Marvin Lewis Number 1 failure

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(10-09-2016, 01:50 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: @Pdub: Agree 100% that we should have won with McCarron at home with the more talented team. Heck, Yates was a 3rd stringer who beat us in the playoffs.

That said, no McCarron is nowhere near Dalton's level. He averaged 160 yards per start and was AWFUL in the playoff game. You can't blame Marvin for poor performance in the playoffs, yet somehow not include the QB in that. QB's are players just like anyone else, and they've all been awful. McCarron included.

Yates also threw for less than 160 yards in his playoff game against the Bengals.  But he had the #2 overall defense and the #2 rushing offense to help him.  Dalton had a good defense (#7) and a poor rushing game (#21).  Dalton was forced to throw the ball 42 times while Yates had an easy time with Arian foster rushing for 153 yards and keeping the defensive pressure off of him.