(11-26-2018, 01:03 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Also, I just want to be clear...im not an Andy basher. I think hes an average quarterback with a low ceiling and his success depends on other players (AJ, offensive line, other offensive weapons).

Im ready to move on from Andy. Hes just not great and im not sold that the Bengals as an organization can win a Super Bowl with him as QB. Maybe a different organization, but not the Bengals. The Bengals only shot at winning a Super Bowl is getting an elite QB. That can mask all of their other deficiencies from an organizational standpoint.

(11-26-2018, 01:09 PM)thompson19osu Wrote: Driskel came in and almost threw a pick 6 on his first throw.

He completed just a little over 50% of his throws.

While he was serviceable he was nothing more than that.

To say he would have made the game competitive is a joke. Would he help our D in any way shape or form? Could he keep the D from giving up 4 straight TDs?

The offense will continue to struggle as long as AJ is not on the field and they continue to get behind in score and behind the chains. This forces passing situations and we dont have the line or receiving corps to lead an air attack.

If Dalton is out next game Denver will win by 3 and Driskel will throw at least 2 INTs. Willing to put money on that as well.

(11-26-2018, 01:12 PM)Wyche Wrote: This is 100% accurate......and as Lap stated, with the defense playing the way it is.....QUIT DEFERRING the opening kick!

(11-26-2018, 12:23 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Dalton has had his share of woulda coulda shoulda picks and circus catches by WRs over the years.

Not really pumping up Driskell... just sayin!

(11-26-2018, 12:56 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: He was making throws yesterday that Andy has been scared to make all year. 

(11-26-2018, 12:17 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Ridiculous statement....

(11-26-2018, 12:20 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Driskell is not playing better than Dalton.

(11-26-2018, 01:52 PM)Au165 Wrote: This is AJ McCaron all over again. There is a reason no one wanted to offer McCaron a real contract and it's the same reason Driskell is not a starter. There is more to a game than seeing completions, understandings situations and what the defense was doing is important to match to the numbers. Driskell has done well in garbage time, but it is not the same thing schematically as what he'd see in a 0-0 game on the first drive, it just isn't.

His mobility is a plus, and being down so much emboldens him to make some risky throws that sometime pan out. He has a plus arm, but his pre read work is not very good and that is something that he should have from week to week game prep.

(11-26-2018, 01:46 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Not really. He played better than Dalton against the Browns this week and moved the ball better than Dalton against the Saints (even scored as many points as Dalton is a much shorter amount of time). I'm looking at how the offense performs, which is what counts the most.

Dalton just isn't getting it done without AJ Green in the lineup. Driskel is at least making more of what is there to work with.

(11-26-2018, 01:59 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Look, I'm not bashing Driskell, I like the guy and am interested to see what he can do. But Andy has led the #1 Red Zone scoring offense all season, and he's been throwing lasers all year. It's not his fault the ball bounces off the receivers hands or numbers. He has thrown very few bad passes this year.

(11-26-2018, 02:05 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Am I the only one who thinks people are hilariously overstating Driskel's capabilities? I have seen nothing from the guy in any of his starts that lead me to believe he'd make a serviceable stop-gag in the event that Dalton is out for an extended period of time. I don't know where this fascination is coming from with him. I really don't.

The guy scored two touchdowns in garbage time against a team that basically had the win in the bag, and who had not game-planned for him at all. Big whoop. How about the two near picks he threw? How about the fact that a lot of his completions came from receivers making acrobatic plays?

If Dalton is out for the next few weeks, let's see just how well Driskel does when teams spend an entire week game-planning for him. Methinks we're not going to be thrilled with the result.

(11-26-2018, 02:05 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Am I the only one who thinks people are hilariously overstating Driskel's capabilities?  I have seen nothing from the guy in any of his starts that lead me to believe he'd make a serviceable stop-gag in the event that Dalton is out for an extended period of time.  I don't know where this fascination is coming from with him.  I really don't.    

The guy scored two touchdowns in garbage time against a team that basically had the win in the bag, and who had not game-planned for him at all.  Big whoop.  How about the two near picks he threw?  How about the fact that a lot of his completions came from receivers making acrobatic plays?

If Dalton is out for the next few weeks, let's see just how well Driskel does when teams spend an entire week game-planning for him.  Methinks we're not going to be thrilled with the result.

(11-26-2018, 02:08 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: When did Driskel start a game?

(11-26-2018, 02:01 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Let's also not forget the game winning drives he's led (including the one against Pitt that got erased by the defense) this season alone.