Pete Prisco ranks NFL starting QBs

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(06-03-2016, 12:31 PM)Nately120 Wrote: So basically experts are terrible at analyzing, predicting, and ranking talent BUT here we are 5 years later still using "Everyone thought the 2011 Bengals were going to be terrible" as some sort of proof that Andy Dalton took over an absolutely god-awful and hopeless team?

I'm not targeting this at you specifically, it's just interesting how much stock we put into some knee-jerk and stupid predictions that are 5 years old when it suits our narrative.  For Bengals fans who actually knew the players who were returning to the team after 2010, who WASN'T returning, the fact that we kept this HC that gets an amount of credit, and actually watched the game to still act like Dalton was drafted by the Browns or something is just off-base.  We were one-year removed from sweeping a very good division and making the playoffs (you know...that standard by which we declare teams to be totally awesome?).  Ah, but Boomer Esiason said we'd be awful so let's just act like Dalton should have been terrified to come to this pathetic franchise!  I'm surprised he didn't demand an immediate Elway-style trade.

Ok, rant over.

I think your rant is interesting, but maybe a bit misdirected.  I think the big loser here is one Carson Palmer.  He couldn't, wouldn't play for a team with such a mentality for losing, and a second round QB comes in and takes them to the playoffs.  I know the rosters weren't identical, and there were some changes in the coaching ranks like Gruden over Brat, but the teams were still pretty similar.  There is a lot to perceptions, and MANY people (fans, players, talking-heads, oh, and VEGAS!) thought they would be a disaster.  Heck, even with a roster like Denver's, without an established QB, they aren't projected to be near the same team. 

I just really like that Dalton took everything in stride, came in without OTAs, and made the playoffs his rookie season.