12-01-2016, 11:57 AM
(11-30-2016, 05:21 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Nah, there were numerous reasons. Yes, refs sucked, but our passing attack was non-existent until the 4th quarter. Turnovers. And losing our cool at the end.
There's always numerous issues each playoff run. Palmer struggled with us in the playoffs. Dalton struggled with us in the playoffs. McCarron struggled with us in the playoffs. The defense (outside of last year) has struggled in the playoffs.
There's always been one constant throughout the years though.
Yup. One constant: giggling.
(11-30-2016, 07:28 PM)Hammerthis Wrote: And there's always been a constant finger pointing from those refusing to place any responsibility for this teams
short comings on Andy.
Palmer is with a good HC in AZ, what prevent him from playing well in the playoffs against the Panthers?
As for McCarron...last year he was a rookie when Andy went down and the team continued to win. Who gets credit for that?
1. Talks about people deflecting blame from Dalton. Proceeds to deflect blame from McCarron.
2. The Bengals did not continue to win with McCarron. They went 2-3 after a 10-2 start under Dalton.
3. Palmer may have flopped in the NFC title game, but he's already won more playoff games than Marvin Lewis ever will.
4. If you're going to blame the QB for poor playoff performance, why not just blame the rest of the players as well? IMO, you either blame ALL the underperforming players, or you blame the coach who was responsible for game planning to make those players succeed. You can't exclude the QB as if he's unaffected by poor coaching and game prep.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
