11-07-2015, 01:40 PM
(11-07-2015, 01:00 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Plus the entire offense had to learn the scheme of a new OC, and his #1 receiver was another rookie.
I do have to point out that the bengals only won one game against a team with a winning record that year, but it was a road game (at Tenn)
I remember thinking to myself after an early loss to Denver that this team had some fight.
Dalton's criticisms go like this:
9-7: "He can't beat the big boys in his division"
10-6, splits with "the big boys": "He can't win the division"
11-5: wins division: "He can't win in the playoffs"
10-5-1: Wild card loss: "He will never get this team over the hump, he is average, and he should not have gotten an extension"
2015: 8-0, #2 rated QB in the NFL "He still has to do it in the playoffs".
And while that last criticism is true, he has answered the criticism every time.