Kurt Warner on Ryan Finley

[*psychdoctor*]

(08-18-2019, 03:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Remember two weeks ago when a lot of people were ripping the Bengals front office for wasting a 4th round pick on a flop like Finley?  That was over reaction.

Now he has played a couple of quarters in preseason against back ups and com pleted a bunch of short passes he is the mdia darling.  Unfortunately this is also over reaction.

The truth is probably somewher between those two extremes.  Finley probably has the potential to be a very good back up or maybe even a starter, but he has not done anything that would justify giving him a shot to start over Dalton.

I think Dalton's lack of production in the playoffs have skewed the perception of Dalton's ability.  So some fans on the forum are looking for a replacement.  Hence, AJM, Driskel and now Finley.  The preseason game against the Redskins did nothing to dispel this reminder that Dalton's passes have low arc and his inability to find passing lanes.  

The kryptonite for Finley may be the deep passes on go routes.  I don't know if he has the home run arm that Dalton can make to let's say AJ Green or Boyd.  Dalton accuracy on deep passes are not great either.