{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[HarleyDog]

(12-30-2017, 03:35 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 1. Dalton is actually pretty good pre-snap reading and adjusting plays. The OC just needs to give him the leeway to do so.
2. Agreed, but he's actually overall still a decent deep ball thrower. People rage if he doesn't hit 100% of them, but the fact is it's not a 100% throw. If it were that easy to hit a guy in stride 40 yards down the field, that's all anyone would ever do. Derek Carr goes like 2-6 on deep throws in a game or Newton goes 0-2 and nobody says a word.
3. He does when he has a decent OL. Go back and rewatch 2015 tape.
4. Every WR not named AJ Green has been mediocre at best, and garbage at worst since Marvin Jones left, and even AJ vanishes versus press coverage at times. They also seem to be coached to just stop and stand in place if the QB is scrambling. Other teams move and try to get open, the Bengals don't seem to practice that at all.
5. That's a Marvin Lewis thing. Not to mention Andy Dalton has only played in FOUR playoff games. So how he became 0-5 is a mystery to me. Kitna: 0-1, Palmer 0-1, Dalton 0-4, McCarron 0-1. When EVERY QB looks the same in primetime/playoff games under Marvin, it's Marvin.
6. This was true about 4 years ago. The only people who still consider that true are people who stopped paying attention.

Dalton isn't ever going to be an elite QB, and he has his issues, but this is a pretty crap list.

1. No he's not and he has that leeway.
2. Yes he is decent, but the out of bound throws to deep receivers this year has raised some concerns. 
3. That was IMO his issue this year. He never had time to be comfortable.
4. You notice that too? When Andy scrambles, AJ is the only one who seems to try and come at him trying to make a play.
5. High-Five!
6. Andy has decent arm strength but his judgement seems lacking. He under throws which is why that opinion is real. I don't think its a matter of arm strength as it is bad throws.

Your right about Dalton never being elite. Also, he will never be clutch. Bad coaching (hear me out) has not effected him as he has affected himself. There is a lot of headgames going on in that skull he can't seem to overcome. He's not confident and his performance shows it. He plays down to the competition, much like the Bengals do. Can he win us a playoff game? By all means I think he can. But things have to run very smoothly or else he will get rattled and we lose.