08-11-2019, 11:28 PM
(08-11-2019, 11:23 PM)Roland Wrote: Right, they're ignoring the 7 for 9 performance and worrying about the 1 bad throw out of 9. Yes, he should have made the throw. News Flash: Andy Dalton doesn't have the strongest arm and sometimes under throws long passes. No excuses, that's what we've got. In a 7 for 9 performance with no starting skill players it's the very least of our problems.
Andy Dalton is far from perfect. He's going to miss passes. But he's good enough to win in a well executed Zac Taylor offense with the right players around him. Carping about one bad pass from Andy like you're dropping some kind of Truth Bomb is the very essence of Bengal fandom.
I agree.
And honestly, if that's what the first team offense is going to look like most of the season only with Green, Eifert, Mixon, and Gio (and maybe even Ross?) added to the mix... they're probably going to win more games than some people think.
That's *NOT* to say I'm ready to say that's what we'll be getting all year, but come on - that was a very pleasant surprise for their first drive. People should be cautiously optimistic about that instead of finding the one thing there is to complain about.