{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[kevin]

(09-21-2015, 01:42 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: Why can't he play like this every week? This is the first year he has a complete offense around him.

I will add....that most QB's are at their best as they become wise old veterans.....I know the fans get all excited about draft picks and rookie QBs, but the fans are stupid.....Now the veteran Rivers yesterday scared the heck out of me in that game. A rookie you can confuse with defenses, but a wise old veteran reads the defenses and attacks the weak spots all day long.  Fitz is a much better QB now than he was for the Bengals because more and more he becomes a wise old veteran.........What Dalton did his first 4 years is amazing. 2 Pro Bowls, Threw 20 or more TD passes in each of his first 3 seasons and only done by Dan Marino and Peyton Manning.  4 straight play-off seasons and no Bengals QB ever did that. As for the play-offs, the only play-off game we were the favorite and lost was his third season and losing in The Jungle to Chargers. The other 3 play-off games on the road, I'm not surprised we lost and it was amazing the 4 win Bengals of 2010 were led by a rookie to the play-offs in 2011 and 2012. We limped into Indy last season too injured and no chance for a win....but Dalton has had a great first 4 years in the NFL, far better than most rookies in NFL history.......When the Bengals play a rookie QB, or a 2nd year QB, that doesn't worry me much. A good D can beat them. But in the NFL a wise old veteran can pick apart the best of defenses all game long. This is why I'm glad Dalton is entering his veteran years, his first 4 years as a young man learning his trade behind him. I'm looking forward to Dalton, the wise old veteran reading defenses as a trained craftsman. 

Now in the AFC North we go against 2 wise old QBs and one QB still a rookie to me. I would rather the Bengals play Johnny Football than the 2 wise old QBs of Steelers an Ravens. I know the fans like the new draft picks, but the quarterbacks that will pick apart the best of defenses are the veterans who have experience and can read defenses in their sleep, their job becoming just another day at the office. ....Now Dalton has really had a great first 4 years in the NFL compared to all other rookie QBs that have ever played in the NFL. Now going into his 5th season, it should all start clicking in as he becomes a veteran QB that can read defense in his sleep, and can pick the best of defenses apart as a veteran QB. Some of you may get all excited over the rookie QBs, but it's veterans like Rivers that can just eat a defense apart all game long, no longer confused by NFL defenses. 

Andy Dalton who to me was very good his first 4 years, should get better with age and be a wise old veteran, the kind I hate to see our Bengals play.  Ken Anderson was at his best in 1981 as if the game had became too easy for the 9 year veteran. Fitz is much better now than when with Bengals. Plunkett got better with age and Elway won late in his career. QB is one position in football you want experience over youth. Dalton should be entering his best football years. That Dalton has started 70 regular season and play-off games should help as he reaches the point where he can read defense in his sleep.

Also, for the fans, the fans cheered when Ken Anderson got injured and the back-up Turk came in the game to start 1981. The fans wanted Ken Anderson replaced and Turk to play all season. Ken Anderson was not replaced and ended up the NFL MVP in 1981....So I have seen the fans, very, very, very wrong.