McCarron hype gaining steam

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(07-04-2015, 06:49 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Carson had just as good of an OL, and he had a good running game most of his career.  Dalton hasn't had near the offensive talent around him, and that great defense/OL you like to mention plays like crap in the playoffs.

With the Bengals roster since 2011, Carson > Dalton and it's not even remotely close.

- Carson Had an excellent O-line until about 2008 when it broke down.

- The clowns, selfishness, and distractions in the locker room were the complete opposite of 2011 and beyond.

- Offensively, Carson had a great group of wideouts until Ocho came about. Down hill drastically from there. Coles was the biggest bust FA WR I had seen the team sign until..... Antonio Bryant. AD has a better #1 target, more reliable guys from 3 down, and some good TEs. Carson had junk at the TE spot and after Housh, depth was a mess.

- Rudi Johnson was a product of the O-Line. His career was over when he left the Bengals. The 3rd down back situation during Carson's career was a mess.

- People bang on Carson all the time. It's sour grapes nonsense. The offense was so good under Carson but the defenses were trash most of the time. Between 2006 & 2007 if the Bengals would have held opponents to 24 points of less they would have won 12 more games, making them the 1st or 2nd seed in the AFC those years and one of the best teams in football.

- 2008, the O-line fell apart and the offense went with it until CARSON forced exit forced a reboot of the team.

Those tankful that the Bengals have Duke Tobin as defacto GM and scout and draft differently... thank Carson. Glad Chad was jettisoned to NE (?).... thank Carson. Glad Mike Brown stepped back.... thank Carson. He fell on the sword and took a public beating for the Bengals to realize they needed to make changes from the top down. Those not seeing that, don't understand how the Bengals WERE run vs. how they are run NOW. Carson the player would have had this team killing it in the playoffs with the defense and locker room AD has had. No question!