Andy Dalton is for real

[Essex Johnson]

(09-12-2016, 10:09 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: My point to Mulligan and a few others was while AD was putting up (above average numbers IMHO), he was young, his receivers were young too. My point was he potentially could be great. Kudos to the FO and Mike Brown for seeing the greatness in AD and ignoring the hate signing him to a long term deal. Kudos to AD for signing it when he could have held out and got much more on the open market.

Some of us like Shake and Racer saw more positives long term for AD than many others. I don;t recall any of us saying he was elite his first 4 years. But I do recall many saying he was not good and would never be good. They were dead wrong in the end.

Very valid point, those supporters like myself rarely declared Andy elite in his first 4 years but I can remember people putting him in lower tier of the QBs in those first 4 years.  I am not ready to say he is in elite class but if puts back and back seasons together of strong QB performance, he is right on the cusp of top tier QB in today's game.