01-18-2016, 01:46 PM
(01-18-2016, 12:35 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Bengals got Andy for a 2nd
Bengals got AJM for a 5th
Cardinals got CP for a 6th
Carson's draft status in 2003 isn't all that relevant anymore. The past is the past, new years and new teams and blah blah blah. Cardinals got a steal in Palmer, not unlike they did with Warner. All you need to do is look at the Steelers and how banged up and crappy they were today to show you that playoff wins can be ugly and costly.
A win is a win. If Andy Dalton posted a 3TD to 2INT 92rating performance in a win I would say we'd all be going ape...and rightly so.
You know, there's been numerous times that I've commented on Andy having a not so great game after a win. I know one was when we beat the Browns last year. He posted a 117 yard, 0 TD, 1 INT performance. Good for a 53 QB rating. You know how much flack I got for pointing out that he didn't play well? And almost every person used a phrase similar to "he found a way to win" and/or "winning is all that matters".
Some of those same people are the first to point out that Carson got lucky or played poorly. So just to recap:
Andy Dalton vs Browns. 117 yards, 0 TD's, 1 INT, 53 rating. = Finds a way to win. Gutty performance.
Carson Palmer vs Green Bay (to go NFC Championship). 349 yards, 3 TD's, 2 INT, 92 rating = Got lucky, looked like shit.
The level of butthurt with some is amazing. And the hypocrisy seen on these boards is almost too much at times. I can only imagine the backlash someone would face if they used the same descriptions used for Palmer's performance for an Andy Dalton game in the postseason.
Andy wins a game to go to the conference championship, and it throws for 350 yards and 3 TD's. Leads us a late 4th quarter drive that should have won the game. Then proceeds to leads on another in OT to win the game. I get on here and point how lucky he was or that AJ Green won the game. I wonder how that would go over?
