCarron, but I don't think "many" others were in that exact boat either.