01-11-2016, 06:13 PM
(01-11-2016, 06:06 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: How does the backups being previous starters mean anything? They are still backups and they are still better than McCarron.
By what metric? Your opinion?
On QB rating, only 2 QBs in the NFL today have a higher career QB rating than AJ McCarron - Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. AJM is tied with Tony Romo at 97.1 for career QB rating.
AJ's QB rating is just above Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees for their careers.
Why can't you guys just be objective and look at facts and figures? AJM has lost 2 NFL games - one in OT against the best defense in the NFL on the road, and the other a rainy playoff game on a last second FG after he just drove the Bengals down the field for the game winning TD.
What is bad about this?
Anybody who rips McCarron makes completely irrational criticisms (like how he can't beat zone, or throw to a 2nd read) and then he goes out on the field and does exactly what his critics say he can't do. He did both of those on the same play at the end of the game for the potential game-winning TD in a playoff game.
There is so much emotionally invested in Andy Dalton at this point that some Bengal fans feel like it's cheating on their wife if they say "AJM had a gutty performance and stepped up when needed in the 4th."
Well, that's exactly what happened. Some folks just can't bring themselves to admit it.
