11-24-2016, 02:13 PM
(11-24-2016, 01:45 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: I know I'm preaching to the choir Shake, but after listening to some fans since 2011, I am convinced that there are some fans that wouldn't be satisfied with a Lombardi as long as Dalton was the QB. It would be as if, "Well they won the SB in spite of Dalton!"
There are guys in the Bengalzone forum who call him Howdy Doody and have stated the Bengals will never win a SB with Dalton at QB, never mind that Kenny Anderson, Boomer Esiason, and Carson Palmer couldn't get it done.
I think the folks who truly hate Dalton, do so because he's not 6'5" with a cannon arm from a big school. They went into his very first season with a preconceived notions that he sucks, so anything good he's done has been "cuz the team is awesome" and anytime he has a bad game, it's "see I told you he sucks".
I had no preconceived notions either way. I wanted to trade for Kevin Kolb before Dalton's rookie year, partially because I didn't have super high expectations for a 2nd round QB. He convinced me with his play though. Sure he's struggled in the playoffs, but I refuse to judge him at face value for that when Marv (and this franchise in general) has struggled at that level.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
