11-19-2017, 05:31 PM
(11-19-2017, 05:09 PM)Rhinocero23 Wrote: Dude you are disingenuous. Every chance you get you bash Palmer.
I freely and openly admit I do not think highly of Andy Dalton’s quarterback ability. His physical ability is lacking, his field generalship is lacking and his tenacity is lacking. That is only my opinion but I do not pretend like I do not see it that way.
As I stated I believe Andy Dalton has had the best Bengals roster top to bottom over the longest period of time of any quarterback we have ever had. While I do not hold Andy squarely accountable on the squandering of this opportunity I do not believe he did nothing to capitalize on it. For that I am not now nor ever will be a fan of Andy Dalton‘s, I am a fan of our quarterback who happens to be Andy Dalton. I root for him to do well and wish him the best but fear when it counts he will fold. Andy looks great when the going is good and is not relevant when he is need it to be the difference maker.
I have refrained from posting on the board for a long long time. I felt it did no good to my fellow Bengals fans for me to come here and ***** about Andy Dalton. However when pot shots are taken at the one guy who
took Mikey boy to task I have issue with it. To pretend that AD and CP are interchangeable is Comical (Strictly in my opinion of course).
Stop pretending to know my intentions. I feel the same way about Dalton as I did about Palmer. I defend one because much of the bashing is false or based on false narratives. I "bash" Palmer because a lot of people have glorified him in their minds and seemingly think he had no flaws. As far as on field production, there isn't much difference at all between Palmer and Dalton. You wouldn't know that from their reputations and fan opinions though.
Even on the old boards, I was the same. Never bashed Palmer for "quitting". I only took issue with those who viewed him as elite or talked like he was Peyton Manning.
The post that started all this wasn't a "pot shot" at Palmer, it was meant to show that Marvin Lewis is the problem. Personally, I used to argue with guys at work that Palmer was better than Ben. So no...I'm not a Palmer hater. I think Palmer's career was wasted here just as Dalton's has been. I just don't like how fans hold Dalton to ridiculously high standards and ignore how awful this franchise is, then speak about Palmer as if he were some legend and blame all his losing on how awful the franchise is.
See the double standard? You talk about Palmer "taking Mikey to task". Welp. Dalton is stuck with the same ownership and coach. Like Palmer, he's been good, but can't achieve true success.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
