A positive today (for me)

[Joelist]

(12-12-2021, 11:51 PM)Gdale_Bengal Wrote: It’s his 2nd year and 1st full year. He’s going to have plays, moments, and games that make us feel like he’s a franchise QB and our future.

He will also have plays, moments and games that make us feel like he’s Andy Dalton.

He isn’t a finished product. He’s going to get better. The team is learning. They come out flat and get in a hole, they will lose. They don’t play disciplined football and make mistakes after tge play? It cost them a touchdown.

There will be players not here next year, but the core players that stay are learning hard lessons when it comes to play off football.

Much as I hate to say it if you compare same points in careers Dalton is so far better than Burrow - he actually has 4th quarter game winning drives to his name in his first 1-2 seasons. 

As to the whole "learning" angle and the fantasy of playoff football, remember what team this is. They have to arrive NOW. Wait till next year is not only the refrain of the loser it is really inappropriate for the Bengals since they are the personification of the idea that "tomorrow never comes".