AJ McCarron POSITIVE THREAD

[Millhouse]

(12-29-2015, 10:34 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: This is getting out of hand. The Bengals have a QB who has won 50 games the past 5 seasons and has helped lead the team to 5 consecutive playoff berths. That same QB has set or been neat setting QB records that only 2 other QBs have started their careers with and 1 of those is a HOFer and the other one will be. Said QB has set team records and helped lead these Bengals to success they have NEVER had in the history of the franchise. Said QB was having the best season of his young career and had this team looking like a serious Super Bowl Contender while being considered an MVP candidate. This same QB has helped to turn this franchise around and into a yearly contender as opposed to cellar dweller.

All of that said, there is more negative said about that QB than is said about a second year backup. I wish these same McCarron supporters would show Dalton half the love they're gushing on McCarron. I support McCarron because he is the QB of my favorite team (for the moment), but I'm not going to fawn over the guy simply because he's not Dalton.

Dalton has been blasted by this fan base since Day 1. Give Dalton the same stats as McCarron has had the last 3 weeks and people would be shitting all over him. Don't give me the veteran-rookie crap, they're all professionals. Back up QBs wouldn't have been pissing themselves over playing the Broncos. Again, they're professionals, it's their job. Dalton is held to unrealistic expectations when people want to stroke McCarron for completing a pass.

Did people actually watch the game last night? McCarron wasn't that great in the first half either. He threw some great wobblers and all of those sideline passes weren't placed perfectly. If Dalton had made the exact same throws, he would have been crucified. Since all that matters is that it's not Dalton, people are willing to overlook and forgive.

This isn't saying McCarron is worthless, it's just saying he is what he is; a backup QB. I have yet to see anything that makes me want McCarron to be the starter over Dalton.

tl;dr - Why can't the fans support Dalton like McCarron?

Dalton I believe is 4-13 overall between the playoffs and primetime games. When the fanbase of the under 30 crowd cant remember a playoff win as I barely can, there is a much bigger premium put on those games he hasnt exactly played good in.