01-03-2016, 12:23 PM
(01-02-2016, 06:45 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Got back 5 years and Andy was given the benefit of the doubt at most every turn. What got Andy in trouble with fans were the bad Andy games for 4 years. He cleaned that up this year and you don't hear nearly as much criticism of him.
Things have definitely been better on this board, but on the old board, every pass was scrutinized. People need to get off of that bad Andy stuff too. No one uses bad Tyler when he drops a bunch of passes or bad AJ when Green gets smothered. There are different rules for Dalton. He needs to be mistake free or people criticize him. It could be any year 1-5, but had Dalton thrown those exact same wobbly passes that McCarron threw against Denver and Dalton would have been put on blast.
People talk about excuses for Dalton, but everyone wants to give McCarron a pass. Just because he's in his second year and a backup doesn't take away from the fact he's in the NFL. Shouldn't everyone be calling him bad AJ for his 2nd half against Denver? Oh that's right, 2 National Titles in college. Shouldn't people call him bad AJ because the WRs had to bail him out on throws? Oh, he went to Alabama. You get the point. The biggest thing going for McCarron is that he's not Dalton. He's got an instant built in fan base off of that fact alone.