06-10-2015, 08:56 AM
(06-10-2015, 02:21 AM)CornerBlitz Wrote: I expected Dalton to win this poll but not by this margin. I wonder what these poll results would look like at a neutral message forum? Both had subpar seasons but prior to that I'm not sure how you could argue that Dalton is better especially if you were to include the playoffs.
Man, if this were the offseason after 2012, I'd definitely be on board with you.
Have you watched Kaepernick play football lately? There's nothing that tells me that he's clearly a better QB in this league than Andy Dalton.
I don't think a lot of us are saying that Andy is necessarily better, he's just not worse to the point that you'd be happy making the trade. I think Andy's career can be argued to be somewhere around Kaep's minus 1 season of legitimate playoff success (2012). The 49ers may have won some games in 2013 as well, but c'mon, Kaep barely completed half of his passes in the postseason, threw for less than 200 yards per game, and had a 3/3 TD/INT ratio in the air. He may have done a bit of work on the ground too, but Carolina's D shut him down in that regard in the second game and then vs. Seattle his 100+ yards rushing didn't mean much whenever he seemingly forgot how to throw a football.
There are a lot of QBs in the league that I'd entertain to receive in a trade, some people would probably be surprised when I say that I'd trade Andy straight up for Blake Bortles right now. I think that kid has a bright future and would be excellent on a team with as much talent as we have in Cincinnati. There are a couple of other guys that may be considered surprises as well, but CK just isn't one of them, and it would be hard to change my mind about the guy. I've watched him play and while he amazes me at times with his athletic ability, I don't see a QB of the future when I watch him. I'm not saying that I see that with Andy either, but I'm not going to trade Andy for a guy that I don't see either immediate upside or huge future potential with.
