{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[BengalChris]

(01-03-2016, 12:23 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: Things have definitely been better on this board, but on the old board, every pass was scrutinized. People need to get off of that bad Andy stuff too. No one uses bad Tyler when he drops a bunch of passes or bad AJ when Green gets smothered. There are different rules for Dalton. He needs to be mistake free or people criticize him. It could be any year 1-5, but had Dalton thrown those exact same wobbly passes that McCarron threw against Denver and Dalton would have been put on blast.

People talk about excuses for Dalton, but everyone wants to give McCarron a pass. Just because he's in his second year and a backup doesn't take away from the fact he's in the NFL. Shouldn't everyone be calling him bad AJ for his 2nd half against Denver? Oh that's right, 2 National Titles in college. Shouldn't people call him bad AJ because the WRs had to bail him out on throws? Oh, he went to Alabama. You get the point. The biggest thing going for McCarron is that he's not Dalton. He's got an instant built in fan base off of that fact alone.

I don't think it was like that for Andy in years 1 or 2, or even the 3rd year until the playoff loss to SD. If I remember right we were all amazed that the Bengals made the playoffs in 2011. I know there was some criticism, but not nearly as much as last year.

AJM had his first two starts on the road (both in places where the Bengals have a poor history) and he played decent, not great, just decent. But he's definitely not up to Dalton's level of command of the offense, not even close. The 0 for 9 on 3rd down today was a bit concerning even though the team won.

Just because someone sees that AJM hasn't done that bad doesn't mean they are smearing Andy.

Getting Dalton out there in the playoffs will change things dramatically. Whenever that happens.